is this a normal place for RUST?
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is this a normal place for RUST?
well i was looking for my passangers side floor light so i took off the panel to get under the dash and i noticed a little rust so i took off the side panle and saw this rust and this is the out side of the rust is this a normal place for rust?
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Ouch. My firebird was driven all last winter, and the previous owner drove it all year around, but it doesn't have any rust there.
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yea i have had to drive mine in the winter also i got under the drivers side of the rug also but its a little frather back than the passangers side
i think my car was in a wreck because under the car close to that spot the sheet metal is all tore up and wrinkled
i think my car was in a wreck because under the car close to that spot the sheet metal is all tore up and wrinkled
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well i was looking for my passangers side floor light so i took off the panel to get under the dash and i noticed a little rust so i took off the side panle and saw this rust and this is the out side of the rust is this a normal place for rust?
well i was looking for my passangers side floor light so i took off the panel to get under the dash and i noticed a little rust so i took off the side panle and saw this rust and this is the out side of the rust is this a normal place for rust?
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it looks like one of the other owners befor me had ran something over and tore up the metal uner there
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yes that rust is very common, just got done fixing mine, if you have that, be prepared, both sides will be like that and the floor boards will be rusted also, that hole may even go outside behind the fenders, you should pull the carpet and see how bad it is and fix before it gets worse, some sheet metal, tools, welder and eastwoods rust encapsulator works well
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Originally posted by 86Z
yes that rust is very common, just got done fixing mine, if you have that, be prepared, both sides will be like that and the floor boards will be rusted also, that hole may even go outside behind the fenders, you should pull the carpet and see how bad it is and fix before it gets worse, some sheet metal, tools, welder and eastwoods rust encapsulator works well
yes that rust is very common, just got done fixing mine, if you have that, be prepared, both sides will be like that and the floor boards will be rusted also, that hole may even go outside behind the fenders, you should pull the carpet and see how bad it is and fix before it gets worse, some sheet metal, tools, welder and eastwoods rust encapsulator works well
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i only worked on mine on the weekends, took me about 3 weekends, i cut the bad metal out, took a wire wheel to the floor and welded in new panels, you'll most likely have to take the nose off, i'm telling you that it rotted right throuhg to the outside, and then i covered everything in eastwoods rust encapsulator, and seam sealed with the eastwood seam sealer
heres some pics
heres some pics
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my friend and i just got done fixing rust in that same exact spot earlier today, welded in patch pannels fabed up from sheet metal, wasen't too bad since we already did the insides of that area last summer
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