[T3] Rear Deck Mat - '69 Square

[Mike Fisher]

You don't want it clipped down in front anyway.  Moisture trapped under
those original mats rusted out every engine deck unless it was cut out at
an early age!

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> 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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