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I used a 50 sq/ft roll because I wanted to get as far back under the back seat as possible. Also went up the firewall and put some pieces under the package tray because my car is loud...Looking back I wish I'd have done the doors too but there wasn't enough left.
Dang I've had the same shitty luck with (auto transmission) brake pedal pads. I posted a thread awhile back asking for any solutions that others might have found, and the best I got was "glue it down" or use double sided tape, none of which worked for me for very long.
I think on the modern pads...
I also recommend having whoever you buy from send you color samples. Codes and pictures are great but often don't match up to what you want in reality.
I don't know about Rock Auto, but places like Stock Interiors will do this for you (and they get the carpet from the same manufacturer...
The interior guy I used to work with would build up the bolsters with foam and shape them with an electric carving knife. If he was trying to use a stock cover, an extra panel of matching material would get strategically sewn in to get it to fit over the bigger foam, but when he was done it...
I like the FatMat as well. Just as good as the expensive ones for half the price...it just doesn't have the pretty logo print on the foil side.....which is under carpet anyway.
Electric carving knife works great to shape the foam if it's too big. If you need to build up some, glue on pieces of a similar density foam and go a little bigger so you can shave it to the shape you want.
I can't say which is the correct piece without seeing what you have, but maybe put up a picture or two?
On the removal/install--remove the glass first by rolling it down until the bolts are accessible. Then unbolt everything from the outside and remove the tracks first. The tracks will slide up...
Sorry for the late response, for some reason I never got an alert that you'd replied... anyway yeah the crank is good. Plastic rollers seem okay too so the regulator's on the to-do list.
Thanks for the quick reply! Everything in there is original except the cat whiskers, but the window still used to move pretty freely. The FSM diagrams kinda suck if I remember, but I was just thinking about it here at work (lol) so I'll definitely see what the good book says when I get home...
1968 hardtop quarter window, started slipping with a ratcheting noise/feel when turning the crank, but would still move the window. Now it's like it's completely stripped; crank turns with the same ratchety noise but window doesn't move. It will move by hand.
Is the regulator toast, or something...
Yes they do...I thought I needed theirs and they quoted me $400. Under $150 from places like stock interiors or rock auto, for the same carpet...Ouch!! It still needs to be installed properly to look and fit right with all the contours stamped into our wonky-*** floor pans:rolleyes:
Yep, and never again....they billed me the day I ordered, said "we'll ship it by the end of the week.." Yeah right. I got it 3-1/2 weeks later, drop shipped from ACC...just like everyone else's. Since then, Rock Auto baby! Same exact carpet, same exact box, lower price and had it in 4 days...
And if you can get them off without breaking them, that's best....the repops fit like crap. Surprise, surprise!
A little re-paint and they'll be good as new.
Get whichever foam looks like it will be the best match for those seats, which you already know are not original to your car. If the covers don't fit the way you want, you glue pieces of foam (that have the same density as the pre-made seat foam) on to bulid it up and shape it with an electric...
Ooh also....a small steamer works wonders when installing carpet...It makes the carpet temporarily soften and conform to all the funky angles, and helps it bend and form over that lip nicely too.
Yes you fold it over that metal lip like you're doing in the first picture, then the sill plate holds it down...don't leave it so long that it lays on the outer flat surface and don't cut it so short that it doesn't fold over all the way, it'll hold it.