Gas Tank Carpet Install

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I hung the carpet in place using the plastic clips that are sewn to the top of the carpet and clipped them to the metal edge of the gas tank..these clips are used to clip over the card board that covers the gas tank..In my case I did not have the cardboard and chose to not use the clips.
Plastic clips are in photos below


Next after deciding where I wanted the carpet to be fastened I used Velcro and stuck it to the tank. I stuck the opposite of the loop side of the Velcro to the tank ,,reason being is this side bends easier than the loop side to fit around bends on the tank and cab corner


I then took down the measurements and layed out the carpet and stuck the loop side of the Velcro in place on the carpet,, (notice the pieces of black plastics above the carpet in this photo..I cut the lip off of each of them (scissors)so to able me to have the carpet shoved up tight to the sheet metal of the cab ,,and beings I had no cardboard I did not need them




This is what the carpet at the passenger side corner looked like before and after I tucked it into place again I also I used Velcro to secure it to the metal cab corner.




The reason I used Velcro is ,,,just in case my sending unit went bad I could just pull the top of the carpet down and replace it ,,or if for some reason the gas lines had a problem I also could just pull the carpet off and fix the problem and stick it back on..

Now ,,as many of you have experienced ,,every thing just don't fit exactly right the first time (another good reason to use Velcro vrs Glue ,,as you can see my carpet was sagging terrible with the amount of Velcro I used ..


There will always be some sag because the tank is not an even surface ,as it has some shallow places that you cannot stick the carpet down in these places ..but with the two seat backs up against the carpet and the console closely up against the carpet then I figure there shouldn't be hardly any thing to disturb the carpet

So I went back to the store and bought more Velcro



This Is after I added more Velcro



I think it came out pretty good never the less,, each to his own liking of course ,, so here is a final results of what I came up with..

with the buckets all in



Note:: Velcro costs right now about $2.50 a foot and for every foot you need two feet because Velcro has a soft side and a Loop side to make it stick together ,,I used 12 feet X 2 = 24 feet x $2.50 = $60 ouch! but it to me is worth it to able me to take it off and on,,if needed..