Spring Projects: Who is doing what?

[ian ashton]

I am waiting for the carpet to become a little more worn

Give it a minute, lol. The carpet in my '08 looked pretty rough at the end of 1 season (100 hours), and I am finatical about cleaning and vacuuming it. I would say that is the biggest flaw in our boats, the carpet is too light, and not removeable. For '11 I think they offer a darker carpet, but I haven't seen it in person to compare.

[mmandley]

The carpet in the 2011 is a little different style. Its harder because its kinda already mashed down. So i expect the wear to not show as much. I dindt get to walk barefoot on it but to the touch its stiffer.

[newty]

I pulled the carpet yesterday and laid all the panels back in place. I assumed that there would be some spacing issues because of the carpet missing seams. I figured I would have to bulk up the panels to fill the gaps because they would now be exposed. Holy crap when I laid the panels back in, there were up to 1" gaps everywhere. The floor gaps aren't straight, and the panels don't lay flat in place. the carpet really fudges and hides a tone of imperfections in the floor. EVA is just not going to be doable. Looks like I'll be going back to new carpet with a sacrificial inlay of more carpet to protect it.

I'll post pics of the step by step when I get it all done. In the mean time I'm going to be ordering more carpet.

This would be a very easy job for you guys with the 08 and older outbacks, but with the multiple panels in the floor in the LSV its just not going to work.

[viking]

hey newty,
thanks for the update but that is TOO BAD that it's not going to work. I was really looking forward to what you came up with as far as finished product

I guess there really was no other way to find out other than dig into it like you did? Unless you'd have been there every step of the way during the build and/or know exactly how they put these boats together.

[Razzman]

I pulled the carpet yesterday and laid all the panels back in place. I assumed that there would be some spacing issues because of the carpet missing seams. I figured I would have to bulk up the panels to fill the gaps because they would now be exposed. Holy crap when I laid the panels back in, there were up to 1" gaps everywhere. The floor gaps aren't straight, and the panels don't lay flat in place. the carpet really fudges and hides a tone of imperfections in the floor. EVA is just not going to be doable. Looks like I'll be going back to new carpet with a sacrificial inlay of more carpet to protect it.

I'll post pics of the step by step when I get it all done. In the mean time I'm going to be ordering more carpet.

This would be a very easy job for you guys with the 08 and older outbacks, but with the multiple panels in the floor in the LSV its just not going to work.

A bit of advice from experience, go with a tight weave berber carpet. May not look as plush but it will hold way better than a pile carpet. The carpet overlay from Matworks I have it a tight weave, rubber backed Berber and it looks as good beginning of year to end. The only drawback to it is it's harder to deep clean but i use a carpet shampoo'er on it.

[ian ashton]

My push buttons came in, and I love 'em! They are a touch smaller than I thought they'd be, but that actually works out good for what I am thinking.

[tazz3069]

I removed the pin for the center locker and added the same type of lock to the door that the engine cover has. Now this way, the center locker door does not pop up when the bag is full. Now no one can complain that they are stubbing their toes. I will post pictures later.