Carpet question, please?
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I want to remove my carpet (nasty) and use a rubber type mat molded, that will fit like carpet. Is there such a critter made to take the place of the old carpet? I've thought about just bed lining the whole inside floors. I don't like having carpet in any truck type of vehicle. Really, it is kind of stupid, if it will be used as a truck! I think they started putting carpet in these (trucks too), because so many women were buying/using them and expected it to be there. My F150 is all mat and easy to clean/wash out. Surely some of these cherokee's came with no carpet, probably ordered that way. Appreciate any help/direction on this.
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The only problem with a rubber mat is it will hold water under it and help rust out the floor , I think using bed liner would be better it will help protech the foor .
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Depends on things like the rust environment you live in. In the rust belt, there are a lot of truck beds that are rusting under spray-on treatments. Once rust occurs under bedliner, you don't know its there and it spreads and you can't really fix it. In the desert SW that's not a problem.
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Here ya go. Work trucks use vinyl and rubber floor mats all the time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACC-Vinyl-F...%7CMake%3AJeep
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACC-Vinyl-F...%7CMake%3AJeep
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Exactly! More of an off-road guy so just a flat floor carpet won't work so I just upgraded it with all-weather, https://www.jeepsareus.com/sku/82214855-fs.html . Didn't go for bed lining the whole floor since I want to try if all-weather mat would work first, would the dirt (but most especially water) spill outside the hard mat and it didn't as long as you won't hardly push the mat. I think if you have kids then bed lining would be the option because they are a little bit active inside the car so for sure if you would just place a hard mat then they would kick it for sure.
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Alternative way: Kill the rust and convert it to iron phosphate with Ospho or Rust Mort. prime floor with epoxy primer ( tough stuff ), Paint floor with ceramic filled epoxy appliance paint ( tough as nails ) Throw in a set of rubber floor mats. Done.
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Galvanizing base coat paint.. Follow this up with epoxy primer. Paint over it when done. Then, you could add in some type of floor mats.
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Depends on things like the rust environment you live in. In the rust belt, there are a lot of truck beds that are rusting under spray-on treatments. Once rust occurs under bedliner, you don't know its there and it spreads and you can't really fix it. In the desert SW that's not a problem.
No salt spray here in Alabama.
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Here ya go. Work trucks use vinyl and rubber floor mats all the time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACC-Vinyl-F...%7CMake%3AJeep
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACC-Vinyl-F...%7CMake%3AJeep
Excellent, thanks
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Exactly! More of an off-road guy so just a flat floor carpet won't work so I just upgraded it with all-weather, https://www.jeepsareus.com/sku/82214855-fs.html . Didn't go for bed lining the whole floor since I want to try if all-weather mat would work first, would the dirt (but most especially water) spill outside the hard mat and it didn't as long as you won't hardly push the mat. I think if you have kids then bed lining would be the option because they are a little bit active inside the car so for sure if you would just place a hard mat then they would kick it for sure.
Nice, thanks.
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