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LordGarth
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Location: Monroe, WA
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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject: Floor Pan |
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| I just ripped out the old carpet and sound deadening and discovered the worst rust farm I have ever seen. Looks like my project just got more expensive. I have what may be a dumb question, but I don't know the answer so I have to ask. Are the floor pan halves bolt in or weld in? |
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slowtwitch
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Location: just north of philly
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They are welded in. I'm doing mine this weekend  |
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toddyvol
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cbr900racer
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Location: middle tennessee
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im no expert on bugs, but the pans in my 72 super are bolted to the body on the outside and back, and spotwelded in the center...i havent taken them completely out yet, but i have unbolted the outside of them.
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rlarkin
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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cbr900racer
Technicaly you are correct, but the part that is commonly refered to as the "pan", is the just the section that creats the floor. |
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Mr. Bungle
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Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| im no expert on bugs, but the pans in my 72 super are bolted to the body on the outside and back, and spotwelded in the center...i havent taken them completely out yet, but i have unbolted the outside of them. |
the body is bolted to the pan.
the pans are welded to the chassis (tunnel in the middle, front bulkhead w/ beam etc, rear torsion bar tubes, trans mount, etc).
once you pull the body off the pan it becomes crystal clear how it all goes together.
lord garth. go here and look for floor pans. maybe a little more pricey than others, but they are the best.
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com
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cbr900racer
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okay, as is normally the case, im confused again..LOL. so when i order my pans, they wont include the part that is bolted on? man, im glad i havent removed anything permanently yet. the bugme video is definitely getting ordered this weekend.
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cbr900racer
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oh, and wolfsburg west's prices weren't that bad...68 bucks a piece for my 72..what killed me is getting them out to B.F.E. tennessee...over 80 bucks for shipping..YIKES!!..but i hear they are better quality and i only wanna do this once
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HotRodedXXX
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Be sure to coat them with a good protective cover like www.rustbullet.com or www.por15.com That way the WONT rust ever again. Only takes a few hours to apply the stuff and its gets hard as nails. |
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Bill E.
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Got my 1/4 rear pans from AirCooled.net and they are nice and thick!!
A good .040 thick and a good brown protective coatin.
They are made by Klokkerholm, which is German??
They are like $70 each plus 36 to ship them.
They are 36" long and go all the way to infront of the seat pedistal. They have the seat tracks already welded in but no jack point or battery mounts.
I will roll with them as soon as I get them in. Paint first!!
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