If Celis could cry, mine would be bawling..., It needs surgery Options

[Coomer]

So I started my Celi spring cleaning today, only to find some bad things.

I pulled out the carpet, and found that my driver's side floor looks like it's been smashed in, then pounded out. I looked under the car, and saw what looked like a jackstand imprint in the middle of the damaged area, so I'm thinking that my retard mechanic figured it'd be cool to support the car with the thin Celi floor...too bad the jack didn't go through the floor and let the Celi fall and crush my mechanic.

Thankfully, the solid side part towards the outside of the car and the inside frame rail are perfectly intact, so it looks as if it's just cosmetic damage to the floor. I thought I felt small bulges in the floor, but never thought enough to look under the car.

My question is, would it be smart to cut out that part of the floor from the purple Celi with a Sawzall and take it to a very reputable body shop to get the damaged part of the yellow one cut out and the new piece welded in and ground down? The damage really isn't anything big and probably has no effect on the car, but it'd give me peace of mind knowing that nothing on my car is damaged.

Do you guys think I should do this? Has anyone done this to replace rust or anything? If so, how much did it cost you?

Oh, and by the way, if you're really strapped for cash, pull out your Celi's carpet. I found a cigarette butt, some girl's driver's license, a bolt, and $3.12 in change.

Edit: Forgot the pics. Here they are.





This post has been edited by Coomer: Mar 30, 2005 - 11:07 PM

Attached image(s)

 

[ghostdog]

ouch. looks like it hurts. I really don't think its worth fixing, but if it gives you peace of mind ..

[Exile04]

some girls license huh what have u been up to???

[BBoYRuGGeD]

wow run your mechanic over coom... doesnt look that bad tho and plus its not at a place where its noticable ya know...? but then again that sorta thing would bother me too... hMmMm oh and youre right about the money thing... when me and mac stripped vinh's wrecked gt we found at least $20 in change hahah

BBoY

[94GT]

Man, after watching you go through that painful engine swap, and seeing what this guy did to your floor, I'm amazed that he got it running in the first place. What the hell was he thinking???

[Batman722]

cut and weld. You have the perfect opportunity with the purple celi...

[macavely]

yes i would do it if i was u ... that under part really protects a driver feet and legs from stuff on the road... u don't want it damaged.... and that is and easy fix... .. and about the girls license Coomer do u want to tell us something ??

[popstar]

Hey fella !

what the hell was he thinking !!!!

i wouldn't change it myself, but if you can afford it then do it, cause you car looks so sweet it would be a shame to have something like that spoil it

when i got my car from Japan,
i found a flick knife in the seat and about $6 around the car oh and a jap porn mag in the spare wheel well......

[Jdog1385]

oh and a jap porn mag in the spare wheel well......

lol

[lagos]

i wouldnt cut anything out without talking to a body shop first. if anything it just looks like you can pound the area out with a hamer or just leave it alone.

[95gtschick]

lol look at all the people reading this!

[CheesyLobster]

I did some repair on a floor that had rusted out on a 67 nova. Me and my buddy cut out about a 1x1 foot hole under the driver side floor. The hardest part was bending the sheetmetal to fit perfectly in the hole that we cut out. But if you use the purple celi, it will be no problem at all.

[CheesyLobster]

i wouldnt cut anything out without talking to a body shop first. if anything it just looks like you can pound the area out with a hamer or just leave it alone.
[right][snapback]264499[/snapback][/right]

You'll be perfectly fine as long as you dont cut the frame.

Edit: But like lagos said, if you can pound it out easily, take that route. If there are any holes in the floor, cut and weld.

This post has been edited by CheesyLobster: Mar 31, 2005 - 12:26 AM

[2003cbgts]

damn... id want it fixed just for peace of mind

[madmods]

If you cut that big piece out, i would run 2 pieces of bar, angle or whatever across
and just tack them in(keep the body from flexing), cut out the floor, weld in the new floor and then cut out the welds and remove the angle bar. You might not need it, but its just insurance to keep everything straight. it might have to be small bar too so you could cut around it with the renzaw. Just a thought. When we use to cut fiero roofs off to buid kit cars, we use to tack weld the doors close, and after bracing just grind the welds out.

[Dtown_GT]

wow Coomer your a calmer man then me.. if i found that id be up in that mechanics face the minute i found it like that... well perhaps a little longer depending on how far away the shop was

[easternpiro1]

BANG IT OUT COOMER BANG IT OUT! and while youre at it, give that "some girl" a second helping of the same treatment! u naughty boy...




thats what manly men do...