Cookie Monster's Revenge

[Arbitrage123]

I wanted to share this for those who had followed my last "Cookie" monster interior post. When I pulled the shag carpet out of the back look what I found...haha (it's the padding from the carpet). In all seriousness though, I pulled the shag carpet off the dash and to my delight I finds this from the trapped moisture over the years. This is on both sides of the dash (picture 3). I am not a mechanic and I don't do body work. What are people's best guess on the cost to fix this? How do you fix this? Thanks for the help.

-B

[Arbitrage123]

see pics

[ACUDANUT]

Cookie Monster, really

[ACUDANUT]

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[500Jon]

Cookie crumbles!

Windshield out then dash frame can be removed in one piece.
Any rust under the rubber can be fixed too.

Best wishes from Jon

[70 sublime]

Replace blue carpet with new black carpet 

Maybe all these things you are finding are not because the carpet did this to the car but maybe why they put the carpet on it in the first place

Yes best way to fix the top of the dash is to take the windshield out because the bolts to hold the dash frame in are under the bottom edge of the windshield gasket