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    Default Any clips I'll break removing Carpet?

    When I bring my car to have the floorboard welded in on Monday I will be removing the interior myself at the shop. Center Console,seats, kick panel but I've never pulled up the door sill. But Never having pulled the carpet up I figured I ask weather I should come prepared in case there were moldings or maybe the door sills may have clips that might brake.. Just trying to cover all my bases before I start this ..thanks
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    When I remove the kickpanel and seats out of my E34 I didn't break any clips. You just have to be careful because the door sill clips can break.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jehu View Post
    When I bring my car to have the floorboard welded in on Monday I will be removing the interior myself at the shop. Center Console,seats, kick panel but I've never pulled up the door sill. But Never having pulled the carpet up I figured I ask weather I should come prepared in case there were moldings or maybe the door sills may have clips that might brake.. Just trying to cover all my bases before I start this ..thanks
    I obviously missed something. Your floorboard (front) is rotten? Where abouts?

    Curious,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave M View Post
    I obviously missed something. Your floorboard (front) is rotten? Where abouts?

    Curious,

    Dave

    All around the gas pedal. The pedal will now fall right thru and sit on the exhaust pipe... I fashioned a little prosthetic out of some sheet metal so I can drive it but will get it ground and have a new hunk of steel MIG welded in Monday.. I suspect that the leaking AC condensation hose I Ignored may have contributed along with living in the Northeast ,all the salt in Winters ..whatever the cause it'll be fixed..
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    Ewwwww. Better check mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave M View Post
    Ewwwww. Better check mine.
    I was Vacuming out one day , hit the pedal with the end of the hose and it poped up out of the floor... shock and despair rushed over me as I looked down and saw the Pavement below looking back at me... rusty metal flaky chuncks all around... ewww is right..lol..
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    Quote Originally Posted by russiankid View Post
    When I remove the kickpanel and seats out of my E34 I didn't break any clips. You just have to be careful because the door sill clips can break.

    What did you use to lift up the door sills? Putty knife?
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    If it's anything like the wreck we salvaged, you won't be able to get the forward carpet out without removing the heater unit. I recall that you can carefully cut around the heater box and you should be able to conceal the cut under the console.
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