Replacing carpeted flooring with HydroTruf?

[parrothd]

Have you checked out how the trim comes off? Probably save a lot of head ache pulling it off and reglue?

[Rakkasan]

The trim is on there pretty good with glue. It's not much of a headache to work around. I removed all the screws holding the seat bases to the floor and then used a pry bar to lift the bases about 1/2 inch up. Then I put a 1/2 inch thick piece of lumber under the brackets that hold the seat bases to the floor. After removing the carpet and with the 1/2 inch lift from the lumber there's a nice sized gap that the Hydro can slide under the molding with out having to touch it.

[parrothd]

Nice........

[Rakkasan]

Put the HydroTurf down on the rear bench seat this morning. One thing you have to really do is square up the sheets because their not square AT ALL!!
My cuts are a little crooked. Started with the bench though because most all the cuts are under the seat and folded around the edges so they won't be seen. Because of the size of the sheet I did have seams on the side of the bench but those won't be seen while in the boat so I'm not too worried plus the seam came out all right.

Going to need new vinyl now.

[spyder]

looks good, hard to see clearly though

[Rakkasan]

Yeah, sorry. Just have the phone for pics right now

[spyder]

Jumped in the boat this weekend to get all the prep started. I will say this ripping out the carpet took all of 20 minutes. Cleaning the floor of glue, about another 5hrs. The floor seems the be pieced together somehow. It's smooth fiberglass on most the the floor but you can see patches around the vdrive and a white patch just froward of the center locker.

In my planing I thought I could get away with one set of seams between sheets but it's looking like it will be two because the sheet only come in a length of 60". Just hope I can get the seams together close enough that everyone's eyes won't be drawn to them. Also I'm going to try and bolt the two sections over the gas tank into one solid piece. That should cut down on the need the mold the Hydro over the sides some.

my floor plates don't line up, never have since i became the owner in 2008... any idea what could be buggering it up? i could never figure it out.. since you have yours apart...

[Rakkasan]

my floor plates don't line up, never have since i became the owner in 2008... any idea what could be buggering it up? i could never figure it out.. since you have yours apart...

How are all the other gaps? If you have a carpenters square put it in the corners and make sure there all 90 degree angles. Check the gap towards the VDrive and see if it's really tight on the same side.
You could always pull all the screws out and try to realign the covers. The screws just go right into the fiberglass. There's no hole specifically drilled for each screw. It almost like they just drop the plates down and screw them down.
There's 4 screws per cover and would take about 2mins to pull them up, not hard at all.

If you need some up close pics of something let me know and I'll try and help out.

[spyder]

How are all the other gaps? If you have a carpenters square put it in the corners and make sure there all 90 degree angles. Check the gap towards the VDrive and see if it's really tight on the same side.
You could always pull all the screws out and try to realign the covers. The screws just go right into the fiberglass. There's no hole specifically drilled for each screw. It almost like they just drop the plates down and screw them down.
There's 4 screws per cover and would take about 2mins to pull them up, not hard at all.

If you need some up close pics of something let me know and I'll try and help out.

Turns out my whole floor is out of whack. Add that up to more QC issues. I don't think I could ever buy another Moomba if they are made the same way now as they were in 06.

I kind of made do by spinning it around putting the gap in the center and stuffing a strip of carpet it. Looks ghetto. But less ghetto then a gap.

[Rakkasan]

WOW!! That is pretty bad. It looks alright like that. My gaps are fine but when I add the two covers back I'm going to try and bolt the two together and make them into one solid piece. If you ever wanted to recover I'd do that so as to possibly eliminate to gap. Maybe