There is a mat under the carpet that when wet wont dry unless the bottom of it is exposed.

Hey bill need a hand. when were you gona do it. if i'm free at that time you can bring it over to the shop and i think i can find a blower to dry it.

Be kinda cool if you could rip out the whole carpet and then line the floor with that rubberized stuff you dip plyers/tools handle into. Rubberize the whole floor like a husky liner...just permanently coated. or not!! LOL

carpet is not glued down but to get the main carpet out you'll need to remove kick panels, bottom door plastics, seats and center console.

for that kind of situation you're in, you might just want to remove the plastic molding in the doorway (to gain access to the carpeting) and just lift the carpeting and prop up a 2x4 and run a fan under there for a day or two straight..just as effective as removing everything like the ctr console etc. but less of a headache anyway, let us know how it goes!

To help dry out my carpet I'm going to need to rip it up...

Can anyone tell me what tools I'm going to need? I need to do this at an off-site location so my 'rents don't know about it

There are a couple of key questions needing to be answered here.

first is HOW did it get wet? is there a leak situation we can help out with? was it cause by wheeling through a BIG mud puddle? Did it involve alcohol? spilled beer? why do the "Rents" not need to find out, which they will, I'll bet ya.

If it was a wheeling situation how did it get THAT wet where you have to remove ALL of the carpet?

Maybe over reacting a bit, slow down on the removal. There are carpet dryers out there that work great, for a price.