Author Topic: Carpet installation woes  (Read 1259 times)

Offline JeffAARy

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Carpet installation woes
« on: June 17, 2006 - 01:02:07 PM »
I'm trying to install a new carpet in a Cuda with buckets and auto on the column.  The carpet looks terrible around the transmission hump.  In particular, where the tunnel necks down there are spots of the carpet that won't sit down.  If I had a console this would not be so bad, but that area is exposed on this car.  The original jute looks to be all there, so either the carpet is molded poorly or this requires a lot more work and/or extra padding than I think it should.  I'm in Arizona, so installing when warm should not be an issue.  Should I just stuff the underside and make the hump look like it is the same shape from to back, or should this carpet fit every nook and cranny perfectly?

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Re: Carpet installation woes
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2006 - 08:41:44 PM »
if ti is molded properly the carpet should be a very close fit to the floor pan

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Re: Carpet installation woes
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2006 - 06:35:11 PM »
 :iagree: Or the carpet could be for a manualtrans car.
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