Archive: Carpet

Carpet fitting

With the sound deadening underlay in, the wiring runs to the back of the car laid, and the kick panels in, the carpet can now be installed. It was a relatively pain-free process, I just took it slow and iterated cutting a little more each time.   Here is the car and the carpet ready for fitting. Before putting the carpet in it’s a good idea to install all the…
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Trunk carpet

Installation of the moulded trunk carpet.   First the sheet metal is lined with foil-backed butyl pads to reduce vibrations Next the foil is covered with a layer of high density foam to reduce sound further Finally the carpet simply sits on top.…
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Sound deadener and carpet underlay

Got round to finishing the sound deadening.   I used a layer of foil backed butyl (dynamat or dodo mat) on the painted metal to reduce vibrations…   … and then a layer of foam on top of that to reduce sound… … on top of this the carpet can be laid…   … I still need to trim the edges to install it properly, secured under the kick panels,…
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