Early A carpets.....
Hate to burst your bubble 66Dvert but Stockinteriors.com is where I got my carpet.
I have a heated shop (wood burner and well insulated) so I might just punish the wife's hair dryer a bit. I had them laying on the floor in the spare bedroom for nearly a month and they still stayed stiff.
Bob
if your in Michigan you might as well use the heat gun, you'll need the heat. the hair drier won't have enough for the Michigan weather. I lived there 40+ years in Belleville,West Willow subdivision in Ypsilanti and Taylor Mi. so I can feel for ya. my garage was as well insulated as I could get it and I still had to wait for a good HOT day so I could get those carpets in and fitted right.
that's where I got mine also. Like I said I had 2 inch pinch in the tunnel when I started, I had to use the heat gun on the underside of the carpet after laying it outside in the sun(90 degree plus) for a couple of hours and the car was outside to help keep the heat! The tunnel area is the hardest to fit on any carpet. some are better than others. the 65 satellite carpet was the worst I have ever seen in fit, I could have and did run my arm all the way up the tunnel AFTER it got put in by some one else. darn car took another 6 hours worth of heating with the heat gun to get close. it never got perfect. and the 70 challenger was the best one I've done. that thing fit like a glove. that spoiled me for fitting carpets. I have seen more expensive ones fit a little better but it's a mixed bag. ya takes your chances and see what shakes out. I bought a quality interior carpet for double the price and it was worse that the stock interior one. it looked like a pop/soda 2 liter bottle was in the tunnel. We used a heat gun and a steamer and it took 8 hours of fighting to get that one to fit. here's a few pic's of the challenger,charger and satellite sorry bout the dirty carpet (in between shows when they were taken). he drives the crap out of his cars and only cleans them for shows
70 challenger done 7 years ago. still looking good and fits great!
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69 Charger done 3 years ago. a little worse fit but still pretty (dang, I still haven't fixed that seat button,well another thing to finish up this year when I go up to Michigan to work on his cars for the Woodward Dream Cruise)
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and the B@#ch 65 Plymouth satellite this thing kicked my butt! it took over 8 hours to remold it to fit as well as it does now. steam wand and heat gun were the only way to get that one to fit. and yeah I double tack tape more than a few areas on that one.
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heat is your friend when your working on auto carpets the more the better!
I wouldn't even attempt it in less than 80 degree weather. (:glasses7:I got spoiled with Florida weather) it makes it so much easier to install carpet when it's hot as blazes and even then ya gotta use a heat gun to get them right,or at least I do since I want my carpet tight to the floor.
