What to do about this?

[zenki24de]

Ok I just bought a s14 se very very clean no rust perfect frame rails and basically all stock, the only think I noticed was this...a square hole cut out where the dead pedal was and the exact same area on the passenger side also.. Why would some one do this? Anyone know if the car is not worth putting money in now? Im very confused as to what this was for or why someone did this? Also is it any concern to the rigidness of the body? Can this be fixed? Thanks


also in the picture it kind of looks like rust but its goo stuff from the carpet

[Corbic]

Floor boards rotting out. Cancer. Rust.

Looks like I can even see rust in you pictures.

Are the new sections welded in?

[murda-c]

is that hole just in the carpet? maybe someone planned on installing a cage?

[zenki24de]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Floor boards rotting out. Cancer. Rust.

Looks like I can even see rust in you pictures.

Are the new sections welded in?

Thing is there is no rust anywhere not on the bottom of the floor board, frame rails, wheel wells, nothing, and there is no rust in the pictures it is goo from the carpet, at first I thought he might of cut out rust but both sides (passenger and driver) are the exact same size and spot. The bottom floor pan is still intact and OEM, no sections have been welded in

[zenki24de]

Originally Posted by murda-c

is that hole just in the carpet? maybe someone planned on installing a cage?

someone actually cut through the red metal, there are dotted lines where someone made guides to cut, just don't know why.. I checked the rest of the floorboard and its perfect no rust

[orion::S14]

Could have had a cage in it, maybe?

Check the rear - A simple 6-point might have been welded to bases in those spots.

???

Or the car was used to smuggle drugs...haha.

- Brian

[bb4_96]

you're worried about rust in VA? buy that bitch and ship it up to chi for me.

[SRTFerg]

You could always ask the previous owner

[c72c]

Maybe wanted more foot room... isn't there a hump/bracket under the dead pedal?

Originally Posted by zenki24de

Anyone know if the car is not worth putting money in now?

There's no reason this should stop you from putting money into it, however, it's your decision to make.

[zenki24de]

Originally Posted by orion::S14

Could have had a cage in it, maybe?

Check the rear - A simple 6-point might have been welded to bases in those spots.

???

Or the car was used to smuggle drugs...haha.

- Brian

nothing has been touched any where else on the car I look through everything and everything was factory, thats why it was so weird to me to find that lol.

Originally Posted by bb4_96

you're worried about rust in VA? buy that bitch and ship it up to chi for me.

I hate rust lol, I was just worried if something really bad happened to the car for them to cut out that piece one on the driver one on the passenger.

Originally Posted by c72c

Maybe wanted more foot room... isn't there a hump/bracket under the dead pedal?


There's no reason this should stop you from putting money into it, however, it's your decision to make.

Thats what I was thinking but why cut the same size and same place on the passenger side also?

Thank you, just making sure the car is structurally sound before I go buying coilovers, wheels, ect.

Do I just weld a new piece of metal in there and be done with it?

Thanks for all the comments guys

[180love]

F it

run it !

[c72c]

Originally Posted by zenki24de

Thats what I was thinking but why cut the same size and same place on the passenger side also?
...
Do I just weld a new piece of metal in there and be done with it?
...

Not sure why they'd cut both sides, but yea, I'd just weld in a new piece(s) and be done with it.

[zurud]

From the picture I don't see any metal being cut. It just some carpetting and padding being cut. You are one paranoid **********. Just burn the car, it will make you feel a lot better.