Date:         Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:34:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: carpeting advise

Get your new carpets, but do know that the front carpet will come right
out. No glue ,only 2 buttons. It is a formed carpet, and may seem like it
is attached somewhere, It really isnt.

Once out, I used ammonia and detergent for cloths,to clean it(Tide). I used
a scrub brush and went to town on it.It clean up real nice.Rinsed with a
garden hose.Once dryed,in the sun,I reinstalled it and felt like a million
bucks. Well, at least I still had lunch money in my pocket.

I got a piece of carpet runner from home depot. It is black and has a few
lines,about 1/2 inch wide.Durable it is. I cut out some foor mats and a
center mat that has a hole for the stick shift. Kinda like Go Westy carpet
mats, but the stick shift is a acutal hole, and not just a cut out area.
Yesk, I stole the design,mostly. Once I cut the basic shape,I got a 1 pound
can of canned fruit, and used it for a pattern to cut around the edges so
they were curved and not right angles. I placed it  near the edge and cut
around with a utility knife.Sharp, and needs velcro on the bottoms now to
be complete.When I get crumbs on the floor(amazingly often) ,I just pick up
the mat and sweep it off with the wisk broom that I keep in the door
pouch.Usually while the gas tank is being filled.