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How many Jks JKUs run without carpets??

6K views 31 replies 23 participants last post by  zig500 
#1 ·
Just removed my carpets on my 08 JkU.. And I feel like I did something wrong!! Haha!! How many others run without carpet? Help me feel better!
 
#3 ·
I run no plastic on the outside, no carpet on the inside :D

Still can't figure out how to secure a floor mat though.

In the next year or two i'll likely bedline the whole jeep inside and out!
 
#9 ·
JKU bought in January, had carpets out for a couple months now. Took them out after first mud hole deeper than floorboard when was running naked. Took em out to clean smelly mud out of them, never saw the need to put them back in lol
 
#18 ·
Is there any noticeable noise increase after the floorboard carpet is removed?

How about difference cold/heat insulation results without the floorboard carpet?
 
#19 ·
Yes
&
Yes

There's more heat which is good in the winter, not so much in the summer.

Noise. I see you have a manual, my last Jeep was a manual and the noise was so bad with the carpet out and top ON that you couldn't even hear to talk on the phone. YMMV I hope my manual was the exception not the rule.

The auto is quiet enough either way, little more noise but tolerable.
 
#21 ·
After one trip of beach driving "naked" and 2 hours to get the sand out of the carpet I pulled it and never looked back. That was two years ago. Like others have said there is noticeable heat, but tolerable. I have a manual that is topless and doorless most of the Spring/Summer/Fall so really cannot speak to extra noise. LOL
 
#24 ·
Removing the carpet isn't all that hard, especially if it isn't already soaking wet.

The first time you take it out I think that there are a couple of spots you need to tear on some perforations around the front seats.

Otherwise, in a JKU, the driver's floor pan has one piece. The passenger's floor pan has one piece. Under the front seats and the floor pan in front of the rear seats is one piece. There are three parts to the luggage area. You'll need to remove the three bolts that hold in the sub to get one of them out. That's the only thing you need tools for.

All told, about 10 minutes of work to get them out of the Jeep. Then you have a huge pile of carpet you need to put someplace. I put mine in the basement for the summer. It just avoids problems with the carpet getting wet when the top is left down.
 
#29 ·
This may be the dumbest question of all time, so feel free to post shame me... but after you remove the carpets, what do you do with the exposed wires?

My carpets are constantly wet, they are molding, and pretty sure I'm growing plants in them. But the exposed wires have kept me from pulling it.

Am I being totally dense about this? :doh:
 
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