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Originally Posted by eric.e
I noticed recently that my seat was a bit saggy, and when I looked there was hole in the floorboard where the seat's back left bolt attaches to the car!
Then I removed the carpet on the driver side in front and in back the seat, and started poking around, and noticed the "metal?" had a little give to it, and it didn't seem like metal at all, but more like some type of fiberglass or wood even?
The other places where the seat is mounted to the frame are definitely solid metal, and not rotten or rusted. But the back left bolt, which is mounted to the floor, is soggy.
What the hell is the floor of my 240D made out of ??
And what can I do about this hole??
I'm about ready to sell this car if anyone wants a mechanically sound 240D with a hole in the floor, PM me.
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To give you an idea what you're dealing with, check out these two videos I did of a parts car I had back in 2013. Note that this car had an extreme rust problem, and that was the primary reason it was a parts car, though it still looked pretty good above the floors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFa7wCzIsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJSl5wdKO0
The sound deadening material and thick undercoating are often mistaken for solid metal, while in fact, sometimes the metal will rust away from between those two layers, leaving what looks like solid floor, but in fact is something that is mostly plastic and rubber, and can be broken through easily.