Floor Panels

[stonemaster]

I'm gonna need to do mine, do they make replacements ?? I know for some older vehicles weld in panels are available but I dont know about availability for the festiva

thanx

[Festevil3]

I have never seen any, if they make them

[cway1319]

I bought sheets and popriveted mine

[Festiva_Fred]

Find a donor patch from a junkyard car or parts car, cut it out and weld it in or you could fabricate your own patch from sheetmetal then weld it in. Be sure to self etch prime the bare metal spots, then re-undercoat the bottom to make the repair long lasting, also seam seal it too if needed. I may do a write up sometime when I fix one of mine! Whenever I get to it always fixing other's stuff at my work, bodyman but never my own.. bodywork wise..

[stonemaster]

I got a pretty good amount of body work experience so no problem there, i also gots me some fabrication experience as well, we re did the floor panels on my 73 Bronco and you could by those pre fabbed and weld them in, I was hoping for the same in this case but ....

[FestYboy]

dont feel bad, i have to attack Caetys aspire driver side before it rots away from the inside out. i'll be on the lookout for good donors in the yards soon.

[stonemaster]

hey maybe i'll just leave a hole in the floorboard, then if the brakes go again I can just Flintstone it

[Tommychu]

My Tercel bumper needed about a foot cut off each end to match the festy wheel arches. That left me with a lot of scrap plastic, I'm currently molding all that stuff into floor patches for my car using butane and good ol' redneck ingenuity. Going to stick them on with that 3m panel bonding adhesive. Plastic don't rust


This stuff seems like FRP too, so it should be pretty strong.

[stonemaster]

My Tercel bumper needed about a foot cut off each end to match the festy wheel arches. That left me with a lot of scrap plastic, I'm currently molding all that stuff into floor patches for my car using butane and good ol' redneck ingenuity. Going to stick them on with that 3m panel bonding adhesive. Plastic don't rust


This stuff seems like FRP too, so it should be pretty strong.

damn fine idea, I've seen similar done with motorcycle seat pans, EGGCELLENT idea
we used good seat pans as a mold, could be done off a good floor pan ..... hmmmmmm

[eurotiva]

I have a few non rusty floorpans here.....Just need cutting

[stonemaster]

well I wont get to it till next year so no rush but, if anyone does come up with one PM me and we'll see what we can do, THANX GUYS

[Bert]

You can buy floors, rockers, dog legs and almost anything you want if it's a Mustang, Model A, or a 20 year old pickup truck but I don't think anybody, for the life of them, figured on there being folks out there restoring Festivas, yet. It is such a light yet sturdy car by virtue of the corrugations of the panels etc that making new ones is not going to be easy.

[bravekozak]

You can order the complete front floor panel from Four Green.
It costs $143.75 + Fedex shipping from Korea.
The three door Kia Pride part number is KK15053600

[Bert]

You can order the complete front floor panel from Four Green.
It costs $143.75 + Fedex shipping from Korea.
The three door Kia Pride part number is KK15053600

To use an expression from when I was much younger: "Far out, man".

[Flw Sock]

I honestly see no point in spending over $100 for floor panels. I would just take some galvanized sheet metal and rivet it in. If you have a welder at your disposal, even better. Just make sure you put something like calk around the edge before you rivet it in to prevent water leakage, etc.

Costs a lot less and is just as good IMO.