So I decided to pull up my carpeting to go over the rust on my poor XJ and boy was I surprised with how bad it was! Im including the pics of the stripping and clean phase first. Then once it was all cleaned I cut out a templet of 3mm thick SS sheet metal and laid it over the rear trunk area, rear seat floors, and front seat floors. I secured them down with rivets, SS sheet metal screws, and sealed all the seems with fiber glass to make sure it was a water tight seal. After that i sanded everything down and applied 6 layers of Herculiner to the floor to make it easier to clean out and more water friendly. I apologize for not taking more pics with the seats out after we applied the Herculiner. Enjoy!

 

Now the pics of the sheet metal, fiberglass, and Herculiner!























All comments good or bad are welcome!!

 

sweet as bro!

looks like you had quite a bit of rust to deal with.

looks good with the herc and the huskies.

 

yea that looks real sweet how much money and time do you have in it if you dont mind me asking.

 

This is what the exterior looks like...

 

Well me and my buddy worked on it after work everyday for about 5 days total... the SS sheet metal, Herculiner, and fiberglass were all about $400 for everything... about $50 in Cobalt bits and cut off wheels to drill/cut through the rusty metal lol

 

Wow I am loving the jeep i have a 95 and it black and tan your looks very nice. I want to do the same thing what lift do you have.

 

where'd you get the floor mats?

And whats it look like from underneath?

 

I got the Husky floor mats from Rustysoffroad.com and I still have to finish sealing up everything from underneath with fiberglass and undercoating. I'll post up the pics from underneath when I finish all that. It definitely wont look as pretty from underneath though! lol If I had more time and access to a welder I would have just replaced the whole floor pan! But I did the best I could with what was available to me at the time.

 

i think you did a sick job considering not using a welder!! i have to tackle the floor rust beast in my mj soon and im dreading it!!!!

 

OMG! That looks friggin fantastic! I cant believe there was no welding. Great job!

 

dang... and i thought i had some big holes...

 

So, that's really legit. wow.

Hell of a job man. I'm digging those rubber mats, thinking I'm gonna have to get some now. Really impressive work. I probably would have been like screw this...now I have an escape hatch if I flip over, and I would have proceeded to wheel it till it exploded.

 

Nice job...was the sheet reveted or self tappers??? i love the herculiner!!! its on my list.

 

The sheet metal was secured to the existing floor using the self tappers then used the rivets to go along the frame rails... I bought a sweet rivet gun for the project! I love it!