jamiechilcote
13th November 2018, 04:35 PM
I noticed that the carpet under my feet in the driver's side foot well was a nice rusty colour.. Not what you really want to see!
It was pretty damp to the touch so i realised there was a hole somewhere that needed fixing.
The carpet was relatively easy to lift up, all that was needed was the removal of the front seat, the seatbelt clip, and a small screw+washer that holds the carpet down under the seat.
Pulling the seats out
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I decided that I wanted to install a soundsystem while I had the seats out and carpet up which is why the door panels are off, but that'll be in another post!
Here's the rusty floor. It was right up at the base of the firewall
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To fix it, I scraped back all the loose rust with steel wool, then sanded the paint until there was a rough layer of surface rust.
I then sprayed it with a rust converter that seals and primes, then tried to squish as much silicone into the hole as i could to try and seal it all up.
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After the silicone, I hit it with a body deadener to seal over the converter and to try and waterproof it.
Then the white paint layer which was matched to the paint code on the car.
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And thats it, hopefully it holds the rust off for a while. If there are any other techniques that you guys might be able to recommend, i'm all ears!
It was pretty damp to the touch so i realised there was a hole somewhere that needed fixing.
The carpet was relatively easy to lift up, all that was needed was the removal of the front seat, the seatbelt clip, and a small screw+washer that holds the carpet down under the seat.
Pulling the seats out
76865
76866
I decided that I wanted to install a soundsystem while I had the seats out and carpet up which is why the door panels are off, but that'll be in another post!
Here's the rusty floor. It was right up at the base of the firewall
76867
To fix it, I scraped back all the loose rust with steel wool, then sanded the paint until there was a rough layer of surface rust.
I then sprayed it with a rust converter that seals and primes, then tried to squish as much silicone into the hole as i could to try and seal it all up.
76868
76869
76870
After the silicone, I hit it with a body deadener to seal over the converter and to try and waterproof it.
Then the white paint layer which was matched to the paint code on the car.
76871
And thats it, hopefully it holds the rust off for a while. If there are any other techniques that you guys might be able to recommend, i'm all ears!