[T3] Rear Deck Mat - '69 Square

[Jim Adney]

On 14 Jun 2017 at 14:33, Gary Forsmo wrote:

>    2. Can the "anchor" be carefully "opened up", to release the mat?

Yes, start at one side and work your way to the other. I believe I got it started 
with a screwdriver, but then used my Channellocks to work my way across.

>    3. If the mat can be removed and laid upside down on a flat surface, can
>    the transversely cracked mat be *effectively* mended with something like
>    FlexSeal Tape and/or FlexSeal Liquid?

It's possible that you could repair yours, but your problem is that your old 
mat has become stiff and hard. If you fix where it is broken now, it may just 
break somewhere else the next time you bend it.

ISP made repops, but they were only in black. The OE mats came in several 
colors, including black. I think most of the colored OE mats were black 
rubber with a colored topcoat. At one time I looked into getting a black one 
colored, but the people I contacted didn't think their process would work on 
rubber.



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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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