Symptoms
Soft, flaking or holed metal under the driver's carpet, water in the footwell, and rust around the seat and roll-bar mounts.
The fix, step by step
- Pull the carpet and padding: Quadratec notes trapped moisture under old padding is what rots YJ floors.
- Wire-brush the area to find good metal, mark a cut line inside the sound metal, and cut out the rot without cutting into the frame or body mounts.
- Trim the replacement pan to overlap or butt the opening, clamp it, tack it, then stitch-weld to avoid warping.
- Seam-seal and paint both sides, and don't put the old soggy padding back.
- Repair any body-mount or roll-bar mount areas properly, because those carry loads.
Tools & part numbers
- Cut-off wheel
- grinder
- MIG welder
- clamps
- seam sealer
- primer and paint.
Where to buy the parts
Key Parts stamped-steel replacement floor pans, 76–95 CJ-7 & YJQuadratec ↗Amazon ↗
YJ floor panels (all suppliers)Quadratec ↗Amazon ↗
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Rated for a competent home mechanic with a decent tool kit. Confirm torque figures, fluids and procedures against the factory service manual for your VIN, support the truck on stands rather than a jack, and work at your own risk (disclaimer). Some parts links are affiliate links, which pay us a small commission at no cost to you.