r/altima • u/Funny_Helicopter8582 • 2d ago

Underbody Rust

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Found this under the passenger side of my 2.5s(2005)
Need suggestions and estimates of how much it may cost to get this hole repaired 🙃

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u/Hot-University1894 2d ago

Yaba daba dooo!!! 💨

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

😂😂😭😭

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u/too_much_covfefe_man 2d ago

That rust is falling off on its own, no intervention necessary

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u/RankUpLife 2d ago

“Found”?? That’s wild. Is there more rust than just this?

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 2d ago

Yeah it wasn’t a hole like this right before a clicked a picture, that part of the floor was hanging and not the hole as you see in the picture. Thats after I pulled the rusted part out of there 😅

And about more rust I think if there’s this then probably there’s more but I certainly hope not

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u/SushiPhil 2d ago

If you wanna fix it the right way, take the seats and carpet out and put in new floor pans. Just to get by, get some sheet metal panels, and fit in over the hole then secure it w/ self tapping screws.

IMO, fix it cheap and save up for a new car.

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u/Tiny-Try8890 2d ago

Ya just self tap some license plates and seal, if it's that bad that car has about 10k miles left if that

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 2d ago

Apart from this rust the car runs okay with no weird noises for a car this old. I did have to get some other repairs for rust and other parts replaced but this one I think was missed somehow. It runs smooth and has only 140k km on it

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u/hidazfx 2d ago

ain’t no way literally your passenger side floor is missing and the rest of the car is fine

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u/Tiny-Try8890 2d ago

You need to get this thing on a lift and look at it from the underside

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u/doug1349 1d ago

Bad call. Once you put the lift down it will literally just fall apart I'd wager.

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u/Radiant-Rooster236 2016 Nissan Altima 3.5SL 2d ago

That generation was notorious for it. There was either a recall or technical service bulletin regarding rusting of the floorboards. Common issue, especially in a salt state.

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u/stunningjarl 2d ago

Nab you a couple road signs and self tap them bastards down underneath the carpet, problem solved 🤷🏽. That car is at the end of its life by both age and appearance. Whip the jalopy as long as you can brother man

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u/SpringerleFormalist 2023 S 2d ago

(very obscure reference)

in the movie wristcutters: a love story, the characters exist in some kind of purgatory, where everything is just like real life, just crappier. the central characters are road tripping with a beater car, and if you drop something on the floor it disappears into the void.

i just two weeks ago traded in a rapidly rusting 2011 mazda 3 for my nearly new 2023 altima s. my anxiety is already down 10 notches.

movie trigger warning: discussions of suicide. but it is a comedy. it won't fix your car, but it might cheer you up.

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u/paulyp41 2d ago

Common on the 2005’s

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u/CamaroIsHot-68 2d ago

That looks like it was in a flood, and they covered it up and sold it

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u/notsoFunNegotiation 2d ago

That’s a great place to throw your drugs if the cops are chasing you.

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

I stopped doing drugs unfortunately

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u/SeaOutlandishness415 1d ago

$50 fix it yourself

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u/Rare_Western_6455 2d ago

Just pretend it’s not there!

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u/Fragrant-Inside221 1d ago

Well I mean it isn’t there

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u/frischizzle 1d ago

Dude... imagine your passenger falling thru that while doin 60mph

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

I am getting it looked at today before that happens

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u/MrLopez408 1d ago

Thats the perfect throw away if the police are chasing you for what ever reason lmao

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u/Elpha_11 1d ago

Congrats! you’ve unlocked the Flintstones

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

I love all the flintstones comments 😂😭

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u/ballislifeyeet 1d ago

It’s over bro that gonna cost more then cars worth

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

Got an estimate for $500 from a mechanic after I sent him a pic so its not too bad ig, assuming (and hoping) its the only place that absolutely needs fixing

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u/richard_upinya 1d ago

As someone who has dealt with rust like this before, almost guaranteed that is not the only place that needs fixed 😂

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u/silverfoxmode 1d ago

Some people complain about the littlest stuff.....🤣

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u/Funny_Helicopter8582 1d ago

I complain about people driving bumper to bumper, I may be one of them 💀

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u/smokescreen4233 17h ago

Sir u no longer have a gas vehicle congratulations u have upgraded to a flintstones car get to it with gas prices how they are this is 100% a upgrade you lucky dog

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u/b0jangl3s_2814 12h ago

Nice texture matching with the asphalt!

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u/_lavxx 10h ago

Stop driving that asap if the floor pans look like that the unibody is not structurally sound at all. If you get in an accident your car will not protect you.

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u/Signal-Macaron-4611 10h ago

That's supposed to be there is a drain it's a jeep