[MX145]

Media blasting seems to get everywhere but doesn't take care of the hidden areas so I'm glad I'm pulling the seat pans to replace the floor halves. The floor pans fit ok but they are about 1/4" too narrow (for my car anyway). I had to hammer and dolly the entire edge that gets plug welded to the rocker. I got the passenger floor panel in place and screwed it down along the toe board in the front and rear seat area and a couple places along the tunnel. Once I had it where I wanted, I scribed the tunnel line, removed the floor, and cut and reinstalled for final fit and welding. The beads that were stamped in the floor were off. The radius was way too small to match up to the factory metal. Seems like It took every round punch and radius'd hammer and dolly I could find to rework them. I would have had the same issue with the Classic trunk floor patch panel except I installed a suspension crossmember which broke it up. The cross member is in between the beads in the patch and the beads in the original floor.

I took the opportunity to figure out my subframe connectors while the floor was out. Measuring it out, a 5 degree angle was what I needed to keep the connectors as tight as possible to the floor. I decided to make the bend at the same location as the floor bend. I don't have a tubing bender so I cut a small pie (not much more than a 1/16 cutoff wheel) ouf of 3 sides and tacked it to verify fit. I was able to notch the tubing to fit around the torque box and meet up with the rear frame rails. The frame rails are narrower than the 2x3 tubing so I'll shape the end to match up later. Same on the subframe side but opposite. I'll have to add material on to the connectors to make it as wide as the subframe. Since I got it to fit I welded up my 3 seams and set them aside for final install after the floor is finished.