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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS
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Rusted underbody.

my 92 camaro's underbody is in pretty bad shape. I hada new drivers floor pan installed from inside a few years ago. The pinch welds on both sides are almost gone. The back wheels wells have a hole in them. Ive done alot of fiber glass patching and i just found out yesterday my unibody has a small crack in it up by my k member. Ive had the car repainted and the body looks great, but when u get underneath it looks bad. What should i do? I dont have any pics available right now.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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Car: 88 GTA "Cocaine"
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Re: Rusted underbody.

buy a welder if you are going to drive the car in salt
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 92 Camaro RS
Engine: 406, 305
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Re: Rusted underbody.

It all depends on how much the car means to you. The majority of people on this board are gonna tell you to find a cleaner shell and swap your parts. I'm going through the same thing right now with a car I bought(new paint but floors are shot) and I decided to go with the patches the guy before me screwed in(welding them isntead) and making it as rigid as I can. It all depends on how much work you want to do to a car. If you aren't doing the work however, I believe the price of labor is gonna go heavily over what the car is worth. Good luck. Hope you can save your car like me but be smart about it.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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Car: 86 z28
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Re: Rusted underbody.

yeh my car kinda has the same problem so i dont know how to fix this i went under my car to change my oil cause my car was smoking and i got a face full of rust and i only bought this thing for 500$ so idk if its worth fixing ive allready got 100+in it o.O i know im gonna end up putting more in this car then its worth but oh well
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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Re: Rusted underbody.

its about love not money

if you want a new car

make a payment
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