Carpet kits? or any ideas

[KYJ10]

My 81 J10 had a bench seat and I just bought some buckets. The rubber floor only covers where the bench was and the buckets expose alot more space. There is no rubber on the hump and it is also tore up where your feet go both sides. Does anyone make a carpet kit or rubber piece for the J10with bucket seats? Anyone got one? What are some other options? Thanks Dennis

[LRRH]

how contoured is the floor other than the hump?? you could probably cut your own carpet fairly easily, and add some form of padding underneath. check local hardware and bulding stores for a thick rubber liner or something.

[kidatforty]

I re-carpeted my whole wag. with carpet from scratch. I used sleeping-bag cushion for all flat areas and jute type carpet padding everywhere else. Use spray glue both surfaces. The carpet I used was inexpensive. I bought all materials from home-depot. Some contoured areas need a little finess and I used sheet-metal screws with finishing-washers. If you want a really pro. job then bind edges with "bias tape" from a fabric store. Use the spray-glue to attach tape then sew on a standard sewing machine. I also glued carpet on the head-liner after removing the old one and got rid of the steel bows. The roof supports were removed temporarily and re-painted. Use construction adhesive on roof and back of carpet (brush and trowel) Well, probably a lot more info. than you need. Good-luck!

[wn]

Here's the best deal around on carpet.....This is oem type carpet and for a truck it is about $59 and includes a can or two of adhesive and shipping from Dallas, Texas. I did my cherokee complete floor, tailgate, and inner wheel wells for $79 which included 3 cans of adhesive which sells for about $10 a can.

It shapes and molds great.....A most professional job. I have done the j-10 in Cognac for the tan interior and I did the cherokee in black....The black looks the best....It took about 8 hours to do the job. Hardest part is getting the seats back in. I'd recommend leaving bolts where you need to cut for holes to make finding them easier and buy an ice pick for the one's you just can't locate any other way.

The best and cheapest pad I have used is carpet padding....The cheapest was old padding that someone threw out with their old carpet. It was foam and molded good with the glue. The padding also adds good noise insulation for the cab.

I found what worked best for me was to have an oversize piece of carpet and then fit it in really tight and mark where you need to cut with a piece of chalk. Take it out and cut it with some really good scizzors. You can cut it with a box cutter but it is harder to get the straight lines you need.

The edges DO NOT fray, so you don't have to use tape or edging to keep it from unravelling. If you make a mistake (and who doesn't) you can cut a piece to fit and spray with glue and stick it in and it blends right in without any lines...(this is why the black looks better) It is more forgiving on mistakes.


Also, cut kick panels out of this, sprayed on glue and bingo it's on there.

Make sure you spray glue on the floor and carpet.

The place is called coverup and also sells headliners and dash pads. I have no experience with headliners or pads.

http://www.cover-up.com/c-carpet.htm

Dub

[J20DAN]

JC Whitney sells molded carpets for the J series trucks! Check out the Jeep section of their catalog for carpet sets. They are available in a number of colors and cost $114.00

[Slingmaster]

I'm in the same boat... or jeep as it were. I was thinking about boat carpeting. Its cheap, durable, washable, good stuff. You might wanna try it for floor mats if you've already bought you kit. I'm gonna look at CoverUp though, thanks for the tip. smile.gif

[Ralph]

I literally just walked in the door from installing a carpet in the J10 that I received from 1aauto.com

It was not a perfect fit and took about four hours to get it in as good as I could without glue. I called them this evening and they recommended not using glue. So I used a rubber mallet to try and shape the carpet as I went, although it was in fact molded to fit the contours pretty well. I have a raised area right under the gas pedal that I'm not too happy about.

I'm hoping it will settle some from heat and moisture in the next couple of days.

[wn]

The thing I like about cover up carpet is it will mold to whatever shape is there.....Goes in corners, over the humps, whatever. The only place you really need to glue it is in tight places like between the hump and the flat part of the floor.

What I think is another advantage of cutting it yourself over precut and premolded is if you do any sheet metal repair, it won't fit exactly right because it is precut and premolded for a perfect floor which most of us don't have.

I picked up a digital camera today and I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

[wn]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wn:


Ralph:

After a couple of days of settling and if it (the raised area) is still there, I would pull the carpet up back to where the raised area is. Spray that area really good with glue and let it get tacky. Flatten the carpet with your hands and let the glue take out the bulge. I am betting it will smooth out.

Another technique that is a little more risky is to cut a slit (mark each side of the bulge with chalk and cut out what is in between) in the raised area and flatten it out. I hate the idea of cutting though because mistakes here will burn you. Disclaimer: Use cutting as a last resort.<hr></blockquote>

[LRRH]

of course...you could always just rhinoline the entire floor........maybe some por-15 before hand. that should seal it for a long time to come....