Rubber mat removal

[budnate]

Schonyenko2...question...on the ones you have worked on was there the heavy Black tar sound dead'ner like a carpet car???? under the Mat

or just the brown 1/2" thick woolish type padding??? on the one I just pulled for Bill it had only the woolish brown stuff..and I thought while doing it this makes sense...as a car was equipped with the cheap rubber mat it only received the cheap padding to go with it...can you fill us in on what you have seen???

Bud.

[Nova Research Project]

budnate;

I believe that the carpet and "special body and hood insulation and luggage compartment mat" all came with the Custom Interior Package. So I would expect what you found in normal. However I have not lifted the mat on my Silver nova to verify it.

Greg

[Schonyenko2]

The cheap pading. If you break the mat, Marlin, and Dave Belk, have the coolest ways of fixing them. Almost impossible to find the break, or tear. Schonye

[Mr70]

Can you share with us all how they fix them?

[budnate]

second that request

[Schonyenko2]

Marlin can explain it better than I can. They use multiple bicycle tire patches on the backside, and a product called sem on the top. Done right they look like new.

[Belair62]

Is it important to save the padding too ? Looks like the original mat is damn good but it has form fit over every little detail of the padding and whatever else is under there...my main concern is NOT to crack it up when i take it out...it's pliable but I would imagine it will break pretty easy.

[Schonyenko2]

The pading will help keep the mat from cracking as it is usually stuck from age onto the mat. Taking an unstuck mat out is a 2 or 3 man job as you need to hold it so it doesn't sag, and crack. Kinda like putting an injured person on a backboard.