soarestransam

Ok so i took the gta off the road for the new fall/winter project im doing im redoing all the interior black an gonna get the car repainted in gun metal grey when i took out the interior i saw 2 nice spots of rust build up starting to rot through the drivers side an passenger front sides at the foot board of the car. every other spots on the car are rock solid surprisingly. So instead of buying new floors im wondering if i could just replace the those two front pieces ??? Also one more question what is a good rust prevention paint i could use to do the top of the floors since the underside of the car has already been undercoated. Also for all the interior pieces what paint could i use for that do they make paint for plastic if so what kind/brand an where can i get it at ???

majobis

iTrader: (3)

There's tons of threads here about interior refurb. I gave my input to this thread which I think is the most thorough one: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...ic-carpet.html

Regarding a floor patch, a relative who's been in the business 40+ years performed an old trick; after the surrounding area was cleaned and trimmed, netting was applied and then his recipe of fiberglass and epoxy was mixed and applied onto the net. Before completely drying, it was smoothed and shaped inside and outside the car to match the original contours. Once dried, it was actually harder than the rest of the floor. Por 15 or Rustoleum's premium line both make paints perfect for the floor. I gave my experience here, in post 5: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...passenger.html

soarestransam

Ok so what i am gonna do i just get a flat piece of sheetmetal an do it that way i have everything out of the way to perform the job on both sides i was gonna lay the mettal on top of the existing floor the weld the seam an then bondo over to make it look like the existing floor. For the plastic what is the name of the paint i need im not saving the carpet that sticks to it how would i remove all goop an sealent off of it ???? To make it look like it wasnt there

majobis

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Read the first link I gave you. At the very least, use water and dish detergent to clean the plastics. Even better, is this stuff concentrated: http://www.dap.com/product_details.a...90&SubcatID=17

Afterward, adhesion prompter and finally, the paint. I used SEM, others have used Duplicolor.

soarestransam

Ok i grinded out all of the suface rust an now i noticed that the frame rail is roght under it im wondering how would i cut the floor out with out cutting the frame rail is there a possible way or should i just cut it out piece by piece an grind the old metal off the frame rail an lay a new piece over it an them weld it all in

Arizona IROC

iTrader: (4)

Remove the floor parts from the "frame" parts by cutting the factory spot welds one by one with spot weld cutter. Then cut the floor parts out with a torch or sheet metal sniper of your choice.
Get a rust free section of flooring and re install by welding around the edges and again drilling out the spot welds and plug welding them back to the "frame" parts you cut the original floor parts from.
Don't try fiberglass
Don't try flat tin
Wouldn't be a bad idea to ad frame connectors though...

soarestransam

Ok when u say cut the spot welds out what do those look like ???? so far i got everything removed all the rubber molding that they put over the drain holes is completely gone now its just cutting the rotted pieces out an replacing it im trying to find a non rotted floor piece off a car in the junks yards around here an private sellers but now having any luck since most of them are rotted in the exact place that mine is

Arizona IROC

iTrader: (4)

lots of threads on the subject
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/sear...archid=5453059

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...ust-issue.html

Do a search. It's all over this site and others

soarestransam

Ok so i found one good piece of the front its out of a 88 camaro will this piece work its the passenger frontt toe board side im also getting all the drain holes plugged up with new sheet metal since they were all rotted out im just gonna put a piece of sheet metal over the holes an mig weld them up an then undercoat with rust prevention paint

Arizona IROC

iTrader: (4)

All 3rd gen floor parts will work in all 3rd gens