floor pan advice, classiz 2 current any good?

[2sixTZombii]

Hey I had a fabricator friend come over to help evaluate my floor pans and he saif he'll do it, but for him to do it right I should order actual replacement panels. I hear alot avout Zedd findings floor pans, but I also saw classic 2 current pans on rock auto for 100 bucks a side a significant savings over Zedd findings but not significant enough that I would buy a truly inferior product. My rust goes up the trans tunnel a little ways, will either pan patch this area? And does the Zedd findings pan fit alot better? Has anyone used the classic 2 current pans? Also my front seat supports are shot, but 135 per side for new just seems really high. Are these structural at all or just to hold the seat up? Mine will hold the seat no problem but there rusted out badly on the bottom can I just reuse my rusty ones(of course after some cleaning) or are they important to the strength of the car overall? Also does anybody sell them for cheaper? BTW my frame rails are perfect, the pan appead to have rusted from the inside.

[gnosez]

I have the Zeddfindings pans in my 240 and they are quality parts made right. I don't know anything about Classic.

Your seat brackets are part of the structural support for your Z and need to be there. You can use the old ones.

[26th-Z]

Zombii,

I have Zedd findings pans and frame rails and am very satisfied with them. At the time I did the work, they were the only alternative; so I don't have any experience with others. I didn't have to replace the seat mounts as mine were still in good shape.

Couple of comments about your question...

Replacing floor pans is a big project and if you are grousing around about the price of parts you really ought to rethink your expectations. There's no cheap or cheaper fix for this issue. And I agree completely with your fabricator friend. Do it right. You'll get the most satisfaction from the result.

The Zedd findings pans have quite a bit of extra metal which should address your tunnel rust issues. Any pan you buy is going to have some trimming and fitting required before it is welded into place. Also, there is no "replacement" pan as the original floors and tunnel were all one piece.

The seat mounts are important for safety reasons. New mounts from Bad Dog are very nice, not an exact match to original, but easy to work with and well worth the price.

The location of the transmission mount brackets is important for drive train alignment. Either bolt the transmission carrier in place when you fabricate and / or do one floor at a time.

Same with the seat brackets. Be careful to accurately locate them from your original before you start cutting everything apart.

Good luck and may the welding torch grace your Z with good, stiff pans!

[mjr45]

I used a Zedd floor pan on my drivers side, but didn't need the entire pan, just the front half and my seat rails were good. It is a very good quality product and wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. Some fitting and shaping will be needed and ditto to what 26th Z said. While mine is not the prettiest job, it functions well, beats looking at the ground whizzing by under my feet.

[gnosez]

If the speedo isn't working looking through a hole in the floor can provide a fairly accurate approximation of your speed. It helps if you can do this when there are passing lane strips you can drive over without running into someone coming the other way.

[mjr45]

I always liked the Fred Flintstone way of stopping when the brakes failed.

[240260280z]

I always say that when you drive a Z for a while you can smell how fast you are going.

[2sixTZombii]

Yeah I originally thought about doing them myself, then I sat and looked at them and thought, gee if I botch this and end up sending a friend down to the higway, I'm gonna be really mad at myself. So my brother called up a friend with 20+ welding and fabrication experience. He said if I drive the car up to his shop with the pans and help him with what I can, he'll do it for 150. The bad dog seat supports look like really good stuff, but honestly after everything else they would end up blowing my budget, I know most people reuse there's but mine are cracked and I feel like that if there meant for anything other than seat support than they need to go. I might call up zedd finding and see what it would be with shipping.

[mjr45]

If you've got someone who'll do the job for 150, jump on it, plus you'll learn some stuff, just my 2¢.

[2sixTZombii]

If you've got someone who'll do the job for 150, jump on it, plus you'll learn some stuff, just my 2¢.

The way I look at, I'll have a pro job in my Z, and since my assistance is part of the deal, I can learn something about properly welding, and we can do it in his shop, which is great cause I rarely have a garage.

[gnosez]

You can fab up something for the seats I'm sure.

The price on the brackets went up due to increases in material and shipping costs.

Too bad this wasn't last year as I spent nearly 6 months in Sioux City. Could have brought them with me and saved you the price of shipping.

[2sixTZombii]

You can fab up something for the seats I'm sure.

The price on the brackets went up due to increases in material and shipping costs.

Too bad this wasn't last year as I spent nearly 6 months in Sioux City. Could have brought them with me and saved you the price of shipping.

That's interesting, did you bring ny Zs with you? I've only ever seen two other Z's and neither stayed for long. One was a blue 240z that was for sale here, the other was blue/white with a SBC swap that I sae at a car show. So do you have family here? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about your prices, It's simply a matter of 300 for floor pans, totally doable, then another 270 for seat brackets puts it out of my current budget, if I had more capitol put back for this, I'd likely order them from you.