Floorboard Thickness

[TravisB]

I am going to need to patch a couple spots in my floorboard. The holes are small and not really worth buying a whole floorpan. Does anyone know what thickness these floor pans are so I can get some at the metal shop and make a couple small patches?

Also anyone had issues with these little plugs rusting and what did you do to fix that?

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[DanMcG]

I think the sheet metal on these trucks are 19 gauge.

 

[73c20jim]

I'm going to put fiberglass matting over my cleaned up holy floor. They use it on Corvettes. Maybe get extra HP. lol.

 

[rpcraft]

I'm going to put fiberglass matting over my cleaned up holy floor. They use it on Corvettes. Maybe get extra HP. lol.

Probably just extra rust more than likely

 

[peats]

my experience says 18ga i have never seen or heard of 19ga. but that's just me. would be cheaper to buy a hood from the local salvage yard than buy new metal from a retailer. laying fiberglass over a metal floor pan does not seem like a long term solution. there is a certain amount of pride that comes with doing things correctly.

 

[rpcraft]

my experience says 18ga i have never seen or heard of 19ga. but that's just me. would be cheaper to buy a hood from the local salvage yard than buy new metal from a retailer. laying fiberglass over a metal floor pan does not seem like a long term solution. there is a certain amount of pride that comes with doing things correctly.

Thus the rust comment.

And you are right, it would be easier to buy a removed door, hood, or trunk panel off an old barge or landy yacht, then cut and clean the paint off the edge and weld in place. I'm actually about to do the same to fix the smaller holes in my floor board. Luckily mine are really something that there was no reason to go with replacement floor tubs and stuff. I got the worst on the K5 seatbelt posts, where it meets the floor pan. I was considering the other day whether to weld in, or cut and rivet the parts in, and then just use a good does of seam sealer and primer/paint to cover up the eveidence. I do have a small Mig from Lincoln but as of yet I have not taken the time to learn, Might be a good time to do so, lol.

 

[73c20jim]

my experience says 18ga i have never seen or heard of 19ga. but that's just me. would be cheaper to buy a hood from the local salvage yard than buy new metal from a retailer. laying fiberglass over a metal floor pan does not seem like a long term solution. there is a certain amount of pride that comes with doing things correctly.

Long term solution..... ha ha! I'm 74.

 

[rpcraft]

Like I told my father then other day when he was telling me to use an acorn to plant trees in my yard. I told him I wasn't interested in planting trees for the next owner of my house, lol.

 

[idahovette]

Long term solution..... ha ha! I'm 74.

Lifetime warranties don't mean a lot to me anymore. I'm 69

 

[TravisB]

Okay, I finally got a chance to work on my floor again and I've found there are several pinholes in the rust. Would it be better to buy new pans and from them on or try to patch the spots?

I don't mind if it's a bit cratered under the carpet there no one will see it but if it's going to keep rusting under there I won't be really happy with that.

If I need new floor pans who's got the best deal and quality on them?

 

[rpcraft]

Depends on how big the spots are... If they are all over and spread out and larger then yes, if you are just talking about a few spots then just grind the rust off and weld the spots up... Cheapest is going to be whereever you find them, check AMD, and a local body place, they may charge more for the part initially but will probably save you on freight, unless you are buying 1000 dollars worth of stuff from LMC, then they will be more likely to be cheaper, but if it is just a few holes you can go to a local metal supplier and get some 16 gauge trimmings for probably next to nothing, if they charge you at all.