ATTN: PPL who installed their own carpet
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ATTN: PPL who installed their own carpet
Im thinking of whether to install unmolded carpet into my car myself of letting a proffesional do it. It would cost me 300 CDN for the guy to do it and for me just the cost of material. However, Im not sure how hard it is to do. The hardest part would be cutting out the holes for the seats and such I imagine.
The general idea(I beleive) is removing the seats, the bottom interior panels, and just stripping the carpet. Then after that just laying in the already cut carpet and glueing it in.
Did you guys have a hard time doing it?
The general idea(I beleive) is removing the seats, the bottom interior panels, and just stripping the carpet. Then after that just laying in the already cut carpet and glueing it in.
Did you guys have a hard time doing it?
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I did my own carpet, and bought the one piece molded from jcwhitney, but it would have been MUCH easier if i would have bought like a two piece carpet set.....it isnt too bad once you get the seats and console out. as for the bolts, leave them on the thread, and when you lay down the carpet, with a blade, cut about a half inch (in length) slit over top, then just push down on the carpet and it will pop right through, evenly....good luck and post pics when its done...
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hes talking about unmolded carpet, the only problem ive seen with it is lay it out a few days prior to installing..other than that u should be good, might be a few bubbles..im about to do mine when i get the car back,, though i dont think for the time being that im just gonna do the front part of the carpet...tell me how it turns out for u and get some pics, also if find out after u start its to hard for u to do rol it up and take it to someone
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Im from NB Saskatchewan.
Anyway, Ill try post pics when Im done, it wont be for a few weeks though. Im getting new headers/pipe installed and will be broke for awhile.
Anyway, Ill try post pics when Im done, it wont be for a few weeks though. Im getting new headers/pipe installed and will be broke for awhile.
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I tried to do this before I got my molded carpet, it came out fair but it didn't take me long to go out and buy the right stuff (molded) for the car. in my opinion don't do it, just save up some money and buy the proper stuff, if you don't you'll just be redoing it in a few months anyway, and despite what anybody says, removing basically everything on the interior (seats,console,trim panels,etc.,etc. is too big of a PITA to be doing it twice because you couldn't wait for the money to do it right. trust me I know !!!!
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just get the molded carpet they sell through like year one or classic industries thats wat i'm going to do with mine me and my dad used the molded carpet in his 81 Z28 we restored and it looks perfect like it would have3 come off the floor in 81
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your from sask!! me too! i have never seen someone on the boards from sask, well one other one. where the hell is NB, im from white city
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I bought unmolded carpet for my convertible. It was a PITA, definetly NOT worth all the effort for the crappy results. I should of kept the original stained up, nasty looking carpet in.
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Get molded carpet or have a professional put the unmolded carpet in. The only way you are going to get unmolded carpet to look right is if you do it right, which requires cutting and sewing seams to get the carpet to lay right over different areas of the car. You can get unmolded carpet and just put it down in there and expect it to look good.
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Molded carpet is so expensive... Especially when there are no dealers around here to sell it, shipping is bad. I will most likely buy unmolded, take BTS88IROCs advice, and get a pro to do it. Its a gamble, but the price is right.
Molded carpet is so expensive... Especially when there are no dealers around here to sell it, shipping is bad. I will most likely buy unmolded, take BTS88IROCs advice, and get a pro to do it. Its a gamble, but the price is right.
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