How is all THAT eeeeeeeezzzzzzyer than just popping out the front seats (5 minutes a side, if you're as slow as me: pretty sure just about ANYBODY could do it faster); a few seconds with a hole saw; and weld in a nut in from on top, in place of the stuuuuupid factory crap?

I guess, until you've ACTUALLY DONE IT the eeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzy way, "shortcuts" seem ... shorter. [insert obnoxious "reality"-show buzzer sound here] Invariably, you do AT LEAST twice as much work trying to get out of doing work, as the work you're trying to get out of doing. As always, with "shortcuts".

Butt hay, I don't like to work hard; I don't even like to work smart; I don't like to work at all PERIOD. In my view, the best way to do work is to arrange a system wherein all I have to do is to initiate a process and sit back and watch the work DO ITSELF. Which in this case, isn't quite completely possible; butt all that about "plate" and all that, is the EXACT OPPOSITE.

Sure, and I have no doubt whatsoever that it worked out just fine, and that's all completely well and good, and you're totally justified in thinking that, as far as it goes. BUTT: is that The Best Way for THIS person to do it? Is it SO GOOD that it's BETTER than an obviously BETTER way? Sure, we can all talk about "I did this and it worked"... I personally knew somebody that was skydiving one day, and his parachute failed, and he survived. Yeah, he "did it". So does that mean I should go onto all the skydiving forums and tell all the n00bz that they don't need a parachute: after all, "I know a guy" that ... lived in spite of not having one? Here's the proof, he's still alive 40-some yrs later? (or was, a decade or 2 ago, anyway, haven't talked to him in at least that long) I don't think so.

Instead of "I did it and it worked", let's think more toward the thought process of "here's how YOU can do it the quickest cheeeeepest eeeeeezzzzzzzyest and least work". Which is NOT laying up under the car and doing all that CRAP that you'll have to peel the carpet back for ANYWAY to keep from setting it on fire (unless you're REALLY lucky, like my friend with the parachute) which means you'll have to pull the seats ANYWAY. Just bypass all the shortcut CRAP and do it the eeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzy way in the first place.

 

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Yeah, thats all nice and Cool but no need to remove any carpet. The area that you weld my way is to small plug welds. It doesn't heat up the floor much because they're just plug welds. And your welding and area 3 inches away from the metal that makes the floor. So its as easy as doing a good job and being careful. The really cool thing is the larger plates spread out the load a little. Personally I feel like drilling holes in the floor and sneaking nuts in and welding them is a hack unless you weld the floor holes closed. And if you were gonna go through all that trouble, why not cut rectangles out and place plates in that way then close the floor. Also, either way you're getting under the car. And not getting welding slag on you is really easy, like don't lay directly under it and if you wanna get really
crazy, wear a proper mask/protective gear.