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Looking at a '96 LT4 that has a questionable point on the underside. Has anyone seen a crack in the tub/body near a jacking point? Has anyone completed a repair like this? I understand that this could be a major repair, but am wondering what it will take to repair it or if the car should be left alone?
I don't have any facts but I gotta imagine a high percentage of these cars have that damage. Who knows how many clowns have jacked our cars up over the 26-34 years they've been around.
Sounds like a professional-looking repair. Real pride of ownership stuff, there.
160k miles and everything was wore out. It was my daily driver kept the water out. That’s all I cared about my goal was to slow the leaks down. It was never water tight but it got me where I needed to go. After I sold it the kid blew the motor and trans out of it. So it’s prolly in a scrap yard by now.
You've heard of Flex Seal right? Well, try Flex Paste on that floor pan crack. It's thick enough to fill that in no problem and form a decent seal. I've used it to seal seams on sheet metal patches on floor pans and it works fantastic. If you only need a small amount, dont buy a bigger portion. The reason is, it's not kind to opening, using and resealing as it will set up a portion even after you close the lid. So buy the smallest portion you think you need or maybe have multiple projects ready for application so you can open the container and use it all.
I've got floor pan repair on a 79 Malibu Wagon and rocker panel repair on a 2001 Silverado on the future schedule and you can bet I'll be utilizing Flex Paste on these projects to seal patch panel seams and voids.
That area is for the jack that comes with the car . Don't try and use floor jacks in this area . That could be made to look better . I jack up on the curved section of the frame rails and you can actually get three wheels off the ground . It's the area recommended by several videos including Mid America .
Ez fix did mine when I first got it 10 year ago just take the carpet out on the floor,sand it and patch it with fiberglass cloth and resin on the inside then just under coat it underneath.
Good Lord man! You need to put a warning on that post before you let us just open those graphic pictures. I won't sleep tonight... Had to jump ahead to the finished pictures to settle me down.
Anyone seen something like this?
