Slide the new floor under the car and lift it into place.
Estimate to weld in new floor pans.
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We go back over the lip with a grinder to make for a nice flat surface to set the new pans on.
You may need to adjust the seat pan tabs on the sides of the floor.
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I am currently in the middle of cutting out rust from a car floor pan and will need to know soon whether i can do spot welds or do i have to run a bead.
Your car s original floor pans were spot welded in because it was the most cost effective cheapest way to do thousands of vehicles.
If you re spot welding pre drill the holes in the new panel.
Rather than duplicate the factory spot welds many restorers prefer to run a complete bead around the new panel.
Right now i am thinking that i will first of all.
Removing it makes for a much neater job.
2 shape it to the original floor pan.
3 drill holes through the new floor pan every 1 around the perimeter.
1 cut the sheet metal to size.
Butt weld vs spot weld.
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Start to finish it s roughly an 8 hour job and can be easily broken up over a two day weekend with a mig welder and a plasma cutter.
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I have seen this part of the job skipped and the new pans installed right over the leftover scrap.
White s advice is to replace a rusty floor pan as soon as possible to avoid additional problems.
A continuous weld is unnecessary and more likely to crack later on.
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