The seatbelts needed to be replaced. The retractors were shot and were
allowing the shoulder belt to droop as you went down the road. This *SHOULD*
have been a simple fix. Yes, that is the driver seat sitting on the driveway.
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The panels around the door jamb were removed to access the retractable belts.
Beware of misleading adds though. The replacements for the originals were
lap belt only. We had to find someplace that should correct 3 pt belts.
Some of the bolts gave us problems.
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This is the passenger seat and some of the dirty floormats. The stuck bolt,
on the driver side was difficult to reach and the driver seat didn't move in
the tracks as it should. As we tried to remove the driver seat, we couldn't
find bolt number 4. So we removed the passenger seat to help locate and
remove the driver seat.
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The carpet looked disgusting and this was after the vacume was taken to it.
Yep, you guessed it - we decided to replace the carpet. Talk about the
snowball effect!
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Surprisingly, the cargo area behind the seat was clean and rust free.
However, the only carpet readily available was black, so the back
wall carpet would have to be replaced as well.
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The nasty old carpet. The reason Dad hadn't replaced it originally -
the seats were too hard to remove. Problem solved.
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The removed panels were sprayed black, to match the new carpet.
We explained that black would cause the interior to be hotter
during the summer, but you can't argue with teenage girls - at
least not and win.
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The actual floorpans are in relatively good shape. At least we
don't have to fix anything major here.
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The floorpan under the seat is in excellent shape.
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Auto carpet insulation was added to reduce heat from the road and
drivetrain.
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Believe it or not, a teenage girl can work alongside her father
without much arguing. They worked as a team to fit the carpet
to the many curves of the floorpans.
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The back wall also received the insulation to cut the heat from the
sun. Spray adhesive became their best friend.
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They tucked and trimmed to get an almost factory looking fit.
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The final fit of the carpet - not bad for non-factory carpet.
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The repainted black panel looks great next to the new carpet.
The "e;snowballs"e; stopped just shy of the door panels.
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The driver seat with the new turquiose seatbelt, to match the paint.
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The completed back wall.
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The passenger seat with the new turquiose seatbelt - don't ask.
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Once the interior work was done, a fresh coat of the bedliner
was applied, this time over the edge of the bed as well.
Hopefully this will minimize the scuffs and scrapes of backpacks
being tossed over into the bed.
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She gets into her car work, even when it doesn't wash off easily.
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The completed bedliner, compliments of Duplicolor.
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Pepe went through 1.5 years of high school and is headed off to college
with her. From Old Dominion Speedway to Old Dominion University. So
if you see a unique turquiose '89 Ranger around Norfolk, VA, just wave.
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