Floor rails...

[Jason240z]

well after a none starter with some others I've got some floor rails, went for 1.5mm over the standard 1.2, over length too.

Best bit was paying £25 for the pair, If I had a few sets made it drops to £18. The top hat bend is a 100% perfect match for the originals.

Only issue is matching the factory formed end, now I did create a couple of bends to match but they didn't look like the original ones

Option 1:

While recovering from smacking my thumb I thought about cutting the end off the original rails and butt welding them onto the new ones, does this sound like a decent idea? I can't see what issues it'll cause(except the slight stepdown in thickness). and have them extend back to behind where the seat cross member goes.

Option 2:

go all the way back to the rear of the floor and join onto the flat bit of the boot floor curve(rear of the floor where the panels join, there's a run of spot welds).

I'm leaning to option 1 as they'd look just like standard ones but a little longer, I can't see the strength benefit in going all the way back, however that doesn't mean there's not any.

Has anyone any pics of how far back they went when they did theirs?

Pics of how I've made them so far and the bits I mentioned.

And

[gnosez]

http://baddogparts.com/images/240fullrailsfrt2.jpg

[Jason240z]

http://baddogparts.com/images/240fullrailsfrt2.jpg

I've seen those, they're suppose to go over the standard rails and cover a bit up under the engine bay too.