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If You Have Carpet

MIGeezer
May 23, 2023

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May 23, 2023

I have a Badlands, w/Lux built, waiting for delivery. If you have the carpet option, are the floor plugs to drain water still in the floor?

Thanks Dave
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May 23, 2023

#1
They are not.

The holes in the floor of the Bronco itself are still there, but they are under the carpeting and you can't actually get to them.
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Moving Chicane, Laura

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May 23, 2023

#2
That's one thing I love. No carpet! Rubber floor, easy cleaning!
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May 23, 2023

#3
MIGeezer
I have a Badlands, w/Lux built, waiting for delivery. If you have the carpet option, are the floor plugs to drain water still in the floor?

Thanks Dave
I've got a diagram of where the non-washout (carpeted Broncos) drain plugs are here, for the curious, but @RagnarKon is right.

plugs-difference.jpeg
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the poacher, Moving Chicane

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May 23, 2023

#4
Wolf
That's one thing I love. No carpet! Rubber floor, easy cleaning!
I never thought about that - but the Badlands Sports have the rubber floor too. That's cool!
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May 23, 2023

#5
Laura
I've got a diagram of where the non-washout (carpeted Broncos) drain plugs are here, for the curious, but @RagnarKon is right.plugs-difference.jpeg

Ooo that's a handy diagram. *Steals*
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May 23, 2023

#6
RagnarKon
Ooo that's a handy diagram. *Steals*
I wasn't a graphic design dropout for nothing!
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May 24, 2023

#7
Laura
I've got a diagram of where the non-washout (carpeted Broncos) drain plugs are here, for the curious, but @RagnarKon is right.

plugs-difference.jpeg
Hmmmm.....
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May 24, 2023

#8
Darrel
I never thought about that - but the Badlands Sports have the rubber floor too. That's cool!
Go figure! It came with carpeted mats. I had to add the Weather Tech! I hate carpets. It was horrible when the girls were younger. Come to think of it? It's horrible while they are older, because they don't clean their cars, I do!
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May 24, 2023

#9
Laura
I've got a diagram of where the non-washout (carpeted Broncos) drain plugs are here, for the curious, but @RagnarKon is right.

plugs-difference.jpeg
Thanks for the diagram. Can you tell me if the carpet is installed as loose as in the JK Jeeps? If that's the case then you can remove the carpet in minutes. So if the plugs are there and work this will be OK.
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May 24, 2023

#10
MIGeezer
Thanks for the diagram. Can you tell me if the carpet is installed as loose as in the JK Jeeps? If that's the case then you can remove the carpet in minutes. So if the plugs are there and work this will be OK.
I've never tried to pull up the carpet in a Bronco yet, so someone with carpet may want to chime in. I'm also curious to how close the active dummy plugs are to active plugs in function.
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May 24, 2023

#11
So what does it mean passive plugs?
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May 24, 2023

#12
From talking to Esteban back in the day, the active dummy plugs do drain water underneath the MGV/ carpet, in "emergency" situations.

So looking at the diagram then going out to my Bronco, the passive plugs are hard to find without pulling material up.

Here's from inside, where you can only see the active plug. A passive plug should be further up in the foot well, closer to the door.

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From the exterior (look for the daylight to see the active plug to get your bearings)

PXL_20230524_195052018.jpg
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Porkchop4464, Deano Bronc

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May 26, 2023

#13
thanks

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May 30, 2023

#14
Wolf
Go figure! It came with carpeted mats. I had to add the Weather Tech! I hate carpets. It was horrible when the girls were younger. Come to think of it? It's horrible while they are older, because they don't clean their cars, I do!
I’d have added weather tech even if I had MGV just to not wear holes in the MGV.
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Nov 22, 2023

#15
So funny, while under the truck many times, I have passed over those plastic caps from the bottom. I always wondered what the hell were they for.

Duh!

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Nov 22, 2023

#16
Laura
From talking to Esteban back in the day, the passive plugs do drain water underneath the MGV/ carpet, in "emergency" situations.

So looking at the diagram then going out to my Bronco, the passive plugs are hard to find without pulling material up.

Here's from inside, where you can only see the active plug. A passive plug should be further up in the foot well, closer to the door.

PXL_20230524_195008872.jpg

From the exterior (look for the daylight to see the active plug to get your bearings)

PXL_20230524_195052018.jpgSo, here is another question since I don't have the rubber floors. With the ridges and ribs in the picture, it looks as if it is actually formed hard plastic. Is it more like a rubber floor matt or a hard piece of plastic (the entire floor liner)?
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Nov 22, 2023

#17
It's not as rubbery as some without it might think but it is also not close to hard plastic. It flexes a lot in the rear footwell (like you can press it down about a quarter to half an inch in places) and as it wraps up under the rear seats. I wish I could post a video because then you could get a better idea of what I'm trying to explain. But you can feel it as a layer as you flex it down to the floor pan.

Adding a pic of how it wraps in the rear.
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2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ

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Nov 22, 2023

#18
I wish the outer banks had that option, but what are active dummy plugs? Is it like the other drives on the road, active dummies. lol
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#19
BroncoOBX
I wish the outer banks had that option, but what are active dummy plugs? Is it like the other drives on the road, active dummies. lol

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They reportedly will drain if water gets in a carpeted Bronco, kind of like a weep hole.
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ

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