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healeyboz

healeyboz

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How would you recommend installation of carpet and panels? Should the carpet be laid in, or glued, or screwed into place using the veltex bits that come with the kit? I notice that Moss offers a screw and cup washer for the panels. How many of these are needed. Are the panels predrilled as to where the screws should go? They do not come with the kit I am sure I will try and find a local source.
 
I wish I knew..my Bugeye is race only so no interior. I am down in Bloomington, if you get down this way, I'd love to see your Bugeye and the 1275!
 
The Moss panels have a pre drilled hole in the board the vinyl is mounted on.

I got mine, stainless, at ace hardware.

Moss carpets come with snaps for you to mount for the exhisting fastners on the car.
 
I go to lake Monroe all the time. I used to keep a slip at four winns but now trailer the boat. Will have to make a trip down in the sprite. Love the roads down that way.

Jack,
Did you find the cup washers there as well? Or what did you use? Did you just use the screws?

Existing fasteners?
 
As for the carpet, your choice. There no real "right way". I glued my pad to the floor then laid the large pieces on the pad. I glued the odd carpet pieces.

My panels from Heritage did not come pre-drilled. I found the old holes, put a small dab of grease on each spot, then pressed the panel to the wall. The grease will leave a small dot where you need to drill the hole for the screws. I think that I'm going to make my next set of panels using 1/8" board from Home Depot.
 
Does the carpet go down before the panels? Is there an order in which all is laid into place?
 
Remember this: if you glue it down & then for whatever reason want to get under it, you'll ruin the carpet pulling it up.
 
True. Sounds like I need to be strategic. What are the existing fasteners that Jack is talking about?
 
I would recommend gluing the curved sides in the back, but not the flat piece or any others. The front floor pieces I used a good quality glue on velcro on the carpet and on the metal so the carpet can be removed if need be and no drilling into the floor for snaps or whatever.
 
Barry, 3M Spray Adhesive. Needs to be a little warmer and good ventilation, no open flame. My carpet kit came from Pep Boys, roll of carpet for $14.95. Enough to do 2 Spridgets. Looks fine still 6 years later. But again I'm not doing a concours restro. I painted over rear wheel wells rather than try to fit that curve. Other than tranny tunnel all straight cuts and tranny tunnel is easy to cut through two overlapping layers of carpet and flush cut/glue right by the shifter.
 
The orginal floor etc had male snaps screwed into it. Look just ahead of the cross member in front of the seat or look on the fire wall up above the dimmer switch or above the gas pedal for examples.
 
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