Boot Has A Hole In Floor

[blessed6383 0]

hi guy

 

was working on the car today and after ripping a load of sound deadening out of the boot from the previous owner found a hoe on the passenger side at the rear corner the hole is probably the size of a 50p maybe slightly bigger is this common for them to rot here? i know its had a plate welded on the inner wing on the same side at the front behind the head light and know this is common but ay idea's on the boot and best way to repair it?

 

the cars a 92 'K' do the newer ones rust easier as my old 98 'F' didn't have any rust

 

cheers

[dobbo26 2]

Hi ive seen a few k reg ones that seem to be more rusty than the older ones? best thing is to cut all the bad metal out and weld new in.

[smithy 1]

hi guy

 

was working on the car today and after ripping a load of sound deadening out of the boot from the previous owner found a hoe on the passenger side at the rear corner the hole is probably the size of a 50p maybe slightly bigger is this common for them to rot here? i know its had a plate welded on the inner wing on the same side at the front behind the head light and know this is common but ay idea's on the boot and best way to repair it?

 

the cars a 92 'K' do the newer ones rust easier as my old 98 'F' didn't have any rust

 

cheers

 

as above best thing is cut it all out and weld in new piece,not sure if the newer ones rust easier but my g plate has only got a bit of surface rust in a couple of places

[blessed6383 0]

cheers guy will be on the to do list is this an mot fail?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

as long as it's not close to the rear suspension you'll be fine.

But common for the boot floors to rot and as you;ve seen on the Forum Late cars from J onwards rot badly

[GLPoomobile 958]

I would hazard a guess that the hole you are talking about was once the hole that that had a plug in it for the boot lining to attach to. There should be one either side. On my previous Cherry Red it was missing one on the drivers side, and eventually it went really rusty around the edge.

[blessed6383 0]

yer kinda wish i'd of got a ph1.5 now as my old f reg one was clean and no rust at all

oh well this will make do for this year and get the rust sorted but would like a 309 for next years project thinking supercharged gti6 lump or maybe turbo'd. trying to convince my mate to sell me my old 88 309gti in white but he hasn't given in yet

[GLPoomobile 958]

Mine

 

 

[blessed6383 0]

ah no mate i know the bits you mean tho mines right in the back corner

Edited August 22, 2010 by blessed6383

[Anthony 1,003]

Been rear-ended at some point? The resulting crumpling of the boot floor tends to make rot problems considerably worse, as does a persistant leak in the boot.

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

A leak from something such as the rear washer bottle

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

The boot (Hatch) drains into the boot

[CaptainK 11]

I've got a rust hole in my boot floor as well (1993 'L')