hey ive been trying to figure out what to do on the floor of my camaro since its pretty rusted out. im hoping to get some feedback on what to do....i was thinking of finding another camaro maybe accidented or something and take the floors out to put it in mine but if i cant find any what could be my best bet??

thanks

 

i got some small surface rust and some all the way through on my car, and the thing i could suggest that if ur floors arent completly screwed just use some sheet metal. its cheap and its bendable

 

Yes, finding a clean donor car is your best bet. That's what I did with my 79.

If you only have a few small holes, you'd better do just like 91Firebug a said.

 

If you only have spots of severe rust get yourself a couple of pieces of sheet metal and a grinder/cutting wheel and get to welding. If you have more than 50% of holes then get a donor floor or a repladement pan from any one of a number of vendors (hawks.com etc.)

 

Someone should do a FAQ, and the moderators should be linking to it everytime someone asks a question that's been asked over and over again already.

To the OP. With pictures we can help you give our opinion, but you can't do anything without first making a visual check and knowing what to look for. Second, if the damage is bad enough you need to determine if you're capable of doing metal on metal replacement or know someone who is, or are willing to pay someone who is.

Mathius

 

well, if you decide to go the sheet metal route, what you want to do is get some 20-22 guage steel sheet, and use that. you can cut out the exacte shape out of some cardboard, ( so that you know it will fit after taking some measurements a couple of times to be sure ). make sure that it's a little larger so you can shape it to the contour of the floor shape. you can use a ball peen hammer to do that with.

once you have it all in place, you can either weld it, or use rivits, and expoxy to finish off the repair, ( the epoxy seals the repair completely ). your choice.
you should then do a little under coating on the repaired area after that and hopefully that'll take care of your repair just fine.

as it's been said, ask yourself before hand whether or not you have the neccassary skill for such a job. if not ask a friend who does to help you with it, or just save up the money and have someone do the job for you. either way be safe, and take your time. you'll be glad that yo did in the loong run.

best wishes with this project. let us know how you make out. show us some pics of the final project. we got your back bro. *S*

Camaro-454

 

you could just do patch panels...check out my cardomain page and you can see what i did...if you want...many ways to do it..this is what i did

 

i stripped the inside of the car this week end and i figured that probably patches would of covered the job but i found some new floor tubs for that are and for a pretty good price so i figured why not?...heres a couple of pics

 

heres a pic of the tub...thats the driver side...its in 2 pieces

 

looks good, but u got a lot of work ahead of you... and i thought i was complaining with the little bit of rust i have

 

good luck! awaiting results...

 

thanks!...ill keep posting as i go on

 

That sounds good! If you could, take some pics of when your cutting the floor and welding...im kinda still new to the cut and weld part of body work...but some step by step pics would REALLY HELP! thanks dude!

 

well ill probably be cuting a lil bit but im geting the welding done by someone else...ill do my best for the pics!

 

Have fun, it's a lot work but can be quite rewarding.

 

Awesome, I just started the floor work on my 89 RS, its in the same front drivers side only though, so far ripped out the carpet and all the interior. I look forward to following your repair/replacement work.

 

Glad to see im not the only one on this road!...keep the work posted!...

 

allaboutspeed looks like youve done a pretty good job on yours im looking forward that mines gona end up like that!

 

18 or 22 gauge? And what did you use or are gonna use to secure everything before you do the cutting?

 

what do you mean by the gauge?...the thickness?....and im not sure what you mean by securing before cutting?....the tub is made for the car so i dont have to do much cuting...theres a couple but not a whole lot

 

correct, gauge means thickness. and he probably means securing the metal before cutting so u get a much cleaner cut...and that sounds good!

 

i see well i havent had the chance to mesure the thickness of the metal yet and the guy that i bought it from didnt tell me but the passer side is an acual peice out of a camaro and the drivers is a aftermarket tub but im not sure of the thickness...by guess i would say 18....what do you mesure it by?....imperial or metric?

 

and for the cutting i havent decided anything yet as i didnt have the chance to go home yet because im a student in college and i moved out about 1hour away from where i lived (wich is where my car is)...ill let u know when i start the work

 

Sounds like a damn good deal!

 

yeah man!...hows your project comming along?...any pics of it so far?

 

Oh man I have tons of pics let me see if I can upload some to my comp. I've ripped out everything and started ripping the motor apart, previous owner like the majority of p.o's lied and did crappy repairs to the roof with hot glue, and painted everything inside white too

 

what a fool ehe? why oh why cant 3rd gens ever be treated with care?

 

Haha yeah, I felt the bigger fool for not doing my homework before getting this one, but hey I lived and learned and got an ear full from the old lady about it. I guess for a partial trade I can't be wrong, and if I'm wrong then I must hate being right

 

i'm new to forum so any help would be greatly appreciated. i just recently purchased an 83 z28. has anyone found a rear seat pan for these third gen camaro's? i stripped the interior today and low and behold a big *** hole in the passenger rear pan. i have been looking all over the internet today trying to find a replacement but it's not looking good. any help would be great thanks in advance.

 

do you have pics of the car?...im not a proffesional but im in college studying automotive so i could maybe find an answer for you

 

befor you get to far in, take the front fenders off and look at the bottom of the front door posts. Mine were rusted out and the rust carried on into what I thought were good floors. with the fenders off I could look into the foot wells through the door posts. I supported the car on stands at the suspension then jacked at the trans crossmember till the doors closed nice then cut out all the rust well into the foot wells and built and welded in new metal. door close nice now and the t tops are a lot less squeeky

 

haha i was quick to buy my car too, its just the third gen charm

 

i started workin on the floors this week eend......im at a poinnt that i dont realy know what to do....heres a couple of pics let me know what u guys think...would be very apreciated

 

I would be considering the new floors that are avalible you dont have to replace the whole floors, but you can cut out and use what you need. If you don't have a welder ypu sould by a little wire feed with mig ability. thay can be found for $300 or $400 and with 110V if ypu don't have 240V.

 

just about forgot. While you have it apart take a look at the rear footwells where the rear subframe welds to the floor that is a rust problem as well as the front of the front door post

 

well i do have someone to weld the floors in the thing im not sure about is how far to go as in removing rust....i would like to do as much as possible so that when i bring it to get it welded he dosent have to deal with any rust and just weld the pans in place
and where do you mean by the front door post?...the braketss in the front fender?

 

below the botton door hinge. to see the hole I had to remove the plastic inner fender from the front wheel well then look behind the fender below the hinge area.

 

do you have any pics of the rust you had on yours?...

 

no I never took any. all welded back togeathed now. I'll see if I can get picks of the area in tomorow though.

 

ok thanks

 

Here's the pictures, the other side was worse.

 

thannks for the pics.....what kind of rims are those?they look different i kinda like it....looks like something from an old charger

 

found them on a wrecked Astro van. Don't know how thay got on an Astro. A frend has the same ones on a mid 70's Vet and says thay are stock, but I'm not so shure.

 

awesome...looks good anyway