Got a start today on everyones favorite, rust repair!! I took the carpets out to get a good look at what I'm dealing with.
And oh my lanta is it worse than I thought. I knew of a couple holes on the passenger side, and a body mount. Well that would've been nice lol
This is the passenger side and it's about what I was expecting
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Drivers side is about what I was expecting, still no worries
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The first annoyance, a previous owners idea of patching a floor
Ive got nothing against using rivets to put in a patch, but this is not how it's done.
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And this is where I started wanting to cry a lil bit lol Turns out the drivers side underneath is by far the nastiest spot. Also a shout out to my 5yr old helper today. He tells me sticks work great to see if stuff is broken lol
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And of course one final blow just to really send it all home lol
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But hey the rear is pretty solid other than some surface rust I can hit with some sandpaper and primer. So that's a silver lining, I guess? lol
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But I guess that's what happens when I vehicle lives it's life next to the ocean and spends every winter driving on roads covered in salt.
I know for a lot of people this would be enough to cut their losses and toss it all. Buuuut that's not really an option for me, I've brought worse back from the dead and I'm not looking to put this baby in Sema, solid, water tight, and rust free is all I need.
So the game plan:
I'm doing chemo treatments rn and still off work so full floor pans are not in the budget, Right now the plan is to seperate the tub from the frame and cut out and replace the rust on the floor, the frame will go off to a guy in town who does amazing framework, then we'll put them back together.
Then I want to spray the entire tub with a bedliner or something similar, then some sound deadending, and while the carpets are out I'll steam clean them and re-dye them with the same stuff I used for my roll bar covers
It worked great on the roll bar covers so hopefully I'll have good results with the carpet as well.
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Wish me luck!! lol