The pin-hole solution for wet floor syndrome

[konadog]

I posted this the other day somewhere else, but here it is on it's own thread...
Do you have a leaky bus? Checked all the usual suspect spots - headlights, widow seals etc. - and yet still have a wet floor?
The first time I had this issue was a few years ago with a Sentra. My trusted mechanic at the time drilled a tiny hole in the spare tire well. That was all he did. The wet floor issue was gone. I recently tried the same trick with my Civic, whose driver's floor was always wet and the windows chronically fogged. I drilled a tiny hole in the lowest spot on the floor and with in a few days the wet carpet and fog issue are gone.
I know this doesn't stop the water getting in, but finding and fixing that can be next to impossible. The pin-hole solution is easy and quick and cheap and delivers results!

[yojimbo]

In my series landy owning days we would leave mats out and a few holes, well, to be honest, having a non draining series landy would be a real challenge. This kept it dry, but also cut down on the rate it rusted, so while I agree in principle with a small drain hole, if you have anything on the floor, be aware of trapped water promoting rust.

[bionic]

The L300 already has a 1" plug at the lowpoint on either footwell, simply pull it out:)

[Rattlenbang]

If you live in an area where they salt the roads that leaves exposed metal which is bad news. Drill a bigger hole (1/8") and spray that sucker with rust paint or primer and paint so the exposed metal doesn't start to rust out.

[bionic]

..there's no exposed metal if you remove the stock plug, its painted and is also somewhat protected by the forward grills/covers. A little undercoat never hurts though, especially if I lived in the east/prarie provinces.

[Artacoma]

My girlfriends 75 mini has a bathtub plug in the floor that is pulled out for most of the winter and plugged in for the summer , never failed in use.