Carpet Removal?

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What all needs removing before I can pull the carpet?

I'm going to take it and have it professionally cleaned at this place near my house. (they guarentee to remove any odors, stains, etc.)

Where do I start?

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also, how do i remove the dash, gauge cluster, etc. the whole front interior. (im taking it and having it re sprayed at a shop 100 obo for everything)
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  • Do a quick search 'cause someone asked the same question just a few days ago. :P

    If I remember correctly there was plenty of good info in that post.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    lalunette wrote:
    Do a quick search 'cause someone asked the same question just a few days ago. :P

    If I remember correctly there was plenty of good info in that post.

    i searched, didn't see anything. that's why i posted.

    send me a link :?: :idea:
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    it was never really answered.. so i'll answer here:

    first of all take out all the seats (duh), center and lower console. then pop out the plastic trim pieces on the bottoms of the door jam. the carpet is "pinned" to the bottom of these. there you will have to "unplugged" the carpet. same applies to it pretty much everywhere.. the carpet is just "plugged" into the floor. around the center console, i think you'll have to also remove the metal support that hols the radio housing, HVAC and such. anywho. nothing really crazy. its quite easy ;)

    as far as the dashboard goes... i'd like to know as well how to remove it. the gauge cluster is super easy. there ar two screws holding it on in the back and two ont he front of it. to get to the back screws you have to pop up these plastic covers. the front is exposed, just search for it. once these 4 screws are taken out the cover will come right off.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    dude martin

    i got the gauge cluster out

    but the housing around it is plug and play, but one of the plugs my monster hands cant get off its the one for defrost. haha, so basically i cant get it off.

    as far as the rest goes

    i noticed theres screws near the floor that connect to the dash on the drivers side that need removing. and a few if you pop off those little things that snap in.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    i used a screwdriver to pop out the clip for the defrost. just dont break it. and please do NOT cut the wires, haha...

    im not at home so i cant check my car to see what you are talking about referring to the screws in the dash... but, like i said, i dont know what it takes to remove a dash. haha...
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    the dash is confusing man, im still doodling with it.

    and what do you mean use a screw driver? details, please

    ive tried staring at it really hard if that helps.. :P
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    the dash is confusing man, im still doodling with it.

    and what do you mean use a screw driver? details, please

    ive tried staring at it really hard if that helps.. :P

    haha, the staring technique only works on girls. anyways....

    like, take a flat head screw driver to push on the clip thingy that holds the plug to the back of the defrost switch. the plug will just slide out then.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    i tried that last night, i messed with that clip from 2 am til about 4. do i have to push the flat head down into the clip any? or at a certain spot?
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    2 hours on a clip!? g'DAMN!!! yeah, i think push down....


    man i cant believe you tried for 2 hours. haha, dedication!!
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    no man, not dedication, aggrivation dude. i was so pissed off after about 5 minutes because i had everything off except one clip.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    i cant really remember what it looks like... but i know it shouldnt have been so hard :shock:
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    well it's gorgeous outside so i'll go out and see if i can pop it off, ill be back
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    okie dokie mang... g'luck.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    got it, haha 2 seconds

    i couldnt see good enough last night but thats a thing that needs pushing down and its wedged in between the defrost and the light thing i wedged the flat head in there to push down the clip and it pushed out.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    well thank goodness. f'real.





    off-topic.. im so damn bored. give me something exciting to do. i have to sit on campus till my next class at 5 :x
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    haha get with that chick!

    but dude as far as the dash goes

    it's all connected.. i removed a bolt near the front windshield near the top pop off the plastic it's a 10mm bolt remove it and about 3 screws and the entire dash pulls out,
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    ok the entire dash pulls out except one part on the passenger side, i can't figure out whats holding it on.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    screw the dash.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    take out your glove bax and see whats going on behind it.
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    i had that side off, it was the other side i couldn't get off.

    you have to remove the steering wheel.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    then remove the steering wheel :P
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    haha dude, im toooo lazy, i bolted everything back in
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    the steering wheel is the easiest thing to take off :P
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    wagodizzle wrote:
    the steering wheel is the easiest thing to take off :P

    dude, i dont know how. :evil:

    i wanna si steering wheel, what year would fit?
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    88-91 would fit.

    to take off the steering wheel you simply pop off the H emblem then inside there is one 19 mm bolt. unbolt that and the steering wheel slides right off ;)
  • michaelhinkle1michaelhinkle1 Senior Wagonist
    is all the wires plug and play?
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    there are no wires :P
  • Draggin' Waggin'Draggin' Waggin' New Wagonist
    Sorry to get everything off track but the carpet removal thing, since it seems relatively forward, is there anything special that needs to be done if one were to put in new carpeting. I want something that is blue (not OEM blue) cause I want to my my interior to have a blue theme.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    actually, thanks for bringing it back on track, haha..anyways

    so you going to get some of your own carpet and put it in? i guess just making sur you cut it to specs, then use the same bits and pieces to pop it into place.

    what color is your interior right now?
  • Draggin' Waggin'Draggin' Waggin' New Wagonist
    gray = bleh.

    What kind of material should I be looking for?
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