What's the latest on those trunk carpet kits? Where did you get them? Any tricks on the install? Can I get them without the opening for the filler neck? What years? Give me some links...

 

You looking for **** or fur?

 

It sounds like Scott Drake is now producing them. The "kits" advertised last year were by Distinctive. Since Scott Drake is doing them, it's only a matter of weeks before EVERY Mustang vendor on the planet starts selling them.

The $189 price is RIDICULOUS!. Twice as much $$$ as interior carpet, for 1/2 the material! :scratch:

I made my own, using carpet from Ebay for $18.

RM Classic - about 1/4 of the way down the page... Pony Parts also has them. I'm sure others will follow shortly.

 

Care to do a short writeup on how you did it? They will not possibly sell a kit for my setup anyway... convertible, fuel cell, and Shelby tail light panel with covers. :scratch:

 

I bought carpet off Ebay.

You do not need molded carpet for the trunk floor - flat carpet works just fine. You start with the large flat section in the center (top of the tank), and work outward. The main piece was actually a breeze to make... I had some old black astroturf laying around, and used it to make a template. It was easily cut, and even easier to add back onto when I cut too much off - just attach extra scraps with a little duct tape. I really need to take some pictures of the main pattern.

Once I had the pattern perfected, I just transferred it to the good carpet. It takes right at 2 yards for the main piece. I used an extra yard doing a good spare tire cover, but since then, I decided to elimiate the spare for all but long road trips.

I have 1 yard left to do the sides and taillights - should be plenty. I have not actaully done the side pieces or tailight covers yet, but they are pretty simple. The wheelwells would be the most difficult piece to do. I noticed that most people just make covers and then carpet them instead of trying to fit the compound curves.

You can use double-sided tape or velcro to hold pieces in place if desired, or go spray adhesive for permanent application.

More pictures here.
This one shows the temporary spare tire cover. I made a better one...

 

<beavisnbutthead> heheheeheheh...he....bought carpet....from eBay.....hehhehehehehehhe </beavisnbutthead>
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Looks a little too much like an 80's Bayliner interior with this method ... perhaps it's the color though:



underneath



don't think carboard is a very good material either, but maybe it's dry enough in Arizona to use it.

 

Wow, I hadn't seen those pics. Cardboard huh? I suppose Lexan or Lauan plywood would have been too much trouble.

 

Let's give 'em the benefit of the doubt and say that the cardboard is probably just to make a template. I'm sure the carpet is actually backed with carbon fiber.

 

actually the cardboard was just for a template, check out these kits from kanter performance

http://www.kanterperformance.com/html/must...carpet_kit.html

the website still shows "coming soon" for the 67-70 cars but i think they have them ready to go already and the price is a heck of a lot better than anyone elses kits for sure, might even be worth waiting another month or two for them if they aren't yet available

 

Been lurking a bit.............. Recognize a few logins also B) .

To expand on the trunk treatment methods a bit. I used a 6’x8’ piece of black indoor/outdoor carpet from Lowe’s, 1 roll of foil backed insulation, a couple cans of 3m high strength 90 spray adhesive and a 4x8 sheet of 1/8” ABS plastic I picked up from a local plastics distributor (Fond out about this stuff from the shop that did my customer door panels ). This ABS stuff is practically indestructible and can be bent and/or folded by heating with a heat gun.

To do my carpet I started with a paper templates, and then transferred them to cardboard. Once I had the cardboard shaped and folded to match the trunk floor I transferred the pattern to the ABS. Once I had the ABS cut, I made folds where needed using the edge of my workbench, a long piece of angle iron, a couple clamps and my heat gun. Once I had everything bent up I test fit and trimmed until satisfied. Then I glued foil-backed automotive insulation to the underside of the ABS, and the Indoor/Outdoor carpeting on the top side. For the trunk quarters, I simply glued insulation to the inside of the quarters and then glued carpet to that. On both the RH & LH trunk floor panels I left a little extra carpeting hanging off the edge toward the fuel tank so when I pressed in the trunk floor panel inot place it would edge tightly and secure everything in place.

Overall the install is very clean and flat. It also follows the contours of the floor so you don’t loose the depth. It also provides additional sound deadening, and is very tough. Plus, all the panels are removable. I haven’t covered the wheel wells, or tail light panels yet but still have plenty of materials left if I decide to do so.

Sorry don’t have pics to post but if anyone’s interested I can send some via e-mail.

 

Strokey!

I can host a few pictures for you - I'll PM my work email addy to you.....

 

Welcome! Nice to see another "contributor" over here.

 

Welcome aboard Stroked!

I can't wait to see the pics.

 

OK lets see if I can get these to stick

Here's a few shots of my trunk work

ABS panels after fabrication


Insulation on underside & inddor outdoor carpet on top side


For bigger pics, or to see more of my car and the work I've done to it, you can check it out here http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/368495/1

 

Here's what I did with my trunk. The bottom, front wall, and back wall are covered in black carpet. The side walls are covered in the same material as my door panels. The lights in the rear panel come on when the trunk is opened (also have a switch to shut them off). The battery tray and the "box" bolt through the panels into metal frames I made and bolted to the trunk floor. The front wall (with the solenoid) also bolts to brackets