Draining Footwells

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:41 pm

A straw and get sucking.

lexi · Post by **lexi** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:47 pm

Newspapers man .....that's all they are good for

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:01 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:A straw and get sucking.

No. Just no

Thanks for the input guys

I came up with a solution in the end - went to B&Q and bought a powder used in flower pots that turns into a water retaining gel

Looks messy but it's soo much easier to clean up than loose water that just swills around. It drew the water out of some nooks and crannies too so was pretty effective

Now to start on the rear footwell

It smells so bad

if somebody took a jobby in there I think the car would actually smell slightly better

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:54 pm

Holy crap, you weren't joking about there being a lot of water in there!

Are there no rubber bungs you can remove so it drains out? Looks like there might be some in those photo's?

The sound deadening around the centre console/front footwell might have soaked up some of the water too? That could be tricky to sort if it has/might have to bin and replace it?

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:28 am

wurlycorner wrote:Holy crap, you weren't joking about there being a lot of water in there!

It was filled across that whole section of the foot well earlier, that photo was taken after I'd drained most of it out

Nope, no bungs unfortunately - those circles are part of the metal floor pan, no idea what they are

Yep it has sucked up lots of water

I couldn't be bothered to take it out today though. I've already binned all the sound deadening from the passenger side footwells. I'm thinking I might chuck out all the sound deadening from the car and fit new material myself. Anyone know where it can be bought cheaply from?

The other idea is to leave it completely stripped and just put the driver's seat back in, might get me an extra couple of mpg's

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:31 pm

Cheapest bet would probably be to get some out of a scrapper of the same car! (If that hasn't also got soaked lol)

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:33 pm

Turn the car upside down.

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:23 pm

nitin_s1 wrote:Turn the car upside down.

But then I'd get the ceiling wet!

Maybe I could borrow your JDM red carpet to mop it up?

FrontBackSide2Side · Post by **FrontBackSide2Side** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:06 am

put a thirsty dog in there.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:08 am

jjmartin349571 wrote:
nitin_s1 wrote:Turn the car upside down.
But then I'd get the ceiling wet! Maybe I could borrow your JDM red carpet to mop it up?

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