Welding Floor Pans Mini

The floor panel is around 1 1mm thicker than other body panels on a mini so you should be able to butt weld if your fit up is okay.

Welding floor pans mini. When the replacement panels have a spot weld flange i punch 1 4 holes in the panel and plug weld the panels if i ve got more flange i ll use 3 8 holes. Then use urethane seam sealer to seam up the weld area front and back after it has been epoxy primed. Rather than patch i decided to install new floor pans. This gives you a double seam of weld around the patch with the overlap on the inside hidden under the carpet whilst from below the repair will be near invisible especially if it gets a textured finish like stonechip.

In this episode i finally get that driver side floor pan welded in i was glad to get this done i spread this video over a few days but i am chuffed. When i get home tonight i will start removing the off side boot floor pan. I over lapped my floor pans and trunk floor about 1 1 2 inches and welded them in from both top and bottom. Lots of work but i wanted that extra thickness at the perimeter.

Here are a few of the volvo s i ve done. Just about every minis floor pans will most likely suffer rot. Os boot floor and battery box. Fabrication of a friends car in calgary.

This has been patched many times in the past. If it s a whole floor it should be plug welded to replicate the original spot welds. I am slowly removing the near and offside floor pans i decided to retain the tunnel and bought pre assembled floors from m machine. In the area between.

The mini forum mini technical. I have nearly removed all of the old floor and need to decide what is the best technique for welding the new floor to the existing tunnel. Floor pans posted in bodywork paint and detailing. Also weld inside the car around the edge of the repair panel.

I then decided to leave this on on the passenger side as welding the new panel in on the drivers side was a bit of a mare and i wish i hadn t cut it out. Then ground down both welds top and bottom with a die grinder. Sep 4 2002 posts. There seems to be several options.

If it s repair panels butt welds are better in terms of rust prevention. From santa cruz ca. Classic mini floor pans. Rustys rod gun aug 22 2010.

Used weld thru primer on overlap. I am looking forward to removing all the past bodges and welding in clean metal to clean metal with a good dollop of rust proofing in the form of kurust and a zinc based primer. The only reason i can see to glue in floor pans is not knowing how to weld. Weld from below filling in the joggled edge and if you want it to look invisible grind the weld back flush.

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