Hayk

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For anyone who doesn't know, I purchased the car with 175,400 miles on the clock in July of this year. It was in a fairly good shape for its age, but being the perfectionist that I am, I'm constantly working on it.

Well one of my most recent projects was cleaning the carpets. I wanted to just give the car to a detailing shop and let them do all the work, but then I remembered the Rug Doctor...



I removed the seats in order to get a thorough cleaning of every little crevice. The pictures below were taken after doing multiple passes (refilling the machine twice) and agitating the nastier spots with a spray bottle and a stiff bristle brush. I finished up at sunset, with the carpets fairly moist but not wet. I decided to use a hair dryer to get all the moisture out, since I was paranoid about having a mildew issue in the future. But if you can finish up while the sun is still out, I would just leave all the windows down and let the carpets dry on their own.

If I was to do it all over again, I would agitate all the stains before using the vacuum.

Gas Pedal



Dead Pedal



Under the Driver Seat



Driver Area



Driver Side Armrest Area



Behind the Driver



Middle Hump



Under the Passenger Seat



Passenger Side Arm Rest



Behind the Passenger



Passenger Area




1 day Rental of the vacuum (wide track) + the hand tool = $29.99
Carpet Cleaner + Anti-Foam = $18
Results = priceless

lexuslivin

Great job. Where did you rent it from?

juvenchan

nice job
i want to do that too

Hayk

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You can get it at any super market, I got mine from my local Shop Rite. The one I had was actually red, I think the blue ones are the consumer versions.

p.s.: I also cleaned up my seats with Leatherique not too long ago, but that's for another thread.

Kira X

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Nice job! It looks way better. I'll have to try this sometime.

Hayk

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You should, just prepare to spend most of the day on this. But in the end, it's totally worth it.

yeldogt

Good Job!

I use a spray called Spot Shot - it does a great job on stains. I use it before I do the carpets. I have one on the Bissell units spray with a vac

How difficult was taking the drivers seat out -- I need to work on my track.

Hayk

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Not difficult at all. The steering wheel gets in the way, but I just rotated the seat on its side.

yeldogt

Thanks!

I actually may need a new track as the seat rocks ever so slightly.

I am hoping i can get it welded ........ but I have not done anything about it because of the unknown of removing the seat.

Hayk

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It's just four 14mm bolts and two electrical connectors. I put the seat in its middle position with the seat back all the way up. I also removed the head rest and moved the steering wheel to its highest position. The trick is to pull the bottom cushion out first, with the seat on its left side.

lamar411

wow nice job

KLF

Nice work.

Your "before" pictures are why I never allow anybody to eat or drink in my car.

Hayk

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Well the good thing is that you can always clean it up. By the way, I think some of the stains were actually from the Rejuvinator Oil that I used on the leather prior to this. I think it's the yellow drips on the "transmission" tunnel.