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Old 06-07-2020, 09:19 AM   #7
CS1972
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Re: Carpet pad - floor insulation

What looks like little rubber grommets are actually the seat frame bolts. Once I was sure I had the carpet in place and the hole "burned in" I would use the bolt to hold the carpet in place while I was doing the other holes. The only time I used a razor blade to cut carpet was for the 4X4 shifter. What I did was start on one side of the truck - in my case I started on the passenger side so I could use the dimmer switch hole to "pull" the carpet close to the side if need be. Find the seat track holes and marked them with a black sharpie, as well as the seat belt holes. Then I used a tent stake that I some wrapped some insulation around and duct taped it to hold it in place - use the benzene torch to get it real hot. The hot tent stake pushed right thru the carpet and melted it so you get no fraying. If you want the hole a little bigger you just rewarm the tent stake and move it around the hole. When I did the 4X4 shifter area I used the tent stake to melt all the outer edge so I would get no carpet fraying.
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