Welding Floor Pans Mini

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Welding floor pans mini.

Rustys rod gun aug 22 2010. From santa cruz ca. Here are a few of the volvo s i ve done. Sep 4 2002 posts.

Rather than patch i decided to install new floor pans. When the replacement panels have a spot weld flange i punch 1 4 holes in the panel and plug weld the panels if i ve got more flange i ll use 3 8 holes. Classic mini floor pans. There seems to be several options.

When i get home tonight i will start removing the off side boot floor pan. Used weld thru primer on overlap. I then decided to leave this on on the passenger side as welding the new panel in on the drivers side was a bit of a mare and i wish i hadn t cut it out. I am slowly removing the near and offside floor pans i decided to retain the tunnel and bought pre assembled floors from m machine.

Floor pans posted in bodywork paint and detailing. Metal was 16 ga. I am looking forward to removing all the past bodges and welding in clean metal to clean metal with a good dollop of rust proofing in the form of kurust and a zinc based primer. Os boot floor and battery box.

Fabrication of a friends car in calgary. In the area between. This is a 1980 classic mini clubman saloon. Weld from below filling in the joggled edge and if you want it to look invisible grind the weld back flush.

The floor panel is around 1 1mm thicker than other body panels on a mini so you should be able to butt weld if your fit up is okay. This has been patched many times in the past. If it s a whole floor it should be plug welded to replicate the original spot welds. If it s repair panels butt welds are better in terms of rust prevention.

This gives you a double seam of weld around the patch with the overlap on the inside hidden under the carpet whilst from below the repair will be near invisible especially if it gets a textured finish like stonechip. Then ground down both welds top and bottom with a die grinder. Just about every minis floor pans will most likely suffer rot. I have nearly removed all of the old floor and need to decide what is the best technique for welding the new floor to the existing tunnel.

Then use urethane seam sealer to seam up the weld area front and back after it has been epoxy primed. In this episode i finally get that driver side floor pan welded in i was glad to get this done i spread this video over a few days but i am chuffed. Also weld inside the car around the edge of the repair panel. I over lapped my floor pans and trunk floor about 1 1 2 inches and welded them in from both top and bottom.

Lots of work but i wanted that extra thickness at the perimeter.