Car was unbearably hot in the summer, so I decided that my winter project would be to fix that.
I laid Dynamat on every surface possible including the doors and in the drivers area laid Relectix along the firewall, floorboard and 4speed hump. I also sealed off the large hole for the shifter.
I bought a new carpet from Classic Industries (OER brand) because I could get it cheaper on sale. After receiving it rolled up as tight as possible in a bag inside a box on a 2 degree day, I laid in out in a corner of my living room to thaw and "relax". 2 weeks later I decided it was time to lay it. The back seat area wasn't too bad to do especially with the help of a hand held steamer in the forward seatbelt retractor area and lots of 3M spray adhesive.
The next day I tried to lay the front section and it refused to come close to laying properly and had no throttle pedal clearance due to all the dynamat and reflectix. I pulled it back out noticed on the back side 2 places where the padding was bunched up when it was originally glued down. Wife and I spent 2+ hours with razors cutting the pad loose. I then used only portions of the pad in the flat footing area, but it would not stick to the reflectix. Wife suggested gluing burlap to the reflectix for the carpet to bond too and it worked perfect. Then tried to lay carpet but there wasn't any provision for the area of the hump where it ends and curves sharply and steamer would not do any good.
Got disgusted, tore everything out and threw it away. Ordered ACC carpet from RockAuto.
http://www.rockauto.com/ It also came in the same size box as the OER and on a 10 degree day but not in a bag. Opened it up and looked at backside and it also had the pad bunched up in a couple places from not being glued properly. :banghead: Cut all pad off. Laid sections of pad where needed. The ACC carpet was formed properly and laid a hellva lot easier without need for steamer. You will need to remove the chrome from the base of shifter and just pull the boot up. In order to relocate the holes under the carpet, I first used an ice pick to find them. Then I heated a nail (held with vice grips) until it was almost red hot and pushed it through the carpet. It left a very clean hole for the screws. Where the shifter goes when you think you have it located, cut an large X in that area. Then you can trim it better and if need still glue down if you went too big. Even though its not cold out now, when you get the carpet you should still allow it to lay for awhile. Preferably outside on concrete in the sun. Also, if your seat bolts do not extend down plenty, you might need to remove padding/mat from the area the seat contacts the floor.
Start in the center and work outward. There is extra that will be cut.
