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Offline Belgium Cuda

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Replace full floorpan.
« on: June 08, 2011 - 02:22:13 PM »
Is it easier to cut out the old floor before drilling out the spotwelds?

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Offline Moparinho

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Re: Replace full floorpan.
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011 - 07:39:55 PM »
definitelly yes.  I replaced the full trunk pan  and I had to cut it in pieces before removing the spot welds and extract the panels from the car.
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Offline lemming303

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Re: Replace full floorpan.
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011 - 10:00:26 PM »
I just did mine and it was easy to do after cutting the majority of the floor out. I used a sawzall and cut big pieces out. Make sure when you cut though that you watch for the frame, floor braces and seat mounts underneath the pan. I found out the hard way that there are braces that run the length of the rockers and I cut into one of them. Not to big of a deal to fix, but I only cut into it. I would think it would be alot worse to cut into the frame....
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