Tip from ACC carpets

[howzzzit]

Good morning! when you go to install our product, I would let it sit in the vehicle with heat or steam to let the material relax. Make sure to actually put it in the vehicle and not just on the ground, otherwise it’s not going to have anything to form to and it could go flat.


Thanks,


Cathy Davidson
Customer Service
Auto Custom Carpets, Inc

[custom10nut]

Good tip, makes perfect sense.

[72SB]

and use a soldering iron for the bolt holes you need to make

[sfont66]

Another way to help the wrinkles relax is to unfold the carpet and weather permitting, let the carpet sit in the sun a couple hours and then install it promptly while still warm

[howzzzit]

Originally Posted by 72SB

and use a soldering iron for the bolt holes you need to make

Can you feel through mass backing where to poke it? Come from underneath?

[howzzzit]

Originally Posted by sfont66

Another way to help the wrinkles relax is to unfold the carpet and weather permitting, let the carpet sit in the sun a couple hours and then install it promptly while still warm

That was my original thought, but see post 1.

[Extended Power]

Originally Posted by howzzzit

Can you feel through mass backing where to poke it? Come from underneath?

Just watched a guy on YouTube that used a nail to poke through the carpet once you locate the hole. (This helps keep the carpet in place, and where the hole has to go.)
Then heat up a 14mm socket that is on the end of a long extension and heat the socket with a torch. Once red hot, hold the socket on the carpet where the nail is and make the hole you require for seat belt bolts or brackets.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Extended Power

Just watched a guy on YouTube that used a nail to poke through the carpet once you locate the hole. (This helps keep the carpet in place, and where the hole has to go.)
Then heat up a 14mm socket that is on the end of a long extension and heat the socket with a torch. Once red hot, hold the socket on the carpet where the nail is and make the hole you require for seat belt bolts or brackets.

A pick or awl from underneath works well . I let the carpet relax in the truck for a few days and before I actually started any cutting I placed a ceramic heater in the truck for a few hours as I was doing it in April and it wasn’t all that warm

[jayoldschool]

Easiest way: put the bolts back in the bare floor. Easy to find where to cut/burn. Don't drill (advice from my 17 year old self after putting new loop in my 71 Pontiac.. before the internet told me what would happen).

[MikeB]

I've used a hollow punch for making holes in carpet. First poke a hole through with an awl, then smack the punch a few times with a hammer, using a 2x4 as backing (to save the floor and the punch).

You'll want to use a punch larger that the 5/16" bolts so they will start easily and not try to grab the carpet strands. Sorry for the image size, but I can't see how to make it any smaller.

[1970cstblazer]

Originally Posted by 72SB

and use a soldering iron for the bolt holes you need to make

This is what I used on my 1970 Blazer. There are a lot of holes that are not able to be accessed from the bottom on a Blazer.

[custom10nut]

I now have my new Carpet from ACC.(with Mass backing)
I have a couple lingering questions.
I plan to lay down Dyna Mat for noise control.
Do I need to use a spray adhesive or glue to hold the carpeting place?
Does the carpet just lay in place up under the dash and along the kick panel?
These may seem like silly questions, but my current carpet is about 40 years old and appears to have been custom made.
Thanks in advance

[Rick Bollinger]

Following, I was thinking about double sided carpet tape. I'll be ready soon I have my carpet.

[57taskforce]

I used a piece of stainless tubing and a propane torch to make the bolt holes and such in mine. Heat it up with the torch and let if cut the carpet. It makes perfect holes that won’t unravel later.

[Orefactory4x4 swb]

No you don’t need no glue.
Lay it out in your truck and some sunny weather, it will lay out

[MikeB]

No reason to glue the carpet to the floor. The seat and thresholds will hold it in place just fine. In fact, you'd hate yourself later on if you had to remove it, or even fold back a corner for some reason!

As for bolt holes, lay out the carpet, make sure it's perfectly in place, and then poke "starter holes" with an awl, or mark them with a Sharpie. Then pull the carpet out and use a hollow punch.

As an alternative to the torch method described above, you can keep holes from unraveling by using brush-on or spray glue on the carpet hole ID.

[57taskforce]

These are the tools I made to do the holes in mine as mentioned above.