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.…
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,…