New Carpet project (1 Viewer)

[John Staton]

About to order a new carpet set from dnp. Would love to hear about and see pics of others that have as well. I understand that it comes with underlayment similar to OEM padding. My question is what others have used beyond that and any feedback. I have looked online at various sound deadener and insulation material...there are a lot of choices. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I will post before and after pics. Plan on replacing my seat cushions with the SOR pads as well.

Any install advice or gotchas would be appreciated as well.

 

[Willard]

Sound dampeners were just discussed here
Sound dampener/heat insulators

Check my post #21 for an idea. One thing I did was, A. fix all the holes that I found and B. used POR15 on the whole inside before I laid the new dampener and then carpet.

I as discovered the carpet matches the floor pan. I had purchased a carpet elsewhere and it did not match my floor pan and then got the DNP carpet.
I have yet to install it and will in after I send my rig for paint. I have used ACC carpets (where this is made) before and have nothing but great comments about them.


Everyone says the SOR seat cushions are expensive. But after replacing the one in my F150 I find them right on par for price.
I put them in my 60 and it is night and day to the worn out ones I had.
Get a good set of Hog ring piers (like this https://www.amazon.com/Drake-Off-Road-PLIERSET-P-Professional/dp/B01HR5B32O/ref=sr_1_5?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1522937176&sr=1-5&keywords=hog+ring+pliers&th=1) it makes a HUGE difference.

The offset ones made life much easier.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Thanks Dave. I was just going to add the link too. Lots of good info, opinions and other links added as well in it.

 

[Rusto]

how many square feet of sound deadener do you think is needed to cover the floor, doors and rear quarters?

I'm thinking 70 or 80?

 

[John Staton]

Good thread.....thanks for adding. Having bought my truck from Arizona I am expecting very little to any rust or spots to deal with when I take up the carpet. I am leaning toward the sticky butyl foil...Kilmat is what I am considering. I also have a Por15 starter kit in my basket for small repairs, new wire wheel, the hog ring kit suggested above, the seat cushions and carpet kit. Thinking I will add a tube of panel adhesive to seal up any cracks or holes. I worked for 3M for years and I am sure the product mentioned is great, but I dont want to buy a special gun for one project.

 

[Willard]

Good thread.....thanks for adding. Having bought my truck from Arizona I am expecting very little to any rust or spots to deal with when I take up the carpet. I am leaning toward the sticky butyl foil...Kilmat is what I am considering. I also have a Por15 starter kit in my basket for small repairs, new wire wheel, the hog ring kit suggested above, the seat cushions and carpet kit. Thinking I will add a tube of panel adhesive to seal up any cracks or holes. I worked for 3M for years and I am sure the product mentioned is great, but I dont want to buy a special gun for one project.

I agree on the special gun, but I had enough to do to justify the cost (did not buy the 3m one). I would also pick up some seam sealer and just run a new bead over the seams to seal it all in again, no sense doing it twice.

 

[IslandJ]

A good roller. I went through a cheap wooden one, even the upgraded plastic one self destructed. Ended up using the handle to smoothings out.

 

[tstockto]

I got the carpet kit from dnp and decided to put this stuff from mcmaster carr under. McMaster-Carr
It is 1/2" thick. I ordered 10 feet and had a comfortable amount left over (it is 54" wide). It is adhesive on one side which made it easy to apply.

I went to town on cleaning up the old insulation padding from the floor using a wire brush drill head. I don't know if that was glued down at some point or just water and heat over the years made that stick like it did. Left the factory insulation that looks painted on.

I have never done this before so I'm sure this is a bit hacky, but here are some pics prior to carpet install. Make sure you check the glued location of the new carpet's padding - the front-most section of the one I got was off center and was a complete nightmare trying to remove it. I also had a frustrating time with the wheel covers... but like I said... first time and at some point got to a point where I convinced myself "this is good enough.. not going in a museum!"

 

[joebattle1]

Good thread.....thanks for adding. Having bought my truck from Arizona I am expecting very little to any rust or spots to deal with when I take up the carpet. I am leaning toward the sticky butyl foil...Kilmat is what I am considering. I also have a Por15 starter kit in my basket for small repairs, new wire wheel, the hog ring kit suggested above, the seat cushions and carpet kit. Thinking I will add a tube of panel adhesive to seal up any cracks or holes. I worked for 3M for years and I am sure the product mentioned is great, but I dont want to buy a special gun for one project.

I bought my 60 in AZ and my truck has virtually no rust... Or at least I thought so. It appears that every one of these has the infamous wheel well rust. You will more than likely have it too. I'm still repairing my rusty wheel wells and rain has slowed my progress. I had a few random small holes to fill in my truck as well. I bought a sound deadener as well. Fatmat is the product I'm using. We'll see how it all shakes out.

 

[John Staton]

I bought my 60 in AZ and my truck has virtually no rust... Or at least I thought so. It appears that every one of these has the infamous wheel well rust. You will more than likely have it too. I'm still repairing my rusty wheel wells and rain has slowed my progress. I had a few random small holes to fill in my truck as well. I bought a sound deadener as well. Fatmat is the product I'm using. We'll see how it all shakes out.

Good to know....I just changed my POR15 starter kit to a quart of each based on your comments and some pics I have seen from others. My wheel wells are covered in brown leather looking material. Kind of like it and didn't want to necessarily remove it, but I guess I probably should if really want to see if I have some rust and fix it. I think the kit comes with carpet to cover the humps. Probably not a bad place for sound deadener. Would love to see pics of your project. I went ahead and ordered my seat cushions from SOR and will do that next weekend and will pull the trigger on the carpet kit and supplies all at once in hopes of it being a long weekend project, probably next month.

 

[tstockto]

in case this thread helps some other novices, the other tip i read somewhere that was extremely helpful: when you disassemble, have a stack of zip lock baggies and a sharpie to label where everything came from. There was a lot more hardware than i expected, and what I expected to be a long weekend project dragged out to about 5 weekends. By the time I got to putting everything back in, there was no way I would have remembered everything. In fact, I had zip lock bags of stuff that looked completely foreign to me. It was my handwriting on the bag though so I touched it at some point.

The other tools that were invaluable: a utility knife with a few new blades, a soldering iron and a awl. I read somewhere that just placing your old carpet on top of your new carpet and matching holes would work well, but that was pretty difficult. Instead I just placed the carpet, probed with the awl for holes, then used the soldering iron to create the holes. No snags or runs when you put screws or bolts through, and fit in-place. Started from the back and worked forward. The big hole for the shifters were a little more tricky. Maybe someone has a better technique for that part - mine's not perfect there.

 

[FARMAN33]

Yes, David's carpet does have wheel well covers (carpet, not vinyl). I had my set installed ($300) as I had never done anything like this and really wanted it to look nice. I opted not to sound deaden mine.

 

[John Staton]

Yes, David's carpet does have wheel well covers (carpet, not vinyl). I had my set installed ($300) as I had never done anything like this and really wanted it to look nice. I opted not to sound deaden mine.

love to see pics

 

[joebattle1]

love to see pics

Here's the thread I started.

Carpet Install / Tint Removal / Wheel rust repair