Weld these cracks or replace the pans?

[Greg’s 89 GMC Jimmy]

Good afternoon. I recently bought a running project 1989 GMC Jimmy that will be slowly restored and is for my son, Greg. First things first are the cracked/slightly rusted floor pans. Seems this is common. Truck is from Oregon and barely has any rust. Would you brace and fix what I have here or buy new pans? I am leaning towards fixing what I have.

I am also replacing the seats front and back. 2000-2007 Suburban 3rd row for the back and leaning towards 96-99 Silverado seats for the front. Thought about the same year 00-07 Suburban/Tahoe seats with the integrated seat belts, but wouldn't know what to do with the holes in the B Pillar for the current seat belt configuration.

 

[Wes Harden]

Have uncover the metal and see how badly rusted the area is. If just the cracks and no cancer I would weld them up

 

[Joel Wilson]

I agree with Wes. Weld them up and maybe add a little extra metal between friends. I really should look at the seat attachment locations under my Jimmy. I honestly have no idea what they look like.

Joel
norcal

 

[ktmoutfront]

Mine were cracked worse than that. The tops of the high back seats were touching. No rust. Welded them after hammering back together. Then built a cage to mount the seats on.

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

Mine were cracked worse than that. The tops of the high back seats were touching. No rust. Welded them after hammering back together. Then built a cage to mount the seats on.

a cage for the seats or one to keep you in?

 

[ktmoutfront]

It started out for the seats, then morphed into an uncontrolled expansion.

 

[HankScorpio]

I was changing to a different style of seat so I welded up the cracks. Mounted the new seats with some bracing. If you put the stock seats back in you should probably reinforce it when you are welding it up.

 

[Greg’s 89 GMC Jimmy]

Some pics. And the night it was on the trailer when we first saw it in person. Little Greg approves.

 

[shrineboy]

Some pics. And the night it was on the trailer when we first saw it in person. Little Greg approves.
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I like the color