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locoboy - 15/9/03 at 08:31 AM

Hi folks,

I bought some carpet from Donnington and am thinking of the best method of securing it to the inside of the car. I will be doing the rear panel behind the seats and the tunnel top and sides. I need to know what to use to stick it securely to the ally panels.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Colin

Ian Pearson - 15/9/03 at 09:01 AM

Spray on adhesive, double sided carpet tape, or velcro?

Spyderman - 15/9/03 at 12:08 PM

Press studs, so it can be removed for cleaning or drying.

locoboy - 15/9/03 at 12:37 PM

Spyderman, it will surely be a pain in the ass to drill in all the corners and in the corner of the floor and the trany tunnel in order to rivet on the male half? and you need tooling to correctly assemble the female and the cap.

Col

andyd - 15/9/03 at 04:56 PM

I've bought some 2" wide velcro from Woolies Trim and I'm going to "borrow" the wife's sewing machine to stitch it around the edge of the carpet. This'll hold it in place and also I'll be able to remove the whole lot when not if it gets wet from a freak downpour!

Spyderman - 15/9/03 at 07:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by colmaccoll
Spyderman, it will surely be a pain in the ass to drill in all the corners and in the corner of the floor and the trany tunnel in order to rivet on the male half? and you need tooling to correctly assemble the female and the cap.

Col

Hey you asked for ideas! No need to knock!

How long would it take to drill and insert a few rivets?
The female side is just hammered onto the carpet.
Not all of it needs to be secured. The tunnel area will be ok without fixing as it is overlaid by floor parts.

Terry


[Edited on 15/9/03 by Spyderman]

Mix - 16/9/03 at 07:00 AM

Velcro is probably the best solution, just be prepared for the revelation that the velcro affinity for itself is stronger than most adhesives.

The voice of experience

Mick

locoboy - 16/9/03 at 07:46 AM

Spiderman, im not knocking your ideas, dont get me wrong, i thought you may think i was in the process of building my car, therefore it would be easier to have pieced disassembled and easier to drill, my car had been on the road for 8 years!

We sell the aforementioned press studs at work as well as Ripfast (our own brand of velcro) so i have already considdered these two options.

The press studs will work ok for areas of greater access but not in the tight corners

Think i may press sud the tunnel about 2 inches up from the floor then as you say overlay the floor carpet whick i can velcro down.

Thanks for your ideas ,no need to get angry though!

Spyderman - 16/9/03 at 11:03 AM

It's the vertical sides that would probably benefit from being secured.
The tunnel area will be secured by gearlever cover and handbrake cover so could be left loose under floor mats.
The sides and rear bulkhead are the tricky bits, cuz the carpet won't stay there.
They would only need securing at the top and again being overlapped by floor mat.

Whether car is being built or finished makes no difference as to your ability to put some rivits in.

Just plan the carpet out carefully and you can minimise fixings.

Terry

locoboy - 16/9/03 at 02:58 PM

ohhhhh for a magnetic carpet and steel interior!

Markp - 18/9/03 at 05:21 PM

How can you carpet the transmission tunnel without creasing the carpet?

My trans tunnel isn't square (goes larger at the top) so when the carpet is put on top and bought down the sides it creases.

Cheers
Mark

GO - 18/9/03 at 05:46 PM

I think the only way you could do it is to make a cut and insert a triangular piece to make the desired shape.

Or use lycra...