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... wrong pic of the under seat section...
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This is the finished pic

I'm calling this the end of part 1
Got the carpet out of the cargo area / under the back seat
Dealt with the rust...
... and 1 - 2 coats of bed liner
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2 full coats in the back ~ wheel well...

Got after the rust under the back seat today.

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Cleaned the dirt and crap like I did in the cargo area...

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Found a nice hole starting... I'll fix that later. Not too bad.

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hadn't thought about boating parts:D
The BungPlug would be nice under the seat / or at the two rear corner's for cleaning it out
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But what I was really thinking was a valve like
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At...

I pulled out the plastic molding from the 2 sides and the inside perimeter of the hatch opening. Otherwise, there would be a permanent 1/2" gap all around the floor when I get it done.
Then I went...

I'm leaning toward pulling the plastic :turd: molding completely out of the cargo area and
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Cutting out some diamond tread to cover the gaps.
They measure ~ 15" X 28" roughly at the widest...

Pondering a mod...:hmmmm2:
As long as I'm going to bed-line the entire floor, I was thinking about pulling the plastic panels off the sides and cutting out some sheet metal (thin guage / but not too...

Long as you get all the rust out (in Texas) you should be fine.
On surface rust that is.
Deep rust will make a come back. And most rust treatments aren't that spendy... the rust'o I used was $5...

There's a couple rust chemicals out there. Since I used a wire wheel and cleaned a bunch of the surface rust off, I just used the rustoliem (sp?) spray on. It helps convert some / but mostly treats...

Today was just the rear cargo area de-rusting the floor
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After the carpet was pulled up... I used the scrapper to break up the rust/glue spots

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Then I hit it with a sander after I swept...

BTW~ I was at the Pick'N Pull on Foster (by Willamette National) round 11 today looking at those couple xj's if that was you

I had planned on bed-lining the inside before I even got it home. But it was gonna be later in the summer.
I hit the pick'n pull today and found a couple solid rear hatch supports and a replacement...