I want to lift my carpet to inspect for rust....

[Stanley Rockefeller]

Is there any special tools required? I've pulled out my front seats in the past to shampoo the carpet with ease.

thanks in advance

[jasonsnoddy]

nope. take the door sills off for a peek, or if you actually want to take the whole thing out its not very hard. just nuts and screws.,

[glucklich21]

Hope you don't find something like I did...

[Stanley Rockefeller]

how did that happen???

[glucklich21]

The stud on the other end of this stud rusted at some point and spread to the sheet metal over a period of years. It even rusted through the heat shield...




All fixed and god help this car if any water even dares go through these seams.

[browntown]

I did that and found a surprise,

Here's a pic of the rust ground off and prepped for welding

[browntown]

I think gluck and I had the exact same failure point. The stud holds aluminum foil heat shield under the car. It rusted up into the floor pan on mine too.