Carpet fitting...

Just ordered a set of the Coverdale Kensington in Wheat, as the nearest to Mortlake Brown. Not cheap at £650, but people here seem to agree they're pretty good.

How easy is it to fit carpets? Not a thing I've ever done, or seen done. Seats out, centre console out etc... Will the old one just come out easily, or hours of scraping old glue off? Anyone done this (so I can learn by someone else's mistakes!)? Do they just spray-glue down, and do I need a particular glue (heat/water resistant)?

Any advice appreciated!
 
Fairly easy to remove, but the particle underfoam can break up when removing them. You can just stick it back together though, or replace it with a more modern variant.

Glue - use a high temp auto grade aerosol adhesive like Trimspray 120 or Trimfix.
 
Just ordered a set of the Coverdale Kensington in Wheat, as the nearest to Mortlake Brown. Not cheap at £650, but people here seem to agree they're pretty good.

How easy is it to fit carpets? Not a thing I've ever done, or seen done. Seats out, centre console out etc... Will the old one just come out easily, or hours of scraping old glue off? Anyone done this (so I can learn by someone else's mistakes!)? Do they just spray-glue down, and do I need a particular glue (heat/water resistant)?

Any advice appreciated!

It's not a difficult job, just a PITA. The center console and the heater knobs are annoying and old plastic can break. Completely getting the glue off took an age both the carpet glue which I assume is old fashioned animal glue and the residue from the old sound damping tiles. What is a good idea while the carpet is out is to replace any sound damping tiles with modern ones if they have come unstuck. They basically only work when stuck on, otherwise are dead weight. I also ditched the old soundproofing as it was smelly. What you see in the pictures is the goop on the trans tunnel after the tile removal and the other is the soundproofing I used. Its techsound 50 which doesn't smell and doesn't absorb water. And actually works far better.

The difficult bit to get looking right is the forward part of the trans tunnel which needs a little foam underneath to make a nice shape which fits the bottom of the console. Otherwise it'll follow the contours of the metal and leave a gap to the plastic.

Basically it's a good opportunity to clean everything as throughly as you can. You might want to give the floor a fresh coat of epoxy while you're at it.

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