Automotive Carpet Replacement Tools

Video Transcript

"Hello again in this segment we're going to cover tools needed for replacing into your car carpet on automotive and since we just covered safety use. One of the things just brought to my attention in related to safety and you need to be aware of before you start the project the two driver seats driver and passenger's seat could be heavy depending on the make and model of your vehicle requiring that you personally lift to get them out and you also need to remember when you bending over to actually remove the seat, you want take special precautions on your lifting how you remove that seat because you don't want to damage your back so I just want to bring that up on the safety issue real quick. Okay, basically what we're going to use again is a standard tool set that I've used for pretty much all my training applications. There is one accessory that comes in real handy. This is a push pin removal tool and it goes underneath the plastic push pins that hold down varies plastic components into your car and it allows it to push out and prime it out and get them off really easily and it really helps to prevent damage to them. Sometimes they're reusable. They're design for one use only but this can real asset to getting those off. Other thing I recommend is make sure you have real small tip screw driver or I also use some old dental cell picks because there's some excess caps that need to be removed on the interior to get access to screws. Other thing I'm going to use I'm going to use a cordless drill driver to ease to pull the screws out faster. If you use one especially going back together, you want to make sure you set the clutch real, real low because you don't want to strip the screws they going into plastic inserts in most cases and they strip out real easy. So, note to caution there if you're using a drill driver. That's should pretty much cover for the basic tools need. Also, I want to bring to your attention at this time, if you're replacing with one new prefab carpets come pre-molded to your car, you want to make sure to unpackaged that. Get it out of the box and lay it out in a warmer environment so it can kind of the plastic to soften up and get into its shape and that'll make the application a little bit easier later on down the road. So, I just want to give you that quick tip before we move farther. Okay, there's one other item I recommend having, I got a couple of these there's just old scrap pieces of four by four and I'm going to use them as wheel chocks because we're going to be in a situation where we have to have the vehicle in neutral and the parking brake off and I don't want the vehicle to roll. So, having a couple of wheel chocks will be good asset to have and safety as well. Please watch our next segment and we'll cover removing the driver seat."