Oh wow! You really got soaked. Thank you very much for the wonderful instructions. It could come in very handy someday.

 

Yeah the other day we had rain with a lot of wind so my carpets are finally drying out!

...what a mess!

 

I usually check the weather before I go out without a top on.

 

That may work if you live in a place like San Diego where it hardly ever rains, and when it does the forcast will call for definate rain, but in some areas of the country the weather changes so fast that even if the forcast calls for sunny skies there may be that freak downpour. In addition, the forcast for the majority of the year may be "undecided" in that there may be a "chance of showers" for many days in a row and if you take the stance you do, you would never run with the top off, or at best only do it for a few days a year which I believe most people would just take that chance anyways if they live in a place like that.

 

Line x tub, BEST mod ever

 

You obviously have never been to Texas. It was forcasted sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. They are rarely accurate here in KTXS land.

 

I live in NE Mississippi, I've had my hardtop off since end of March. We have sudden downpours here regularly. After the first rain (March it rained hard enough to fill the jack carpartment in the back) I yanked out the carpets, threw in 2 large trash bags, bungee cord my bikini top, rolled to the center speaker bar, and let it go at that rain or shine. I made some doors surrounds with some pvc pipe and pipe insulation. I love my JK in the open air, and don't let a little weather bother me.

 

Down here on the Gulf, we usually get those afternoon showers/t-storms. I accidently left my top down one day and had about 1 inch of water in the floor board. I took the carpet out and the plugs. I washed the carpet real good with the water hose. I let the carpet dry all day in the sun. The white stuff underneath the carpet took forever to dry, I guess it is some type of heat insulation. Make sure everything is good and dry..mold is not your friend.

 

Yes the white stuff that would not dry is on the front carpets only. I took the shop vac to it and sucked the water right out of it. All my carpets dried over night for the most part. There are a few spots that took longer but I left them in the sun the next morning and all is well.

My jeep is now all put back together as if nothing happened.

 

This may be a dumb question, but do you remove the plugs from inside or the bottom of the jeep?
I had a small swimming pool and (more embarrasing) it didnt occur to me to locate the plugs, so i scooped it out and dried it.. the rear storage hold under the flap is a beeyotch to get dry though :(