Offseason Carpet and Seats job started

[Bricball]

Well today...I decided to start on my offseason carpet and seat job on my 97 Skeeter 185....

I removed all of the lids and started taking all of the hinges off the doors...Removed all of the latches as well(putting on new T handles)

All of the lids have a rubberized black back on the underneath side...I am assuming to deaden the sound and that it holds up better against mildew in the locker/storage/livewell.

Also, in the rod lockers there is a carpet piece on the underside of the door. It is covering a steel reinforcement piece. Instead of recarpeting this piece...I am thinking about just rhino lining it...there is also carpet in the locker itself...seems like a waste...maybe I will rhino line that too or find that rubberized material to line the locker...

Rod locker door with the carpeted underneath center


Removed the carpet on the underneath and found steel.


Here is a pick of the rubberized material on the underneath side of one of the doors.


I found that the needle nose pliers are great to start pulling the carpet away off of the lips of the doors.

[Big Bass Man]

Good Luck and post pics of your process, I thought about doing the same thing to my 94 ranger.