A few questions about "new" car

Post some pics of what your finding. The metal channel should only be attached on one side you should be able to fold it open. I’m not going to say they’re all like this, but all the ones I have been into have. I don’t know if ZieBart undercoating was a special order option or a dealer installed option, but I haven’t seen undercoating inside on the floorboards unless it was being used to hide something from a prospective buyer...