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I have to do some rust remediation under the driver/passenger sill plate that covers the edge of the carpet area. water was building up from the A/C drains which I fixed. Carpets are dry now
but there is likely some rust underneath I would like to address. Tried removing the screws holding the sill plate down but they are not budging. will have to drill them out. Are these screws
on top all that holds these plates on? Also, what do the screws attach into? just the floor steel? or is there an insert that they go into?
They are just screws. The screw into square plastic blocks that are clipped into the sheet metal. I swapped those screws out for stainless steel when putting everything back together.
Do you know what all has to be removed before you can take the piece off? ie: it looks to be a single piece running from the front A pillar to the rear door pillar.
They are two separate tread plates front and rear. I had to use a combination of a impact driver and drilling the heads off the screws. Then I could remove the rest of the screw with pliers. No pillar trim needs to be removed.
Cool, thx for that info. I got a few of them out but several were totally locked in and I boogared the head on them so I left them as-is until I get the 2 kick plate pieces before attempting the repair job. I suspect there will be a hole probably a quarter in size. I ordered the stainless screws to put the pieces back in.
Still one of my favorite mods = installing RRC aluminum plates vs the stock D2 plastic ones. Had to cut on them a little, but no more brittle plastic!!! I have a set on my 95 D1 and 02 Kalahari. Sadly very $$$ if you buy them online & hard to find unless a RRC shows up at a junk yard near you.
does anyone sell the plastic inserts that fit into the square holes that are cut in the sill steel? when I took the tread plate off, they disintegrated. (the plastic inserts that is).
[update]. I had a box of the plastic push pins style and the larger one fits nicely into the hole. the stainless screws catch inside vary nice. should be good to go.
Last edited by mackendw; Nov 17, 2023 at 03:02 PM.
well, got 2 holes just inside the drivers side step around 4" long X 2 " wide. and another near the middle part of the floor where your left foot rests. taking the carpet up is a BEAR. the butle material literally is
welded to the floor (or what is left. taking up pieces with it. not good. Has anyone on the forum used the POR-15 patch material to fill in holes. I'm guessing ripping out the carpet is gonna be a very indepth
endeavor. ie: removal of seats, console, etc.
The floor seems solid thru the carpet but with those holes, they have to be repaired. oh, and there is a 4" section of the flange from the sill that the door seal fits over that disintegrated. I have several pieces
of steel cut that I'll be using for repairs.
peeled the carpet up on the driver side...here is what I found....
there is what looks to be an access hole in the floor for a bolt that is directly below it...I did not find a rubber grommet but that may have been left from a long time ago. is that access hole needed? or can I just patch it up...
I'm planning on treating the remaining rust with a converter and putting the POR-15 patch stuff down to seal/harden it up. thoughts?
If you are taking about the hole in the center of the picture that’s not a factory access hole POR is not going to save that, you need to replace the floor pan.
tread plate removal
POR is not going to save that, you need to replace the floor pan.