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Tattooedbullies Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: the 9th layer of hell
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:40 pm Post subject: what can you make a floor pan piece from...? |
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...until you get a new one?
My floor pan under my battery finally died. I jammed a hunk of wood and a tray under it for the time being, until I get my new ones (it's not like it's going anywhere, the bug is dead right now)
So what have other folks used? |
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finefettle Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2006 Posts: 699 Location: Shelburne,Vermont
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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street signs, paint rolling pans,sheet metal. |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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sounds like you already covered it for now.
get the right stuff and fix it for good or just hack
it in if you need to satisfy the hack in craving
_________________ Frank
OG JHC
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Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity. i seem to use a lot. |
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Tattooedbullies Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: the 9th layer of hell
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Some guy named Mario or something like that said to use insulation foam? |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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yes,..use that because it loves moisture and will make more metal rust. if it's Mario from NC, don't listen to him and DO NOT use the foam. _________________ Frank
OG JHC
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Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity. i seem to use a lot. |
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Tattooedbullies Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: the 9th layer of hell
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know where the dude is from. Some older car resto place on the east coast? dunno. Seemed like a good idea til you mentioned the obvious part of moisture! |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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this guy?
_________________ Frank
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Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity. i seem to use a lot. |
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Tattooedbullies Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: the 9th layer of hell
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Never seen him. is that him? |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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yes,.he is a hack of the first magnitude. _________________ Frank
OG JHC
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Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity. i seem to use a lot. |
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finefettle Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2006 Posts: 699 Location: Shelburne,Vermont
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:44 am Post subject: |
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I dig the licence plates. I can't even imagine foam working at all unless it was glassed in. |
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Bloog Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2007 Posts: 484 Location: Over yonder
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:55 am Post subject: |
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This about sums it up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeQ8UwWPP4Y _________________
Bob Hoover wrote: |
Listen to what the ENGINE has to say. It won't take your money and it's incapable of lying. All you have to do is learn to speak its language.
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Ah... you buy from Sum Ting Wong Distribution Company. |
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finefettle Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2006 Posts: 699 Location: Shelburne,Vermont
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:09 am Post subject: |
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I don't understand how people like that can get out of bed in the morning. |
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Jody 1975 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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This may sound bad, but it works well take duck tape and tape it under the hole,use a lot were there is no holes left,then take fiberglass resin pour it in the floorboard use alot so it gets in the rust and on top of the good steel then lay your fiberglass. Let it dry then pull your tape off under chassis it should pull right off then paint the top and bottom. It looks and feels good. Fixed a beater this way before. But if you can get a welder its better to fix it right. |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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what is easy is getting a replacement panel and fixing it right.
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TAB-400-730
@CIP1
Phone-in/Mailorder Price US $13.95
Website Discount Price US $13.25
You Save US $0.70! _________________ Frank
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Tattooedbullies Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: the 9th layer of hell
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just buying some time for a couple test drives, that's it. If I can't get her goin' I don't want to waste any cash. That's all. |
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Jody 1975 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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if you take your time tapeing up the rust hole ( I put a card board under the tape so it would not sag) after I took the tape out and painted it it was hard to tell it was rusted out and last for 6 yrs till I got rid of the car. But honestly once you do fix a floor pan the right way, you will wish you had fixed all of them the right way, But when I used fiberglass I had no were to do floor pans at and the car was my only way to work I was not about to do major work that might down the car in my front yard. At the time I was proud of the way it turned out. It was hard tell it was fiberglass, The tape will pull right off of when it dries leaving a smooth surface. hard as a rock. Its not the right way to fix it But as my father said a rich man makes plans a poor man makes arrangements. |
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