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It fell apart in me hand Guv'
Sheddy:
Hi m8,
I did my boot floor a couple of weeks ago. Its not just taking the floor out, you also need to take out all the trim in the back of the motor including the rear seats. Allow at least 2 hours for removal and the same for re-fitting.
Removing the boot floor and cleaning up the surround will take you around 3 hours and it kills your knees. There are over 100 spot welds that all need drilling out. When the floor is out you may find that 1,2 or all 3 of the body straps underneath will need replacing. These are not expensive, around £50+VAT for the three of them. If you can find a tame Motor Factors they may let you have them on a returnable basis (MM4X4 did for me).
Hell of a job, to be honest at the time I wished I had just paid the money and had it done for me. In retrospect, a very satisfying job to accomplish.
Sheddy:
With regard to the wheel arch, £171+VAT for a replacement (thats the inner where the seatbelt mounting point is). Thats about as scary as it gets. Other than the price, its pretty much the same as the boot floor. Unpick the welds, clean it up and have the new one welded in.
I'm going down the patching up route with this one, just waiting for a weekend that doesn't rain so I can get on with it!
denviks:
i didnt take any of the trim outta mine. took me most of the day though. i am a novice when it comes to this sortta thing so if i can anyone can :wink:
Rob110:
That rubber matting thing stays wet for ages unless its a hot summer day, i mainly use mine for offroading so i peeled the foam off the mat and just put the rubber back, now it drys loads quicker
hobbit:
That floor is not that bad, even replacing with a new floor yourself is not that big a job, mine was a lot bigger mess holes wise.
Seat belt mountings can be done just use a stronger metal if the mounting is still useable, or see of you can get them out of one of the discos that are being stripped, cut out a section of the arch complete and graft it into yours
After plating use a seam sealer to block up any small holes there is, and over paint the lot
Ironically you could even rivet or screw a floor in, its not structural on these motors, I was going on holiday the other year and found a large hole in mine, too late to weld it up, so I used a sheet of plastic and kitchen sealer, and temp plated that for the hols, stopped the water getting in though. :wink:
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