Chevy C10 Carpet Installation - C-10 Carpet Kit

To ensure a clean installation, Mario trimmed the QuiteRide kit away from the edges. This step would be done to conventional padding as well.

Every area in the QuietRide padding that overlapped itself was trimmed to lay flat under the new TrimParts carpeting kit. This step would be done to conventional padding as well.

The next step was to use the scissors to cut out squares for clearance around the seatbelt and seat mounting areas.

With the trimming completed and Mario confident the fit was right, he then glued the QuietRide padding down.

Compressed air was used to blow the area completely clean (a vacuum cleaner could be used instead).

Installing the TrimParts molded carpet kit was begun by spreading it across the cab floor.

The next step was to make sure the carpeting was centered over the transmission tunnel. After the tunnel was pushed by hand into shape, the driver and passenger sides were done (notice weights are being used to hold the carpet into place).

Confident the front half of the carpeting fit right, Mario folded it back and then sprayed glue onto the back of the carpeting and onto the floor (for home use an aerosol glue can be used).

After letting the glue tack up, Mario started at the tunnel and then worked outward to lay the carpet for the final time (notice the weights are being used by moving them to the immediate area Mario is working on).

With the front completed, Mario then worked on the rear half of the cab.

To fit the carpet around the Compushift computer used to control the Big 10's Gearstar 4L60E, Mario trimmed the QuietRide kit to allow the wiring to sit flush.

Then a horizontal slit (not vertical!) was used to fit the carpet around the Compushift computer (the same would be done to fit an amplifier, etc.).