You can find Rhinoliner and LineX dealers in the yellow pages. It ain't
cheap, but it is nice. Take everything out, passenger seat, back seat,
center console, etc. Then they will take the driver seat out for you when
you take your Rubi in. You should also take the covers off the roll bars,
and maybe even take the roll bars out. Mask stuff off if you want to, like
the bolt holes for the seat bolts. I would go to the shop as a first step
and see what they do, and how they do it. I think that filling in the bolt
holes is an important part of the prep-work. The more prep-work that you do,
the lower the price will be. Your personal interest in the job might even
translate into a higher degree of workmanship on the part of the installer
crew.

If you plan to keep the top off, or will expose it to mud, wet, general
crud, etc. then pull the carpets & roll bar padding & store it away until
you sell the Jeep. The carpet just gets trashed & rotten with water, mud,
etc. You will have to pull the seats, etc. to get it out, however, but it's
worth the effort.

An alternative to Rhino lining is Durabak and Heruliner, similar textured
coatings that are rolled on, rather than sprayed. The stuff runs about $100
a gallon from Quadratec or 4 Wheel Hardware, comes with prep pads and a
textured roller for putting it on. I did my YJ with Durabak two years ago
and everyone raves about it. Has held up magnificently and still looks
great.

Pulling the carpet up is extremely easy. You can just yank it out from
under the center console if you want. You'd need to remove the center
console for the rhino-lining application anyway, though, and it's not
hard. It has only a few screws, then you just pull it straight up.
(The bottom of the shifter boot just pops up quite easily, nothing
affixing it there.)

The carpet is just tucked underneath the edge of the console. It's easy to take out.

The carpet in the back is all one piece from the driver side to the passenger side. I only take mine out when it gets wet. I lay it out in the sun and it dries out just fine. I've gone out at night and gotten the carpet wet. When I get home, I just pull it out and let it sit on the garage floor until the next day. I then rinse it out until clear water runs out of the carpet and set it in the driveway to dry out.

I've done this 10 plus times and I haven't had any mold or mildew problems. In fact, the carpet still looks new.

Rob
 when I asked about taking the top off.. many of you mentioned removing the
 carpet thus eliminating the ruining of the carpet with mildew etc.

 I would love to pull out my Rubi carpet..  I see where it is attached at the
 top left of the driver's foot area but how would I get it out from under the
 center console ?  I would hate to pull that all apart.

   A bedliner or Rhino coating on the floor would be the coolest but who
 could I go to for this ?  any large nationwide places do this  or ?

 thx
 dave

 -------to reply by email, you must first take out REMOVETHIS

The carpet is just tucked under the center console... just give it a bit of
a yank.

As for the Rhino lining.  A local Rhino dealer did mine for $400.   As
someone else said, I had to remove the seats, console, belts, and rollbar
padding.  Left the driver's seat & that seatbelt in.  I had plugged all of
the bolt holes, but he actually removed the plugs before he sprayed it in...
said I wouldn't have gotten them back out very easily afterwards and he was
probably right.  I'm not sure what he did to keep the holes from getting
plugged, but none of the bolts were difficult to get back in.  As someone
else mentioned... check with a local Rhinolining, LineX, etc., dealer and
see what they say.  You might ask around and make sure the guy has good
references too.  I had found a couple of guys who had work done by the local
Rhino place and they were impressed.

The prep for me took about 3 hours to get everything out.  About the same to
put it back in.

I've heard good things about the do-it-yourself stuff too... I just didn't
want to mess with it.

I called a guy today (St. Catharines, Ontario) and he said he wouldn't do it
at all.
They apparently have only done a couple and they turned out to be more work
than they anticipated.  Truck beds don't require much for masking (lazy
buggers!).

He gave me a $800 ball park but now I wonder how much will change if I
remove stuff....

BUT, with leaving in the seats....what's the draw back?  Leaving an edge for
crap to get under the liner (liners an adhesive so...NO!?)