Relatively quick job once you have worked out which piece goes where!
As you avid readers will be well aware, I purchased the pre-cut carpet set from GBS which I have to say has been a worthwhile investment and saved alot of grief in cutting carpet to size. Yes there is an element of trimming required but Its minimal.
Sequence for gluing in:
Back of seat panel
Left & right shock tower sides
rear Panel piece (goes round sides as well)
My Wife found some exceptional strong carpet spray adhesive on one her craft shopping trips and it was excellent, in hindsight easier than applying with the brush. Spray both the carpet and the panel area the carpet is being stuck to, leave for a minute and put them together. There is little time for maneuvere as it "grabs" quickly so be sure you are happy with the fit and practiced positioning before opening the glue .
Any over-spray on the chassis, carpet can be removed with some turpentine substitute ("Turps")
The hardest piece is the rear panel piece, as you need to centralise it and work centre round either side so it confirms with the shape of the rear panel.
In hindsight I should have applied the rivnuts (which hold the wheel arches on) after the carpet had gone in but it is not a major issue just provides a less flat surface for the carpet to adhere to the glue.
When it has hardened the rear panel needs to have the fuel filler cap holes re drilled through the carpet, so the filler cap can be fixed back into position
Keeping the momentum moving rear to front with the build, time to refocus attention on the scuttle and look at covering the dashboard rail which holds the dashboard in place.
**NOTE this is easier to do BEFORE you apply the rivnuts into the dashboard rail.
Due to the nature of the home build, tolerances are not as exacting as mass produced a vehicles so there will be a gap in fitment of the dashboard relative to the scuttle profile.
Best way of masking this gap is to cover the dashboard rail with some leatherette type material readily available in fabric shops.
You need to get a template of the dashboard rail, so in hindsight (popular word on the blog!) its best to get the leatherette marked up BEFORE you fit the dashboard rail. Thankfully I was at GBS when I bought the leatherette and they kindly marked the leatherette up for me with their template they use.
Basically for you home builders, draw round the template and add 25mm extra either side of the template, this will provide the shape you need.
Cut the shape out and its then a case of getting the glue gun out and gluing the cut out leatherette into position - having a ready supply of clothes pegs is an essential tool for this. Work out from the centre gluing and positioning as you go.
I did this in two stages I glued the front first and then the next night did the rear of the dashboard rail to allow the glue to harden.
You will be left with alot of overlap to trim which is easily trimmed back using the IVA edge trim as your template - take a sharp Stanley knife blade and trim back the surplus.
