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Mar 24, 2008 | 11:39 AM

383tpimachine

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Carpet install

Do the driver and passenger floor board pieces go ion first or after the cent console carpet?
its an 85

Mar 24, 2008 | 11:42 AM

85L98-84L83

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Good question. I will be doing my carpet as soon as I get my sound deadening. Mine is also an 85.

Mar 24, 2008 | 11:46 AM

JLeatherman

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I was doing my shifter recently (T5 swap) and I had to remove the driver's side console carpetting. It was installed over top of the floor material. Based on this I'm pretty sure the floor goes on first, but I haven't done my carpetting yet.

Mar 24, 2008 | 12:14 PM

383tpimachine

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Good question. I will be doing my carpet as soon as I get my sound deadening. Mine is also an 85.

What did you use for deadening? I was using 1/2 inch foam that i had laying around that i cut to fit everywhere but ran out when doing the storage compartments

so is it floor then console sides?

Mar 24, 2008 | 06:53 PM

rons85

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I lined the entire interior of My '85 with Dynamat. Works really, really well.
The carpet was installed with the Console side pieces overlapping and on top of the Footwell pieces. Probably wasn't the Original carpet though...

Mar 24, 2008 | 07:07 PM

Happydad

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so is it floor then console sides?

Yepper..That's how it goes..Got mine from Wilcox and it fit like a glove

Mar 24, 2008 | 07:08 PM

Cruisinfanatic

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The 2 floor pieces definitely go in first. Then the sides sort of drape over them.

Mar 24, 2008 | 07:27 PM

383tpimachine

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alright just making sure before I have to rip it all back out again

how much does dynomat cost???

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Mar 24, 2008 | 11:14 PM

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Are you doing the sill carpet also? That's a real PITA

Mar 25, 2008 | 12:26 AM

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383tpimachine

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sill???
I just know i have an 11 piece carpet
2 for each side in back and a big piece for bottom of back
2 floorboards 2 console sides 2 doors and 2 underdash pieces
the under dash look like PITA to do alreay

Mar 25, 2008 | 06:42 AM

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Happydad

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Are you doing the sill carpet also? That's a real PITA

An 85 doesnt have a carpeted threshold....Just a long plastic sill

Mar 25, 2008 | 07:46 AM

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the underdash pieces ARE a pain in the ***. The glue that originally held them on is super strong. Get yourself a can of 3m spray glue to do the new pieces. I bought mine at home depot, i believe it was 3M 77.
Hope you got the mass backed carpet from willcox. Great fit and the mass backed does make a difference in noise control, as compared to the regular plastic back carpet the the previous owner had installed.

Mar 25, 2008 | 09:07 AM

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383tpimachine

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Yea those underdash pieces were fun to pull off
and as for glue I have some stuff that i just put in my paint gun and go
works great did my blazer that way adn it held up great

as for mass backed idk where i go the carpet from or what mass backed is but I added my own sound deadener to the mix

Mar 25, 2008 | 11:39 AM

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JonnyAngle

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alright just making sure before I have to rip it all back out again

how much does dynomat cost???

Don't buy dynamat, buy some Fatmat Rattletrap. It's the same as Dynomat, but 100 square feet is like $180 with shipping.

Mar 25, 2008 | 12:45 PM

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383tpimachine

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wow dont need near that much
i need maybe 10 sq ft at most

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