Cutting and fitting carpet - pics please

[uberhahn]

I have a carpet kit in my 86 wag that hasn't been cut yet. Can anyone show me pics of a finished install? Around the wheel wells, by the doors... I'm struggling to visualize.

[FSJunkie]

The best advice I can give you is to lay the carpet out starting at the drivetrain tunnel down the middle of the floor and work your way out towards the sides where the door sill plates are.

[SlowGear]

Some pics I took installing passenger & cargo area carpeting:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmS2UtyJ

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmGyDTbP

[SJTD]

I've read you wan to do it on a nice hot day in the sun with doors and windows closed to make it more flexible.

[SOLSAKS]

great photos slow gear

one tip I have

install bolts in floor,.... for seats, console, seatbelt

screw them down to floor

lay carpet on top

once in correct position

the bolts under carpet help you find holes, so you can either mark with tape

or cut with an "x" incision

some find holes by lying under vehicle and using ice pick, etc to find holes.

just make sure carpet is in correct position before trimming or cutting holes

a sunny fall/winter day will work too, the longer it sits out before use, the better,.....

good luck
dave in NC

[uberhahn]

Thanks!

Good pics. Thank you. I always struggled to visualize how the carpet fit around the wheel well in the back. Thanks for the pics.

[rang-a-stang]

Solsaks gave solid advice with the bolts/ice pick. Another little hack I did: I would poke the ice pick through the floor from underneath, then where I needed a hole for a bolt to pass through, I used a 3/4" diameter metal pipe and held it with a pair of vice grips. I would heat it with a MAP or propane torch until it's super hot. Then just pressed it down over the ice pick, where I wanted the hole and the pipe melted its way through. It made perfect little circles, melted around the edges to keep it from fraying, and works quickly. But it stinks so make sure your windows are open.

I didn't take a lot of pictures during the install but you can see it here:

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=185193&page=10

[SlowGear]

X2 on rang-a-stang's hot poker method. Works great
Do be sure to protect the carpet around the area where you'll be making the hole. Dropping your hot poker on your expensive new carpet is a recipe for disaster.

[letank]

Some pics I took installing passenger & cargo area carpeting:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmGyDTbP

very good idea, can you name the "special bolt" used to retain the cargo side cover, the last pict on the above link.

thank you

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157128216@N07/48639012983/in/album-72157710593240167/

is this a wafer head machine screw?

[SlowGear]

very good idea, can you name the "special bolt" used to retain the cargo side cover, the last pict on the above link.

thank you

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157128216@N07/48639012983/in/album-72157710593240167/

is this a wafer head machine screw?

Check out response 12 here: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=184028

[letank]

Check out response 12 here: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=184028

thank you... elevator bolt... then found my way of doing it for the door panel...