Good morning. I'm tryin to install a Vintage Motors carpet set in my CMC Speedster. I have 14 pieces of carpet. Does anyone have a diagram of what piece goes where and what order should I install the pieces?
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Following--my spring project when I get home from Florida.
Look in here for interior photos of VMC and VS cars; plenty of them here. Also this video is very helpful since it shows how a new carpet for a VS is made using the old one as a template and he installs it as well in order:
I watched the video and having done a few dozen carpet installs, I suggest on the L & R vertical kick panels you do not extend the carpet all the way out on the leading door jamb but leave 3/4" for your door weather stripping to butt against the fiberglass instead of the carpet. Also I don't use the gray insulation material under the carpet because when it gets wet it will stay wet. Note the installer marks the carpet and cuts bigger that needed and go back to do a second trim cut. My order of installation is: Center tunnel, rear tub wall, vertical forward of rear seat, firewall below the tank, L & R kick panels, rockers then passenger and driver's floor carpets. First time install will take you eight hours and 3 cans of 3M large 17 oz. cans of Super 90 spray adhesive. ( easily cleans up with lacquer thinner)