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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 03:11 PM
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I fixed my floor mats! HELL YA!

I posted this in the wrong section of the boards, so here it is again...
I posted a lil bit ago asking if anyone had an idea on how to fix the floor mats when they turn hard and you cant do anything with them. Well, I fixed them, and it worked pretty good. What you'll need is a hot sunny day (bout 80 or so) or a hot fireplace. Just lay the mats out on the concrete upside down (carpet facing down), or in front of the fireplace and do sumthing...wash your car, go inside and watch a movie, sumthin like that. Come back out in bout 2 hours and there they are, nice and flexible . If they get hard again, put em back out and do it again. So far this is the only way I have found to "soften them up". Ill post tomorrow and tell ya if they stayed soft or not. Does anyone else have any idea on how to fix them?
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 03:51 PM
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Sounds like the rubber in em is just dry. They are old. You cant fix em
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 04:02 PM
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a good old paint heat gun works well too.
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 05:59 PM
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I just went out and checked my mats and.....still soft! HELL YA!! G*D those hard mats pissed me off! Especially the drivers side one when I was tryin to hook up on da streets or runnin w/ a buddy outside of town...it was like "I know my car has faster acceleration than this....oh wait....F*CKIN MAT!" I finally pulled it out and sat it in the garage.
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