carpet in tracker is JUNK it hold water.

[Milwaukee]

For some reason I decide to fix all rust issue on body use rustoleum primer. It thick paint cover rust issue.

I decide to check under carpet. It was dry but when I lift carpet I was freak out to saw.

Carpet actual hold lot water and put lot rust area that I need dump lot paint to cover it.

I decide I remove all carpet in my geo. Lot wet carpet but I been watch for leak on window and top. No leak but where water came from?


Well for now I am put mat on it so I can remove to check it.

Do anyone remove carpet?

[Bex]

I don't think the issue is the carpet but where the leak comes from. Maybe put rubber mat on floorboards so you can see when it's wet (and if coming from top or bottom)

[jtgh]

1 fix leak ( solve problem first not the symptoms)
2: fix carpets.
3: put in plactic (or rubber ) mats. buy the ones for huge American PU trucks
and cut them down for perfect fit in front floor boards.

so they curve up on all sides. making a Lake.

this greatly helps.


oh, and this happens on all cars ,not sidekicks.

[Milwaukee]

I know my 79 F150 have same thing.

I think it look best if I remove carpet and paint with rhino so it be tough paint.


I am glad that I found that area before it gotten worst. I could lose geo tracker to scrap because not safe. For now I am work to keep geo tracker for few years or reach 200,000 miles then replace it.

[jtgh]

wire brush.
then
rust converter
then zinc rich primer.
then rhino liner paint.

this stops the rust,
rust begets rust , so halting it and converting it , solves this issue.

all is DIY.

[mtndew]

rhino liner is great stuff. we did my buddies jeep interior in rhino. it makes cleaning the rig out a lot easier too, just hose it down and let it dry. we also did his exterior. he now has a rhino lining paint job. its actually awesome for protecting the rig against somewhat minor dents and scrapes. also a good bomb supressent too (in case you ever wanna try to blow your rig up 0_0 )...

[noisey jack]

I used Rhino Liner with rubber mats on top works great! If you used this make sure the floor draines are not plug.Two in the frount and two in back......