How To Install Volkswagen Floor Pans Without Welding

In our last article we learned how easy it is to remove the body from the vw bug.

How to install volkswagen floor pans without welding.

No weld panel repair kit instructions tech tips the eastwood no weld panel repair kit is designed to make permanent patch panel repairs in steel and aluminum when a welder is not available. Floor pan replacement i. So i have stripped my floorpans and found some tiny pinholes about 5 6 of them throughout. But with just a little more effort they can be replaced with the body still in place.

We show how to install a reporduction floor pan patch using the national parts depot floor pans for the 1972 f100. Then it s a matter of removing the petrol tank to gain access to an additional two 17mm bolts at the front of the pan. And a few nickle and dime sized ones. The rest of the floorpans are good but was going to finish sanding and por15 them.

I vividly remember the night i went to this lady s house to look at a prospective beetle to restore. It wouldn t be hard really except i just don t know how to weld or have a. The common repair method is to trim the old and new create a stepped flange around the perimeter of the replacement panel and install it with a lap weld because butt welding is difficult. Repairs with patch panels or custom fabricated panels utilizing our panel adhesive can be done with structural integrity far superior to rivets themselves.

With the body out of the way replacing the floor pans is pretty straight forward. Ford truck cab floor panel lh 27. This one like many a poor little bug had seen its better days. The steering column needs to be.

The best ways to avoid the patchwork quilt effect when dealing with a rusty vw beetle floorpan.