As we know, most if not all of us have had to deal with the leaking, gooey glue that was used to adhere the rubber mats to the foam backing/insulation.
I recently pulled my "retired" mats out of storage and then revisited all the threads from years back to see if someone had tried to fix the issue. I wanted to make the mats in the GT serviceable, just to change things up from time to time, without having to clean up the sticky mess left behind when they are removed.
I could not find a thread on somehow fixing the issue, so I went forward this weekend with an idea I had.
First, I removed sections of the foam around the perimeter of the mats where the glue had seeped out. Second, I used paint thinner to clean all the glue residue off the backside of the rubber mats. (Boy was THAT fun!) Third, I purchased some 1/2" foam insulation in sheet form, actually pipe insulation is what I found that somewhat resembled the density of the OEM foam. Importantly, this foam sheet is also designed to use adhesive on one side. Fourth, I purchased some 3M Spray adhesive, kind of a generic adhesive with the designation "77" on the can.
I will post pictures of the finished product when I get home later today. Granted, this is not a perfectly matched and seamless looking repair, but since this is the underside of the mats, I was not intent on perfection, just get them back in usable condition. I also have yet to put them to use, but will do so over the next month or so.
Here are the photos of the passenger mat, the driver mat looks the same. My hope is the remaining glue and foam will not continue to deteriorate and ooze out since it had yet to do so. My hope however is dim. If it does continue to make a mess then I'm resigned to pull everything off, clean all the backside of the mat and install a complete one piece new foam insert.
I recently pulled my "retired" mats out of storage and then revisited all the threads from years back to see if someone had tried to fix the issue. I wanted to make the mats in the GT serviceable, just to change things up from time to time, without having to clean up the sticky mess left behind when they are removed.
I could not find a thread on somehow fixing the issue, so I went forward this weekend with an idea I had.
First, I removed sections of the foam around the perimeter of the mats where the glue had seeped out. Second, I used paint thinner to clean all the glue residue off the backside of the rubber mats. (Boy was THAT fun!) Third, I purchased some 1/2" foam insulation in sheet form, actually pipe insulation is what I found that somewhat resembled the density of the OEM foam. Importantly, this foam sheet is also designed to use adhesive on one side. Fourth, I purchased some 3M Spray adhesive, kind of a generic adhesive with the designation "77" on the can.
I will post pictures of the finished product when I get home later today. Granted, this is not a perfectly matched and seamless looking repair, but since this is the underside of the mats, I was not intent on perfection, just get them back in usable condition. I also have yet to put them to use, but will do so over the next month or so.
Here are the photos of the passenger mat, the driver mat looks the same. My hope is the remaining glue and foam will not continue to deteriorate and ooze out since it had yet to do so. My hope however is dim. If it does continue to make a mess then I'm resigned to pull everything off, clean all the backside of the mat and install a complete one piece new foam insert.
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