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Confusion over rolled carpet for trunk

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Ryan730, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. Ryan730

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    So I got a rolled carpet to put in the back, which is already carpeted. Am I missing something?


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    firepa63 Former Prius Owner

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    It's like a floor mat for the cargo area.
     
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    So the part where you turn the knobs to access the hidden area?
     
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    cutout for knob access.
     
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    Apparently.
    Your floors are carpeted, yet you have carpeted floor mats, right?
    Same thing. Just like the floor mats under your feet, the cargo mat is a removable/replaceable piece of protection for the other carpet that can't be so easily replaced.
    Personally, I'll be replacing all my mats and cargo mat with rubber all weather ones.
     
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    I specifically went down to the US to pick up a carpeted cargo mat (Canada only sells the rubber cargo liner). I wanted a carpeted mat to help with some sound absorption (not much given how thin it is but better than nothing) as well as a mat to protect the original carpeting (easy to replace a mat than the floor) and I don't carry dirty/wet items often so that's why I forgoed the cargo liner.

    Besides, if it's dirty, it can go in the underfloor bin and that's removeable.
     
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    Is the underfloor bin in your Prius plastic lined? I love it, but I put a couple of things down there and they slide all around. I can hear it while driving.


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    i put some towels in there in my 08. kept things from moving and absorbed what ever sound they did make.
     
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    No, it's just bare plastic. I have my driver's side carpet mat (cause the dealer won't let you put the AS mat on top of it after all SUA fiasco) so that helps with some traction.
     
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    Go to a Home Depot or whatever and get the cupboard liner (it comes in a roll and you can choose your colour) or get the tool box liner from, for example, Sears. Cut a piece to fit and lay it in there. Unless you are cornering so hard wheels lift things won't slide. I also put a piece on the rear hatch floor (no rubber mat or carpet mat). I folded it over underneath and put screws in the bottom such that I can force the liner mesh over the screw heads to hold it in place.

    New and expensive things I buy that are in shiny boxes no longer slide back and forth bashing into the sides of the car. ;)
     
    #10 David Beale, Apr 25, 2012
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