hey guys i am not sure what to do with my ute tray i was thinkin of cuttin it out and replacing it with a new sheet of metal but the sheets of metal arent big enough to cover the whole of the tray floor i was wondering if i should use something else like wood or if anyone in the shire knows of a place where they can fabricate a new floor that would be great.

u can buy sheets of stainless steel and cheqer plate in 3x1.2m which is more then enought to do a tray of a 1200 ute just ring around i know for sure there are a few factory's in taren point that sell sheet metal ect

Yer i looked for sheet metal to redo my tray. Couldn't find sheets big enough. But now i am goin to do it with checker plate and it will look real nice

does the sheet of checker plate fit the size of the tray? do they come bigger than the sheets of just standard sheet metal?

i have seen sheets big enough 2 fit it the tray in a standard size in cheqer plate and sheet metal best bet is 2 ring around from yellow pages and ask a few local metal shops good luk

just a question.wouldn't a sheet of cheqer plate that big be pretty heavy.

depends on thickness of the cheqer plate would be heaps havyier if u went straight over existing floor i would cut old floor out b4 installing unless u have 300rwhp and need the weight

doesnt sound like a bad idea for u mate you haven't got much more to go.

If you buy checkerplate 1.9 mm thick the extra weight is hardly noticeable. Probably only 10 odd kg's heavier. Holds the rear end down nicely.

i replaced the floor of my first project ute...
i remember i couldnt find sheets big enough to do it all in one piece.. so i had a join going across the car between the wheel tubs on the middle chassis rail... i removed the old flooring first (a time consuming job) then welded in the new one....

came up alright for a backyard repair