Carpet

[Stefan]

Howdy,

Does anyone have an experience with carpeting that can give me some do’s and don’ts?

I have 0 knowledge and experience and will be carpeting my car sometime soon. Any product recommendations, techniques, tips, etc would be appreciated.

Thanks and Gig’em

-S

[Stefan]

Turns out carpeting is not too hard if your only goal is to make it look decent. I am unsure of how I want to do the space under the dash. Does or can anyone provide a picture of what their car looks like under the dash?

Thanks,

-S

[Toller]

When I rehabilitated my MiGi TD I tore out orange shag carpet that was glued to the entire interior except the door cards. I used marine grade carpet that will standup to getting wet without the smell that normally occurs with wet wool based carpet.

Initially I used double sided carpet tape but found that cleaning the floor carpet at end of season was a problem. I used a snaps on the floor to prevent them from sliding/moving. I used two sided tape to attach the carpets to sides and under the dash. I also sewed bias type tape to finish the edges of the cut carpet to prevent it from fraying. The bias tape was made from same vinyl I used when I made the seats

David B Dixon
Port Perry ON CA
Sabine

[edward ericson]

I bought a roll of black marine carpet from Lowes or Home Depot. On part of the floor it’s laid over 1/2-inch foam padding, the rest it’s glued on with 3M Super 77. Real TDs all had black low pile carpet from the factory (not loop pile, no edge bindings) so this method is actually pretty “period correct” as well as being stupid-cheap.

Take your time dry-fitting and then do your final cuts it in-place after the glue-down.

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