carpet installation

[tahoward]

Putting in new carpet and am wondering the best way to fasten it. I'm hearing everything from spray glues to caulk to tape! Any help from the more experienced would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[PeteD]

I used the 3M super heavy duty spray adhesive. They make a general and a super. The super is used for putting on the vinyl on the sides of the rollbar and works great for carpet. Use several coats. Get a big can and count on using the whole thing. You may have difficulty finding the super stuff in regular parts stores. You can find it at an auto paint supply house. Even Walmart sells the general stuff, and it works okay for carpet but is not as robust as the super stuff.

[JP Noonan]

As I remember there is Super 76 Super 77 andSuper 90. The 77 is the one I used on my 914 carpet and my trucks speaker box. The box has held up perfect for 4-5 years now in Miami heat. The 76 I think never really sets, sort of a re-mount thing. Read the can it will say what the recomended uses are. 77 is not recommended (in very fine print on the can) for head liners, maybe thats what the 90 is for.

Anyway, spray both surfaces, let set the recommended time (5 mins or until tacky) then spray one surface again, wait 30 seconds then bond. I do mean bond, you will not get a second chance! Make trial fits first and mask off any thing you don't want glued. Treat the glue as if you were painting the car. I also used 3" masking tape on the end of the carpet side because the glue can overspray and get on the wrong side of the carpet. If it does get somewhere you don't want it, let it dry for an hour before pulling it off. If you try to wipe it off it will just smear.

I know, I little more information then you really needed to know.

[mejulihn]

I just finished recarpeting my car and used indoor/outdoor carpet glue just for the carpet that covers the door sills, headliner, and front fire wall. I did not glue the horizontal pieces in place so they can be easily removed for cleaning. This adhesive is very forgiving and excess glue (oops!) can be easily removed with paint thinner. It applies easily with a plastic disposable "trowel". And you can "adjust" the placement of the carpet up to about one hour. Another plus is you don't have to mask everything off as JP talks about with the spray adhesive.

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[Dave Bell]

Well... UPS will deliver my MIG welder today that I ordered from Harbor Freight. So I will soon be.... after some practice.... fixing up the holes in my floor pan that I found a couple weeks ago.. After this plus some POR-15, I will probably put in new carpet... so I have a couple of questions.

1) The sound proofing junk I took out sure weighed a lot. It would be great not to put it back at all or put in something much lighter. Any recomendations out there on this? Anybody leave it off and have no problem on with road noise coming up?

2) Where is the best place to order a carpet kit... how much should I expect to pay? I am not in to concours resotoration so I don't care if it is somewhat different from the original. I would expect to replace every bit of carpet of course. Interior is presently all black... so I guess if I really got wild I could change carpet colors and redo the seats in some new color...hmmm..

3) The seats could use some recovering or replacement too... Recommedations here are also valued.

- Dave

[sharky914]

Here is what I did. I didn't find the 3m glue very effective. I used contact glue. This glue must be applied to the carpet and to the floor. Must wait for glue to dry before puting the items together. My carpet is strongly glued I wonder how I will remove it if I need to.

[mufflerbearing]

Here is my advise Dave in your 123 format.

1. Good muffler + Loud radio = less porsche noise. (porsche noise = road noise, four banger, and date telling you to slow down. Note, four banger and date are not the same varible.) I have tried dynamat on the engine side of the firewall it's about 1 1/2 in. thick and self adhesive, it also is faced with foil the keep it applicable for high temp use. I also add that it is extremely light. If you try this make sure you keep it all one piece because I had a small bit that used to patch up the curve in the firewall fall off and get sucked into the air guides. Luckily it was in the winter and I figured out what the smell was after blaming it on the caburators. (I blame everything on webber) But never the less it was a big hassle. I did'nt think that it worked that good and I ended up taking it off, because I feared that the prior problem was apt to happen again, but there is a noticible difference in noise reduction.

2. I went to Menards (a department store i dont think it's nation wide) and bought a sheet of automotive carpet 8x16 and did the interior and both trunks even the fenders (it looks real good) for under $70 this included about 6 cans of heavy duty spray adhesive. I used the old carpet for a template and if you work the carpet enough you can get it to stretch flawlessly arround the curves. Now if I could get some of the women I know to do this!!

3. Seat covers my friend. you could take it to someone and have it covered (anyone know how to spell apulstrier) but that is $$$ There are do-it-yourself kits available but why not buy momo bucket racing seats for you and your four banger, I mean date.


Josh

[mejulihn]

Dave,
I think you will notice a difference without the sound-deadening material on the floor boards. You may want to put down "dynamat" or use some non-absorbant carpet padding under the carpet. I purchased some very OEM-looking indoor/outdoor carpet from Home Depot in a 6' width. It comes in several colors. Seven linear feet was just the right amount to do the whole interior and headliner. Use the old carpet pieces as a template and measure carefully.