What is under the carpet?

Bavarian Beast · 03-21-2016, 02:11 AM

I have a huge bump under the driver's side rear seat floor carpet. Any idea what BMW put under there?

aussiem3 · 03-21-2016, 03:21 AM

Treasure

Agent-GHQ · 03-21-2016, 03:29 AM

Pics dude!!! 😁

Bavarian Beast · 03-21-2016, 12:19 PM

Really hard to see....I will take some later today.

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Pics dude!!! 😁

Helmsman · 03-21-2016, 03:29 PM

Rust, lots of it...

M3AG · 03-21-2016, 04:30 PM

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Treasure

rdoctor · 03-21-2016, 04:36 PM

Small nesting animal?

Beemdog · 03-21-2016, 04:48 PM

Mushrooms.

///Mlife · 03-21-2016, 11:29 PM

Gopher

1MOREMOD · 03-21-2016, 11:39 PM

Fuel pump

ASBSECU E93 · 03-21-2016, 11:48 PM

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Fuel pump

hookers...?

Flying Ace · 03-22-2016, 03:57 PM

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hookers...?

damn, beat me to it...

dbworld4k · 03-22-2016, 04:09 PM

Chances are it was jacked up improperly and the sheet metal is warped.

Rbembas_M3 · 03-22-2016, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dbworld4k

Chances are it was jacked up improperly and the sheet metal is warped.

too funny

dbworld4k · 03-22-2016, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rbembas_M3

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Chances are it was jacked up improperly and the sheet metal is warped.

too funny

I'm actually being serious. Saw it happen first hand to a BMW in pretty much the exact spot OP is describing. The floor board metal is rather thin compared to that near the frame rails.

Beemdog · 03-22-2016, 06:00 PM

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I'm actually being serious. Saw it happen first hand to a BMW in pretty much the exact spot OP is describing. The floor board metal is rather thin compared to that near the frame rails.

Agreed. This had happened to my old 911 too, right in the rear passenger seat foot area. Pounded right out, though, with a dead blow nylon hammer, after figuring out it wasn't normal (doh!).

uisim · 03-22-2016, 06:02 PM

Step one: collect underpants
Step two:_________
Step three: profit $

U sure it's not a module of some sort or a wire harness . I have that but it's covered by plastic. Go under the car and see if it's indented. If it looks normal then no one messed up jacking it up

dbworld4k · 03-22-2016, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Beemdog

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Originally Posted by dbworld4k

I'm actually being serious. Saw it happen first hand to a BMW in pretty much the exact spot OP is describing. The floor board metal is rather thin compared to that near the frame rails.

Agreed. This had happened to my old 911 too, right in the rear passenger seat foot area. Pounded right out, though, with a dead blow nylon hammer, after figuring out it wasn't normal (doh!).

Yup had to stomp the hell out of that sucker and lift the carpet to be sure the paint hadn't cracked, else that's a nasty place to have corrosion take place.

Bavarian Beast · 03-22-2016, 10:25 PM

I'll be pulling the carpet to see. If it is, I will try to get the shippers or my marine insurance to fix it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by dbworld4k

I'm actually being serious. Saw it happen first hand to a BMW in pretty much the exact spot OP is describing. The floor board metal is rather thin compared to that near the frame rails.

Bavarian Beast · 03-28-2016, 02:36 AM

Apparently this bad boy is under the seat carpet to give it a lift and support. It came loose during shipment. So, no gold, loose ladies or bent metal/rust. I'll take this as good luck and move on.

Helmsman · 03-28-2016, 03:38 AM

Never understood exactly where the bump was, and what is that?

Bavarian Beast · 03-28-2016, 12:00 PM

The bump was under the carpet where a passenger's feet would be behind the driver. I don't know exactly what it is, except it is made of styrofoam and looks like it would support a rise in the carpet just under the seat.

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