Arghh i cant get my seats to slide

Ok so installed new carpet in my sportline today. Went well all glued up and tidy ect. Issue I have is I cant for the life of me get my seats to slide smoothly. I have tried new guides and rubbers old guides and rubber and its as stiff as wont glide back and forwards. What am I doing wrong. The rubber guide at the front just seems to jam everything up but even without it in its not that easy to move back and forth!

It does look like the carpets a bit high at the back (i will thin underlay out) as I can see slight run marks but surely that can be causing it to pretty much not move at all

I hope you got the correct glide set, as there are the golf version and the Cabriolet version, and the cheeeeeeap (very cost effective) ones aren't as good as OEM.

I usually clean out the rails with a rag and Brake-cleaner, then apply a thin coat of water resistant axle grease(boat trailers)  to the length of the rail.  
Same for the Front glide, I apply a little grease to it and the rail… if the lower rail is rusty or pitted on the lip that the glide runs on I smooth that with  some Crocus cloth, wipe clean then add the grease.

Carpet usually isn't the issue it is getting the rails clean and slightly grease.

As I stated the really cheap glides aren't as smooth as the oem . (think 4quid) set from Ebay in China, versus the 8-14 quid set.  I bought cheap once, and when I scooted the seat the front one flew out.

Thanks Briano. All I can think of is it must be the fact I have no greese on them at all as I cleaned them with GUNK and even with the old clips and guide rubber it still won't move. Im going to get some teflon PTF spray tomorrow and see how I get on!!

So just to update in case anyone else has the same issue. It was a blessing in disguise in a way. So i pulled the back carpet back out as i had glued it around the door cills ect to stop it ever pulling away in future used some glue deactivator and worked perfect. Now what i decided to do was spray paint the seat rails satin black as they jumped out like a soar thumb been a metal colour against the black carpet which I didnt think of first time around… im so glad I did you hardly notice them at all now. I then loose fitted the carpet. Greased up the rails and seat runners with some white lithium grease and hay presto took 5 mins to get both seats back in and they slide with 1 finger now. Now the seats are in I will re glue the carpet around the edges as before it was making it hard to get the door side runner in the channel as I couldn't push the carpet to where I needed it and it was snagging the seat. I replaced the runner clips and no seat rocking anymore got the vag ones not cheap ones as recomended. Cheers and white lithium grease is unbelievable 1 finger to slide the seats and I only put a little on

na na na na na na….told ya so….. Like Brylcream. " A little dab will do ya.

I mention it in my diy "Seat rocks and is hard to slide".

Cabriolet/Rabbit Seat rocks, and hard to slide | Volkswagen Owners Club Forum

Link to my DIY's all Things 90ish Cabby are in my signature… Most of the Body Suspension and things are all models.

Glad you got-r-done.