Was sizing up the new boot floor panel for the triumph today, looking to see what i need to cut out to allow me to fit the new one properly.
As i'm losing the whole boot floor, do you think its advisable to fit some bracing of some sort?
For the removal of the existing metal, drilling out spot welds doesn't look to be an option as there are loads of them so I plan on cutting out the base of the floor panel leaving 10 to 15mm of the old panel around the edges to weld the new one to. then i'll clean up the paint and underseal before tacking it in place then weld round it in short sections.
Here's the boot floor as is with the fuggin ugly box welded in that was used to house the LPG tank.
The section that sits vertically behind the diff is still good so i'll trim the new panel to allow me to minimise the work here, it will be cut below the line of the ridges stamped into the panel. you can see what i mean in the picture below.
so back to the bracing, reckon its needed? The car will be sat on its wheels ie. not jacked up on a vehicle lift or axle stands.
As i'm losing the whole boot floor, do you think its advisable to fit some bracing of some sort?
For the removal of the existing metal, drilling out spot welds doesn't look to be an option as there are loads of them so I plan on cutting out the base of the floor panel leaving 10 to 15mm of the old panel around the edges to weld the new one to. then i'll clean up the paint and underseal before tacking it in place then weld round it in short sections.
Here's the boot floor as is with the fuggin ugly box welded in that was used to house the LPG tank.
The section that sits vertically behind the diff is still good so i'll trim the new panel to allow me to minimise the work here, it will be cut below the line of the ridges stamped into the panel. you can see what i mean in the picture below.
so back to the bracing, reckon its needed? The car will be sat on its wheels ie. not jacked up on a vehicle lift or axle stands.
