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stopping rust on floor of 00 - updated 5-5-07

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Old 11-19-2006, 02:23 PM
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i need to attend to this before i put down the new carpet...

i only saw one pinhole sized drain hole...

my thoughts are to get out the wirewheel brush attachment for my drill and go to town, get it down to the bare metal, and then spray on some good ole rust stop spray paint

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Holy ****
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I'll be watching this one. I have the same problem with Riviera
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I suggest a couple coats of POR15. Really good stuff.
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Originally Posted by jr's3800
Andrew is that at the backseat? Where the battery would be?
right here
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this is after about 30 min with the drill... good enough ya think?

any spot you see that is dark, is actually bare metal.. just the way the flash made it look
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suggest a couple coats of POR15. Really good stuff.
REALLY expensive...dont think so
http://www.stoprust.net/POR-15-Floor...-Kit-p-10.html
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Geez Andrew, I hope mine doesn't look like that! No doubt with all the water leaks these years have, I'd bet a lot of floors look like that under there. Makes me wanna pull my carpets now and looksee! Give'r a good coat of something in there so that beast will hold up for you for a few more years!
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when i pulled out the carpet it was about double the weight for all the water it was holding, however, it could be soaked and you wouldnt even know it, because the carpet is waterproof, shown here: http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...61937&start=20

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all this water must have been coming from the trunk, or BOTH door seals are bad...

ill be doing some testing before the carpet goes back in to see where it was coming in
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so whatcha think team? good enough to spray down some protectant?
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i'd spray it down with some protectant like you just mentioned.

I dont see how gm'* quality control deparment or engineers did not make better seals on these cars, its like they did not even care what happened after the warranty expired, vs the pre-2000 where the gaskets rarely fail to the point of leaking that bad.


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