The floor board of this subaru brat is rusted out. i cut out the rust damage, welded in new steel, and put on a seal coat.. You can still buy most of the body repair panels and rust replacement rocker panels , floor boards etc from your local gmc or chevy dealer. cannot beat oem parts for fit - i just bought complete rocker panels for my 1980 k30 from gmc dealer for $115 per side - no china junk - the real deal. Hundreds have issued complaints about nissan altimas with rusty floorboards full of holes – some big enough to stand in. but the car company said it will not issue a recall. nbc’s tom costello.
Remove the seats and carpet, clean all the rust as best as you can, then asess whether you can do the repairs. the inner floor can be repaired with a piece of sheet metal bent at a 90 deg angle and welded or riveted to both the floor and inner rocker.. Cut out the rust. to repair this hole correctly, you must first cut away any rusted or thin metal surrounding the hole so that you have a good surface to weld a patch. using a grinder with a cutting wheel, cut away the rust or thin metal in as uniform a shape as possible so your patch looks professional.. Repairing rusted-out floors. by "madcat-x1" now i don't know the extent of the rust on your car but in order to do a solid repair you're going to find that you will have to remove metal about an inch or two beyond where it is rusty. normally where you see the rust and holes, the metal is bad underneath the paint..
