stoner22

New update went and spoke to owner about what i expected and he said he was researching how to install the floor pan he says hes seen where it was welded in and it was partially welded and sealer is used . Says it has to do with flexing. Helps keep welds from breaking?

jbsjunk

This alone tells me he didn't know what he was doing. You cut the old out and weld in the new. He never cut the old out making a water trap.

dmill89

X2, as for the "proper" way to put the new pan in (once the old is cut out of course), anywhere the new pan meets old should be a solid weld. There are two schools of thought for where the pan meets the frame rails. From the factory the pan was spot welded to the rails and seam sealer used to fill the gaps, some people say to do the new pan the same way, because they believe the flex this allows lessens the risk of tearing/cracking the relatively thin pan, other's say to weld it solid for increases strength.


The fact that the shop you are paying to do this has to "research" it is definitely a bit scary and says they haven't done this before.

93XJeeper

I'd say the guy did a ****y job. I would have just done it myself and out whole new pans in. If you don't know how, how's a good time to learn. Here's my project.

stoner22

So do i have him weld it all in or use both weld and adhesive or just adhesive.

studmuffin

Should have gone to a weld shop where guys do this all day everyday not a performance shop where they took the job just to get your money.

jbsjunk

It's already been welded in. Leave it alone unless you want to cut the floor out and fix it right.

stoner22

Ok so after our talk i told him i want to have the entire floor trans tunnel to stripped of all rust and paint and bed liner. Then have the drivers floor pan cut out because of the holes and replaced. Now when the old floor pan is cut out it should look like this

stoner22

Told them if the frame is rusty or rusted it will need to be fixed or sanded and primed thenit should look something like this

stoner22

lastly i told them thw floor pan should have pannel adhesive used around the entire seam top and bottom then reline the entire floor and the bottom of the floor pan With a water proof liner.

stoner22

So at this point if it dont get fixed the way i want ill just call it a day and make sure i get someone who build off rd jeeps.

andrewmp6

The floor pans should always be fully welded in not panel adhesive.Only places you should use panel adhesive is like on a quarter panel or anything not structural which the floor pans kinda are.After the pans are welded in they should be seam sealed just in case then standard sand prime and paint over them.I kinda understand why the guy didn't know its a performance shop when you really needed a body shop to do this work.

stoner22

So today i had to have a tow truck pic my jeep up and bring it home from endurance Motorsports. From the time i dropped it the first time till today it had been there over a month. Its still not fixed. Worst experience ive had with a shop hands down.

SteveMongr

I'm sorry to her you are having to deal with all of this..

Fred/N0AZZ

This sounds like this place was a "Low Bidder" on the work should have went to a shop known for quality work. Then not told them how to do the job to begin with, as you get older you will learn these lessons the way most of us did, the hard way costing you money a few times.