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floor pans

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:28 pm
by gjones1967
pulled out the interior today and started chipping away at the rust. Both sides of front and rear floor pans have some degree of rust so I figure replace them all. Any advice on A) doing the job and B) where to get the pans. So far I have only found two places that have them, AR and C2 fabrication.

Re: floor pans

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:29 pm
by gchocevar
Hi,

I had patches of rust through in the same area. I cut out the weak spots, made patches and had the local weld shop put them in. One of worst spots was under the accelerator where the ground wire from the tranny meets the chassis. I painted up both sides. No rust through after 8 years.

Good luck,
Greg

Re: floor pans

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:36 pm
by gjones1967
That would be easier did you patch from the top or from underneath?

Re: floor pans

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:57 am
by spiderdan
Wolf Steel Body Panels in Quebec, Canada has them new.
http://www.alfaparts.net/fiatspider.html
I have not used them but a few people I know have and said they are good quality.
Good luck on what you decide.

Re: floor pans

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:20 pm
by DieselSpider
Vicks in Fort Worth, TX has them all too.

Re: floor pans

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:35 pm
by gchocevar
I cut and laid the patches on top. The welder laid a nice smooth fillet on the top and bottom. I spray undercoated both sides. You can hardly see a seam. I finished off the top of the floor with foil backed rubber sound deadening which had great self stick for forming around the curves and seat supports. http://www.soundproofcow.com/product/ro ... -material/
Next I laid down Jute padding (old IAS) and carpeting http://www.worlduph.com/fiat/124_spider/

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Re: floor pans

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:32 pm
by gjones1967
Looks like a real neat job. I remember doing similar with my MGB for the soundproofing. I used some sort of self adhesive roofing material as the soundproof stuff was crazy expensive and it worked well

Re: floor pans

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:12 am
by mamsterla
Did one order of the insulation cover the whole interior? Also did you feel the jute was necessary? I would suspect that carpet directly on the sound deadener would be sufficient.

Re: floor pans

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:37 pm
by gchocevar
It was a complete tear down so I did both. The carpeting was a quality weave but it did not have backing. I am glad I did it but it wasn't necessary. Both helped more reducing engine heat rather than noise.

Re: floor pans

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:58 pm
by rodo
May I ask: how many packs of the sounddeading material did you require?

Re: floor pans

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:14 pm
by gchocevar
Hi ,

Sorry for the delay but I had to pull this invoice up from 2010.

I used 3 sheets 24 x 48 x.078 thick. I used every bit of it. I may have cheated on the back seat floor wells. It was actually fun to install. You can fit it with the anti-stick backing in place first. There is not much forgiveness if you missed dimension and tried to pull it up after removing the anti-stick backing.

Greg