Floor Panels
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Jan 28, 2018 01:13PM | specialist | |
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Jan 21, 2018 09:50PM | Djsteck | Edited: Jan 21, 2018 10:17PM |
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The foam is still in there also......need to find a way to get it out or away from any welding.
I was thinking just flat steel, formed to shape, would work
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Ah yes, the ones that are integral to the floor itself.
Could you cut the flutes off of a regular set of sills and weld on flat steel? If you know a good TIG welder, it would be invisible
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"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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Every picture I've seen of MINIs with the sill , "step", cut out, there has been some metal welded in the door opening to stop the worst from happening. I wouldn't trust a rusty front floor from holding things together.
Mine is still on a spit. The sills for mine are not available from anyone that I've tried so far. May just have to go with sheet metal and a bender (break?)
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Every picture I've seen of MINIs with the sill , "step", cut out, there has been some metal welded in the door opening to stop the worst from happening. I wouldn't trust a rusty front floor from holding things together.
Mine is still on a spit. The sills for mine are not available from anyone that I've tried so far. May just have to go with sheet metal and a bender (break?)
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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Any rate, if I had to do it all over, I'd do a full floor pan, on a rotisserie. BTW, that would be a great time to take care of any and all rust. That way, once it's all back together again, you won't find yourself dealing with rust again for a good long while.
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M-machine sells the full pan with sills, tunnel and toeboard for £600 which for me is money well spent considering the time and money to spend piece-ing it all together.
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I decided to weld in a piece of stock across the door, maybe 4 inches or so up from the door step area to keep it from separating when I cut out the floor and door step. Then, I cut out the front quarter floor on one side along with the door step, being careful with the tunnel and box (cut spot welds). I then replaced that section with the front quarter, once it was welded and done, cut out the back quarter of the floor and replaced it and joined to the front quarter. Then rinse and repeat on the other side. Then I did the door steps, then the outer sills last. Make sure you have a spot weld cutting tool.
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