carpet replacement......

[trailburner]

does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a rubber replacement for the carpet floors?
i mean the whole thing! mine looks like the previous owner hauled pigs in it. it's looks clean until i lift up a rear seat. i'm constantly trackin' mud in it even with over sized mats. i don't really care about the mud, but it's stinks like cigarette and wet dog on a hot day. i'd do away with it if i could find a rubber replacement. like what you see in older trucks or work trucks.

thanks for any info you'all can give me...... i ain't had a whole lot of luck on the web. startin' to think it doesn't exsist.

[v7guy]

I'm inclined to think it doesn't. May be the best option is to pull the carpet and bedline the whole thing. With good prep it should hold up fine and in general get the job done.

[navigator]

Rory (NC_IslandRunner) did his whole floor recently.

[fishsticks]

Ask and you shall receive...

http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/app/ ... =POLY#year

also...

http://www.weathertech.com/chevrolet/20 ... igitalfit/

[scottp8113]

Donny, I think what he is looking for is something like the molded vinyl mats that the first link company has.

[fishsticks]

Yeah, my reading comprehension is kinda crappy in the morning.

[trailburner]

i was wantin' a full rubber replacement in place of the carpet...... full fitting just like the factory carpet.
i do like the bedliner idea.... there would be a lot of wiring exposed wouldn't there?
i could just replace it with one from the link fishsticks posted....... and restrain myself from haulin' pigs in it like the previous owner!

[trailburner]

i just looked a little more into that first link... the molded vinyl mat is exactly what i was lookin' for...... but they don't have them for trailblazers!

[scottp8113]

Sounds like a request email or call may be in order...

[RyansTBLS]

Are you cutting the carpet out? I'm not certain how it goes in and out, but its been a PITA trying to run wires under it. I think it just sits on top, but you may have to remove the seats in order to get it up. If you can't get it up, you're just going to end up replacing the areas you can only put mats on anyways. Something to think about anyways.

[trailburner]

i wasn't gonna cut it out. i'll take out the seats and all the related trim to get ALL the old stinkin' carpet out. fabreze has met it's match!
i'll have to get rid of the carpet padding too, maybe even replace sound deadening material. the stink soaked through the carpets to the underneath.
there is a lot of wiring under there.
i might bedliner it and put new carpet, or prefferably molded vinyl matting down to deaden sound and cover wires. pretty much shootin from the hip on this one. there's gotta be a someone makin' them (molded vinyl mats) for trailblazers.

[trailburner]

i'm probably better off to get the weather tech's front/back/cargo and hang a thousand little trees inside it.

[fishsticks]

i'm probably better off to get the weather tech's front/back/cargo and hang a thousand little trees inside it.

I once had a company truck given to me that was formerly used by a smoker. There was half an inch of ash in the truck when I got it.

After cleaning it out, I put some Bounce dryer sheets under the seats and the smell was gone in a week or so.

Worth a try.

[navigator]

pull your carpet out, take it to a carwash that has those mat clips, hang it up and pressure wash it, let it dry and stick it back in

[djthumper]

Have the carpets cleaned and if it the smell is still there get Fabreeze and spray everything...

[trailburner]

i've sprayed 2 bottles of fabreze through it already in the 2 months i've had it. still pretty ripe on a hot day.
fortunately ohio's weather has turned colder with maybe a handful of "warm" days left. that buys me some time to find what i'm lookin' for before warm weather returns and the stink rears it's head again. i imagine it's gonna need the carpet yanked regardless of what i find to put in, this stuff has to come out. if i'm goin' through the pain of takin' out the old one.... i'de rather replace it than try to clean it. i think these people had 9 hounds, 14 kids, and they all smoked and peed on the floor!
thanks for all the suggestions.

......i think i'll try the bounce sheets this winter and see where that gets me. a couple boxes of sheets stuffed anywhere i can put them might work. it sure would save me a lot of time and headache.

if that don't work, then i'll go back to plannin' a "carpet delete"!