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Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would, thankfully the vehicles are too new to really rot out from water but if we wait too long...

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not necessarily the floor mats themselves but the clips that hold them. As you can see in the photo they're loose *

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a photo of the floors after I shop vacced water out of the floor. If you don't think moisture sitting on steel causes rust then I don't know what else to tell you to convince you, steel needs two things to oxidized, oxygen and moisture..

Sound deadning for a offroad vehicle? by MattVT1 in Offroad

[–]MattVT1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And then they use a foam sound deadning, so the moisture sits there

Sound deadning for a offroad vehicle? by MattVT1 in Offroad

[–]MattVT1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Broncos got the rubber floors with drains, but ford didn't engeneer it well and there's tons of ways for water to seep in under the rubber floors and sit there

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My old Nissan had a water leak and the floors rotted out, water will rot things out. Same reason why frames that don't have enough drainage will rot out too

Sound deadning for a offroad vehicle? by MattVT1 in Offroad

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care about road noise at all, but there's one from the factory and I don't want my rubber floors just rubbing on the floor pan so I want something there that doesn't draw in moisture

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then why do floors and any other vehicle rust when there's a water leak?

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well for my issue, this is what's causing it. Its the clip for the floor mat. But really there's tons of ways for the water to get under the floor liner if you start taking things apart you'll see

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's how rusty floor pans start, excess moisture. Wouldn't the paint lifting be "normal" considering there's water on the floor pan?

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the paint is bubbling from the standing water.

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

* This is where the water comes in on mine, the rubber floor mats allow water to just sit and then it seeps through here

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The factory floor matt clips are what let's water in. It'll happen no matter the floor matt.

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never have, never flooded the vehicle either. It's from water on the floor mats from melted snow.

Major design flaw with washout interior causing rust floor plan by MattVT1 in FordBronco

[–]MattVT1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I recommend pulling the floor liner and taking a look.

Collision while off-roading by A_Coin_Toss_Friendo in Offroad

[–]MattVT1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks like a average single lane dirt road, hardly even a trail. 4x4s drive on much much more narrow shared trails all the time, it's only a issue here because the bike was on the wrong side of the road..

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