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Old 01-28-2016, 06:57 PM
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Default Replacing carpet with rubber floor liners?

So as many of you have surely experienced, wet carpet is a pain to deal with!
Ive thought about getting rid of it and having everything bed lined but then I started thinking about some of the aftermarket bed liners.

Anyone running them without them without carpet? Is it much noisier in the cabin? How does it look? A lot of exposed metal or so any of the brands cover just about as much as the carpet does?

Any pics or suggestions would be appreciated. The alternative is I actually do some research and find someone to bedline it....
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Originally Posted by AXIS
So as many of you have surely experienced, wet carpet is a pain to deal with!
Ive thought about getting rid of it and having everything bed lined but then I started thinking about some of the aftermarket bed liners.

Anyone running them without them without carpet? Is it much noisier in the cabin? How does it look? A lot of exposed metal or so any of the brands cover just about as much as the carpet does?

Any pics or suggestions would be appreciated. The alternative is I actually do some research and find someone to bedline it....
I've been looking at BedTred but I'm unsure about how well they fit, it seemed like reviews were mixed. I would love to see some pics from people who have actually installed it themselves.
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Do it once & do it right. For the money you're going to spend on rubber liners you might as well bed line the tub. I don't worry about mud, water, snow or salt. Just hose the jeep off and be done. It cost me $450 CDN 3 years ago. Click image for larger version

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^^^ I agree with Joe ....... Line-X
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Originally Posted by robsjeep9
^^^ I agree with Joe ....... Line-X
x 3 on Line-X. You will not be sorry.
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I removed the carpet in my '06 LJ and left it just bare for 7years. Yes it's a little noisy but you get use to it. It's doable if you have to. I just bought my '11 JKU and had it Rhino Lined. I love it! It's just as quite as the factory carpet, yet I don't have the wet carpet problem, my windows no longer fog up and my mats stay dry. I would recommend this to any and every one. I also removed the padding and foam from the sport bars and had them rhino lined too.
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I Line-Xed the tub of my '07 and loved it at first, but once winter set in and I put my top back on the smell drove me insane. I had splitting headaches all winter from it. I made it through the next summer only to have the headaches return in winter. I sold the Jeep and started over because you can't unLine-X it.


I've never heard anyone else complain about it. Just my experience.
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I'm looking at doing some kinda liner Like Line-X, Rhino, Raptor etc.... or How bout this stuff?

Mass Loaded Vinyl | Soundproofing Materials

Have someone who is an expert at flooring installation use adhesive and put this down.

Anyone ever tried doing something like this?
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Originally Posted by MrOutdoorsman86
I removed the carpet in my '06 LJ and left it just bare for 7years. Yes it's a little noisy but you get use to it. It's doable if you have to. I just bought my '11 JKU and had it Rhino Lined. I love it! It's just as quite as the factory carpet, yet I don't have the wet carpet problem, my windows no longer fog up and my mats stay dry. I would recommend this to any and every one. I also removed the padding and foam from the sport bars and had them rhino lined too.
any pics ? Would like,to see the cage lined.

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Originally Posted by MrOutdoorsman86
I removed the carpet in my '06 LJ and left it just bare for 7years. Yes it's a little noisy but you get use to it. It's doable if you have to. I just bought my '11 JKU and had it Rhino Lined. I love it! It's just as quite as the factory carpet, yet I don't have the wet carpet problem, my windows no longer fog up and my mats stay dry. I would recommend this to any and every one. I also removed the padding and foam from the sport bars and had them rhino lined too.
i never would've thought about spraying the roll bars too..... this is something ive been thinking of doing to my jk, but it is my first year with it, so i haven't expiernced the wet floor problem .... yet..... at least not in the jeep. also never would have thought about the road noise change from the carpet to the spray on... lots of good info here


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