What to do about minor floor rust....

Prime Lord

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So I started dissasembling my interior because I'm going to dynamat the entire inner body, and when it came time to pull the carpet up, I found this under the passenger seat:




Its not bad enough to warrant a new floor pan, but something needs to be done. What would you suggest?

Also, hurray for no interior!



/no hurray for cell phone camera, though.....

 

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Fett

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If it's not through the pan, just surface rust, you can use a grinder or sander and remove the rust then paint the metal.

 

Snikt89GT

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I hate rust. Why didn't they coat/paint the metal well from the factory so that would never rust?

 

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Just knock it off with a wire wheel and repaint it. Not hard at all. I am going thru the same thing. If you dont have a grinder, they make wire wheels for a drill. If no drill (heaven forbid) bust out the ole sandpaper.

 

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POR15

Never worry about it again

 

notch22

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It is a matter of time before the grease pic is pulled up out of the boneyard again.....

 

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I am with the por 15 idea

 

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Make sure it hasnt rusted through anywhere, tap around with a hammer or screwdiver or something. Also look really good under the car and see if its completely through in any spots. If its not then sand it down and paint or por 15

 

Roland69

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get rid of the rust than just oil srpay it or paint it

 

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DmnStr8 said:

POR15

Never worry about it again

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Excellent stuff. I did my whole undercarriage and interior floor with it.

 

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Is there any reason you are picking dynamat? After doing some research on sound deadening I used Second Skin Damplifier Pro. Check it out.

If you go to the forum you will see a write up with some pics on my mustang when I did the same thing.

 

Snikt89GT

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Why add all of that weight in the first place?

 

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You call that rust lol see my sig link...

Anyway just use a grinder wheel (or wire brush - less chance of taking off too much metal) to remove all the surface rust. If you're lucky the rust is only surface rust. I'd use a self etching primer or rust stopper before applying any paint.

Remove the factory sealer, grind, primer and apply new sealer too. Rust is there for a reason, there has to be a small leak somewhere. Mostly it's going to be the factory sealer that came loose...

 

Prime Lord

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Snikt89GT said:

Why add all of that weight in the first place?

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First, its not "all that weight" it'd be like adding a chick to the car. But that's irrelevent. For me, its about making the interior that much nicer. Being a T-Top car, its draftier and noiser than a trunker or hatchback. So for me its all about reducing rattles, road & wind noise, and increasing sound quality of my stereo. I'm not drag racing, so my ET can suck it.