floor pan rusting through?

Question

I have a 86 honda civic it runs great but the floor pans are rusting through. What is the best way of repairing this

Answer 1

Get rid of the rotted metal around the opening, and grind around it until you get solid metal.

You can patch the hole with a piece of galvanized sheet metal. Attach it using rivets to the floor pan.

Answer 2

A quick way ,if it isn't structural, is to pop rivit or screw a piece of metal over the rust . Seal it with body sealer or roofing cement.
Take out the carpet first. A shop would cut away the rust and weld in new floor sections.

Answer 3

You're going to have to yank out the carpet obviously, and get to the bare metal. Cut the chunk of rusted metal out and replace it with a new replacement panel...any import aftermarket shop should have one. Repaint the anti-rust undercoating, replace the carpet and you have a new floor.

Answer 4

Work with a body shop. Somewhere there is one in a salvage yard, not all rusted through and just waiting to be expertly spliced onto your car.

Answer 5

Replacement floor pans are available for older cars (typically muscle cars). For your car, I don't know. An experienced welder might be able to fabricate a metal patch.

Answer 6

do it the right waycut it out weld in a new piece or if you lack welding skills you could rivit it make sure tou use rubberized undercoat (its $3-5 a can) thats just some preventative maintenance (especially if you rivette it'll keep water out :)

Answer 7

weld a piece of sheet metal in.

Answer 8

cut it out and weld new metal onto it. or, get a peice of wood and cover it. yabbadabba doo!!!!!