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Old May 13, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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After some consideration i decided to take this job my self and buy the material here localy. My butget is almos cero, buying a carpet on the US plus international shipping is simple to much

i allready saw couple YouTube videos and ready some information on the subject.

I have to say that the old carpet was not the Factory carpet. someone install them and they did a very bad job Ifind out after removing.

Here are some pics . I know you all like pics. like me

I remove the dash is not necesary for the carpet, but iam doing some other stuff to

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some body make a repair in the flor here
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I discover there was no bolts that hold the back part of the doors in the flor here
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Old May 13, 2013 | 08:28 PM
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Old May 13, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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Boy does that bring back memories, 2x now.
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Are you going to use any type of sound deading under the carpet.
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Put dynamat or Fatmat before, then go with standards sound insulator and buy mass back carpet.
before everything a would spray some fresh paint on the floor and have a fresh smell of paint in the car

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Old May 14, 2013 | 07:02 PM
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wheres the new carpet?
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