hi, how to remove drivers footwell carpet on the FL 2

If you use the 'seach' function with various key words there are a lot of threads, the search function works really well, I use it all the time.


But, basically if you want to lift the carpet up & leave the seats in. Pull off the rubber seal around the door, pull off the lower B column trim panel, pull up the sill trim panel, pull back the trim panel on the front edge of the door. It's all very easy to do.

If you want to lift the seats pull the 4 plastic trim covers off & unbolt the seats.

You probably want to get to the rear foot well as this is lower & water will run down to the rear, so remove the rear door seal & the rear sill trim panel on the wheel arch. Remove the rear seats, 2 bolts per side, so you can get you hand down under the carpet more easily as it is about 130mm thick on the floor, to mop up water.

In the front footwell remove the trim panel on the side of the transmission tunnel, there is one screw at the front, pull the panel out, there are 2 clips towards the rear so short sharp tug will release the rear.

There are some photos in this thread: https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic33026.html
(There is a list of part numbers for trim panel clips in this thread, get some as you will break a few)

Also look at the service manual, it may not be the exact year of your car but the panels & most of the car is the same regardless, the manual is extremely useful, a bit tedious to go through, but it is still worth every single page! https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic10621.html Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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thanks for the quick response, this is the first time I have used this forum, the information has made the job much easier. The ingress of water has come from the gaiter around the steering column where it goes through the bulkhead. The vehicle has stood for months through our lockdown in March and the rubber sticks to the column then when used again twists out of shape and allows water through, and we have had some heavy rain of late, some silicon lubricant should do the trick. I will take the front part of the carpet out and bring it into the house, use the wet vac where possible and pick a dry day to put it back.
Great to hear from someone in Sydney, we have been visiting our two daughters there for the last twenty years, it's our second home
Many thanks again

The carpet is synthetic & underneath is foam so it will dry quickly. Personally I wouldn't bother pulling it out.

The air vent to the rear under the seats, just pull it out so the air conditioning will circulate under the foam flooring. It locates easily when you push it back in. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

hi. ended up taking seat and the carpet out, hung carpet up in workshop over weekend dried the floor and put carpet etc back on Monday. now letting AC do the rest.
Thanks again.