OK so a bit of a dumb question, but three years in still baselining my 96. When I bought the rig I noticed that the D ring cargo tie downs in the trunk were pretty rusty, but after poking around recently in the rear of the truck I pulled up the carpet to discover that it was more than the D rings, that there were patches of rust starting in several places. My truck is white, and the white subfloor where it isn't covered by the weird composite looking glued on hard material (which I discovered can be broken off, no idea what it is) has rust bubbles/blisetrs forming in several patches. I took out all of the D rings and seat anchors for my removed third row and bolts which were all really rusted and after a good soak in WD40 rust remover are actually looking salvageable. I went after the rust patches last weekend with a wire wheel and rust brush, and I plan on cleaning it all out and spraying with a rust inhibitor and then covering with some rustoleum. I am assuming that my rear sliding windows leak, as the passenger side window frame has a bunch of silicon goo in it from the PO. So I have ordered new fixed glass replacements with new weather stripping to replace the leaking slide windows. My question is the weird fuzzy carpet layer that is under the floor mat carpet is pretty trashed from rust and my removing the carpet panels to the reach the rusty areas. Is there a good modern replacement product which I should install under the old tan carpet which will insulate/noise reduce and protect from rust? Thanks, oh and could this rust come from sunroof leakage, not just slide windows? Thanks
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