Repairing a bent car floor pan
Fixing a metal bump in the car's footwell caused by incorrect jack placement under the vehicle.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Hitting the bump down with a weighted hammer or mini sledge
- 2Placing a wide sheet of wood over the carpet before hammering
- 3Using JB Steel Stick putty to fill the hole
- 4Cutting a piece out of a can and using regular JB Weld or silicon to glue and seal it into place
- 5Cutting the rust out and patching it with thin sheet metal and a welder
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I did a very dumb thing and put my jack too far into the car, now there is a bump in the drivers side footwell.”source ↗
“I’ve got a rust hole in my floor bed about the width of my finger (12mm est) and I’ve patched it with JB steel stick putty after standing all the rust out.”source ↗
“If I patch this hole from both sides will it last 1+ year?”source ↗
“What’s the best way to fix this affordable for a somewhat permanent fix ?”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 6Can a damaged plastic bumper cover be repaired with heat?
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- 4Mechanic refused to fix rusted control arm and subframe