Any pointers on installing rubber flooring?

[Wracks81]

Got new rubber flooring and seems like a pita to put in. Old flooring came out in pieces so i can't use for a pattern. Any tips put there?! Can i use a heat gun to help form it?

 

[bluex]

Lay it in the sun for a few hours. Cut it long and leave the truck outside for a few days in the sun so it settles and then do a final trim. That's what I did with the last one I did anyhow .

 

[Snoots]

Clean the metal floor and apply a rust inhibitor or sealer first. Then I'd do as bluex suggests.

 

[Wracks81]

Clean the metal floor and apply a rust inhibitor or sealer first. Then I'd do as bluex suggests.

Yea i already have the dash pad,seat,and old flooring out,and cleaned it all up.

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[Snoots]

Very nice. Attack ALL of the floorboard rust no matter how small. Pull the door seal, get rid of the rust, spray rust converter, then a primer sealer, then paint it before you put the pad down.

 

[Wracks81]

Very nice. Attack ALL of the floorboard rust no matter how small. Pull the door seal, get rid of the rust, spray rust converter, then a primer sealer, then paint it before you put the pad down.

It's not in that pic,but i treated a few surface rust spots.

 

[79ramp]

One thing that helped when I did the vinyl floor in my truck was to find a couple contours (at least 1 on each side) as a starting point and then work out from there. Another thing that I ran into was things moving around when I bolted down pedals, belts, etc.; what might help is to bolt things down such as belts, etc. before trimming edges...I can't say with 100% certainty that this will work but bolting things down afterwards did not work for me.

 

[Keith Seymore]

I agree with the comments so far -

a) Let it warm up in the sun to make it softer and easier to work with

b) I roll it up from both ends (like a scroll) and start in the middle; find a formed feature to help locate it (a contour in the floor or whatever) and then gradually work it forward and backward.

c) Bolt everything down before trimming the edges.

d) For goodness sake don't trim it too short in the passenger footwell area! (I've done it twice now).

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[Keith Seymore]

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[Wracks81]

[QUmyMy '16 GMC Duramax

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OTE="Keith Seymore, post: 426292, member: 8599"]I agree with the comments so far -

a) Let it warm up in the sun to make it softer and easier to work with

b) I roll it up from both ends (like a scroll) and start in the middle; find a formed feature to help locate it (a contour in the floor or whatever) and then gradually work it forward and backward.

c) Bolt everything down before trimming the edges.

d) For goodness sake don't trim it too short in the passenger footwell area!



My '16 GMC Duramax has rubber floors and i love it! Thanks for the advice,been waiting on some hot weather to do this job,and there is always a trick.