I'm shopping around for some floor patch panels for my 76, and I'm curious as to what brand you all have used before and liked, didn't like, etc.

I'm interested by the price gap between the ones I looked at. LMC is under $100 shipped, JBG is $135, and NPD was somewhere in the $120 neighborhood.

I know people have mixed feelings about LMC. I've only bought a couple small things from them (***** and boots), and they seemed like a decent product. But when it comes to metal I have no clue.

Any help is appreciated
-Jameson

 

I got my floor pans from DC. They had a made in Taiwan sticker on them. They are all made/stamped over seas these days I believe and are all pretty close to the same gauge. You will have to cut to fit and weld and do a bit of fabbing. Nothing will fit perfectly. Heres a few form my garage (tons of pics) and see how mine turned out. If you can weld, get what ever pans you want and get to work. Your welding and bending and fabbing will make it look kick-*** under all your jute padding and carpet. (in other words no one will see it)

Just grind down the high spots and don't forget the seam sealer.
If you can't weld....that's a different story.

 

Try Tabco. I got my stuff from them. Good thickness to the floor pans.

 

I know they take cutting and fabbing. I could probably do if I had the time to dedicate to it, but I don't. Being a full time student plus a job plus a project car doesn't leave me a whole lot of time

I'll be taking my truck up to a welder, and he'll be doing the spots off to the side of the seat like you had to do on yours. I don't care how it looks, beause like you said it won't be visible. I just would like to not have a draft coming through the passenger side and water splashing up the drivers side when driving in the rain

-Jameson

 

I'd have no issue with LMC 'pans because they are not visible. Exterior body panels is a different matter.

'Time to buy a welder Jameson!!! You will never regret it... Well, I take that back..... sorta.... The only regret you may have is getting a welder that doesn't have enough amps! Go with a 220V model.. it'll be able to handle 22 gauge all the way up to 5/16ths (or more with proper prep) and more then enough for these rigs.

 

I am reluctant to admit I have a welder.... It's a harbor freight welder...

Shame on me!

It is a 220V though! But that's about all it's got going for it. I have some short bottles, but no gas, and no way to hook it to the welder. It's really a POS.

My high school metals shop has a shiny new miller that welds like the gods, and if I could I'd park my truck in there and go to town on the pans, I would. I can't dedicate the time to it tho


-Jameson

 

C'mon. Do it.

 

I originally ordered my floor pans from DC but they came in back ordered so I ordered them from LMC.
I'm not a fan of LMC at all but to be honest, I didn't have any issues with them. They fit about like I expected. They were cut, fit, trim, fit, trim, fit. But that's the nature of the floor pan beast. You'll need to do that with whatever pans you order.
I haven't used Tabco but have always heard good things about them. I'm thinking of ordering the cab orners from them to see how the fit and how crisp the body lines are.
This is how my LMC pans turned out.

 

I'm also looking for new floor pans. When you search there's so much negativity for every brand out there. I'd be curious to see what the actual gauge difference in the steel really is.

I recently bought some rear wheel patch panels from raybuck. Has anyone used them before?

 

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flashback 100 very thick made in the USA.I used tabco for door post,also very beefie.very impressed with flashback,floor and cab support