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I am about to tackle fitting the carpet in my long running 71 911s resto. I bought a carpet from Lakewell which looks good and they have instructions on a IB car on youtube but the 69-73 cars are quite a bit different. Most of the instructions I found on line are IB or are for RS's where they have no side panels or rear seats. Does anyone have any pictures of a carpet install that shows the order and what it looks like done broadly it looks like the hump over the tunnel, then the surrounding bits and then side pieces but could do with a bit more to give me confidence .
- one other question that comes to mind is I currently have sound deadening on floor and just wondering if I should put a bit more padding under the carpet like a jute type padding to make it a bit softer - or is that too much!
I would say that the best approach would be to do a full mock-up - you will quickly see how it goes in. Use Google images of the same year car for reference if needed. I have only done this for an original carpet set, so cannot comment on whether the Lakewell set has to be trimmed or not....
Thanks Dean, I've watched both of those videos and they are good, I had dismissed them as they are SWB car but there seems a lot of similarities having taken the time to sit through them!!
I think all carpets for all years have the same separate pieces up to the G-model, when the centre tunnel carpet changed from two pieces to one, and will go in the same. There might have been some other subtle changes to the size and shape of those pieces through the years though - certainly, this is the case for the Targa carpet pieces - although they are slightly different to the Coupe pieces, they look almost identical and go in the same places in the same way....
Just an update on this, I am about 50% of the way though this and going well. Thanks to Dean who pointed me in the direction of the video link.
For anyone else who wants info on this I have used the wayside high temp brush on contact adhesive, but the real key is a heat gun. My carpet is much more firm than the one in the video with a latex backing and the only way to get it into the corners (especially in a cold January) is to warm it up and it goes in a treat then.
I am finally getting to the end of the carpet fit. I am pleased with the results although it has taken a long time as always. The guy in the video above said it took him 40 hours, I could see how it could possibly take that long, but that's probably about right.,
Background is it is a 71 S that I have been working on for nearly 10 years now as it came to me in many pieces, but on the home straight now.
I had put a lot of soundproofing in and then to the carpets. The carpet was from lakewell.com, they are a good fit, but they are stiff and a heat gun is essential to get the carpet to move around the corners. I was worried about the order in which to do things and and the video in the post above and the instructions from Lakewell they have for a 74 on models are ok as it is very similar. The other key is adhesive. I used Wayside Hight temp contact adhesive HTA1000, its very good, I tried the spray on stuff but if isn't strong enough for the carpets. I just have the front piece of the tunnel and footwells to do, which is the easy bit. I hope the pictures will help... If they come out!:
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