My rusted floor Part #1

Hi
I just begun to cut my floor because it was rusted i added some pictures and it's really rotten. Gonna have to cut more than that and redo all the back floor and rocker panels.

 

[MONMIX]

you have some work ahead of you !!!!!!

 

[Paraphoe]

Wow, that's brutal.

 

[wood1]

Nasty man. Break out the mig!

That reminds me, I need to undercoat again...

 

[X-North]

I cutted it and patched it with rivets and aluminium sheet. I will put house roof pitch black on it i made the same thing in my rear quarter panel..solid as ciment lol.

 

[X-North]

Part #2

Here is the job done for the metal sheet. I knwo its ugly but i dont have a welder and i dont know how to weld so i tried to repair it in cold and snow. Next step is pitch black

 

[Kyle0614]

very nice job considering the weather conditions, i don't know how to weld either i' probably would have done the same if it were mine

 

[X-North]

By the way guys. Rich or poor when you can save money its important so heres my trick. Why pay for metal sheets when you can get them from old mufflers? Most of times a truck muffler is thick enough and is made of galvanized steel. I got mufflers that are scrap but not rusted outside...i cut the outshell with the grinder and use it and soemtimes theres enough small metal divisions inside to patch small holes.
I'm a poor man with a rich brain

 

[vroomzoomboom]

yikes, that doesn't look like fun. i'm going to be facing the same thing or close to it with my sport (rockers are gone, dam ground effects). my thing for sheet metal is old hood. they are mostly flat and not rusted out.

 

[X-North]

Good luck man

 

[bp1506]

Yeah i like the ground effects on the second gens however i am too also facing the rocker rust. I am going to have to take care of that one day. But right now i also have my camaro to do rust repair on.

 

[X-North]

For my parts ill only patch this plate but this summer im going to do my rockers with metal sheets that i will work myself and put the pitch black for asphalt on it ..its a little ugly but damn so solid.

 

[CDW6212R]

I wish you luck. I suggest that you invest in some Eastwood Rust Encapsulator, and rust solution(used to be Oxysolv). The liquid solution can seep and weep into cracks to kill the rust. Nothing is perfect, but it worked very well for my 91 LF door bottom, and a hole where the quarter panel meets at the bottom(where you just repaired). The Encapsulator will seal surfaces from rust, but not kill it inside of seams.

Also, Ultra Black RTV is very good at sealing holes and cracks like you have remaining. Good luck,

 

[X-North]

Thank you but i have to do more than just this job on my truc so it gonna be better with pitch black. The products you told me they odnt seem to have it here so i will do with what i can get

 

[CDW6212R]

Eastwood is one of the best companies to deal with, they have very good customer service. I had the Oxysolv(old name) already, so I can't say what it costs now. The Rust Encapsulator was just over $30 per quart. You can do a lot with those smaller container sizes. You should try them if you can wait a few days to get it. Regards,

 

[reserved50]

umm I think you have no material left in your rocker panels?

 

[X-North]

umm I think you have no material left in your rocker panels?

You seen right thats why this summer ill cut all and make my own rocker panels.

 

[wood1]

Hey man, you can buy replacements for a reasonable price here.

http://www.crosscanadaparts.com/cgi-bin/crosscanada/product_list.html?img_num=584

That's what I'd be doing...

 

[X-North]

Ok thank you but ill have to cut a lot of shot out there so i prefer to build a 1 piece rocker and support hold it with the floor and put pitch black...easier for me and i dont know how to weld and dont have equipment for it ..if you looked earlier posts you could have seen it

 

[wood1]

I saw it, just that rivited in patches are not legal here or Nova Scotia, I just figured that Quebec would be the same. It may get picked up in an inspection, that's all...

Bonne chance