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Old 04-20-2020, 11:43 AM
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I know this rust is bad but how bad from a scale of 1 to 100 and cost to fix it?


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It's probably more that in that picture. You really need to pull the carpet and see how far it goes and see if there's any more elsewhere.
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That is not that bad they sell replacement panels for each front driver and passenger side and back driver and passenger side area for like $50. If you are handy with tools you can cut out the rusted section and put in a new panel.I just did my driver side front panel.
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It's probably more that in that picture. You really need to pull the carpet and see how far it goes and see if there's any more elsewhere.
been planning to pull it for cleaning and too see how bad it actually is
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That is not that bad they sell replacement panels for each front driver and passenger side and back driver and passenger side area for like $50. If you are handy with tools you can cut out the rusted section and put in a new panel.I just did my driver side front panel.
that's not too bad. I want to try to get it fixed before it spreads further. Can hardly hear the radio when im rumbling down the highway lol.
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Yes you have to take the seats and carpet up, my spot was about the same size as yours, but the rusted area was about 4 times that size.The replacement panels cover the floor area, the front panel I replaced was about 2 feet by 3 feet. Pull the carpet out a take some pictures for us.
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It will be worse when you remove everything. I replaced both my front are rears although only drivers front was totally gone others one I could of patched up places. Replacement pans weren't that much think mine were $65 each and were the KeyParts brand fit was real good. here is a pic of my front.

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Yes you have to take the seats and carpet up, my spot was about the same size as yours, but the rusted area was about 4 times that size.The replacement panels cover the floor area, the front panel I replaced was about 2 feet by 3 feet. Pull the carpet out a take some pictures for us.
might get around to it this week or next.
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It will be worse when you remove everything. I replaced both my front are rears although only drivers front was totally gone others one I could of patched up places. Replacement pans weren't that much think mine were $65 each and were the KeyParts brand fit was real good. here is a pic of my front.

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Hope I never run into that.
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I fiberglassed both front pans inside and out. They were holed. The rear seat area, not so much. Had to grind out all the rust. When I was done I'd say about 10% of each front pan was gone. Not really all that bad. Just a bunch of work and a big mess.
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just broke into the carpet and pulled up the area where that "hole" was. Im scared the pull up the rest.
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Just broke into the carpet and pulled it up where the "hole" is. Im scared to pull it further

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just broke into the carpet and pulled up the area where that "hole" was. Im scared the pull up the rest.
Far from the record lol
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Oops. I'd say before you start looking into panels, it'd be best to face your fears and pull the rest. Sorry to say it but, if that's isolated and the rest is all fine, you're very lucky.

When I did my floor repairs, I found the padding under the carpet was soaked through. I removed all of it front to back and have no noise complaints.
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