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Old Oct 29, 2001 | 10:26 AM
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Carpet Installation

Does anyone have a good guide on how to do it?
I haven't finished mine yet but I am having some trouble trying to keep the carpet in the back sticking down
I have not glued it.
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Old Oct 29, 2001 | 06:51 PM
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Try laying the carpet out in the sun for a while to warm up the underside and make it plyable. Then when you stick it in your car it will conform to the contours of your floorpan and lay down without using glue. If the carpet is already in the car, try parking in the sun for several hours to heat up the inside and maybe even put some heavy books or something on the problem area after it is warmed and leave them for several hours or days (whatever it takes). The main key is to heat the underside of the carpet to get any creases out of it that could have gotten there during packaging from the plant.
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Old Oct 29, 2001 | 08:15 PM
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The main problem is the area around the back seats which is crap, and the carpet that goes over the gearbox tunnel it's creased

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305ci LG4, Muncie 4-Speed, Holley Carburettor (CFM Unknown), 2.5" Stainless steel exhaust all the way through.
Fibreglass hood.
Boston 4x6" CX7e 2-ways, 6x9" Nippon America (no-name?) 3-ways
Other stuff I haven't figured out yet.
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Old Oct 31, 2001 | 06:02 AM
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Just bringing it to the top

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1982 Z28 Camaro
305ci LG4, Muncie 4-Speed, Holley Carburettor (CFM Unknown), 2.5" Stainless steel exhaust all the way through.
Fibreglass hood.
Boston 4x6" CX7e 2-ways, 6x9" Nippon America (no-name?) 3-ways
Other stuff I haven't figured out yet.
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