Need Help Changing Carpet !!!

[STINKINLINCOLN]

Ok First all I sorry if this is the wrong place to put this but I could not find the right place so anyway here is my question I have a 1989 ford probe I need to change the carpet mine is total shot and the only thing to do is replace it so how do I do this? and what years will work for this car is this a hard job to do ?
I know that I will have to take out the seats but is there anything else? Please give me step by step
the second question that I have is IF there is a hole in the floor how could I repair it the quickest way I just want it to last a year are so

thanks
Please get back to me right away

[rwood13]

search for automobile carpet online, you'll find a few, after the seats, the console, the kick panels in front, the door sills, the side panel in the rear and anything else the carpet runs under

[rcfryer]

Carpet installation for molded carpet.

1. Remove the seats form the car by unbolting them from the floor and lifting carefully out the door. If there are electrical connections to the seats, detach them before removing the seats.
2. Remove the seat belts that are bolted through the carpet.
3. Remove the sill plates from the door openings
4. Remove the console. There may be some hidden screws in the bottom of the storage compartment, as well as other fasteners in other areas. Look carefully, so you do not break anything. Detach any wires.
5. Lift out old carpet. You may have to help it come out from beneath the kick panels. The jute padding should come out with the old carpet. Leave in the tar embedded insulator pads and the foil wrapped insulation over the catalytic converter area.
5. Vacuum excess dirt from floor area.
6. Take the new carpet out of the box and spread it out, popping the floor depressions to the correct side as you go. You should be able to determine which is the front from the shape of the carpet.
7. If you have a floor shifter, measure from the firewall back to the shifter and then measure from the front of the carpet back until you have the same measurement and mark that spot for the shifter. Cut a small slot in the center to accommodate a floor shifter. Make it just long enough to push the shifter through.
8. Place the new carpet in the car. If you have a floor shifter, you will need to put the carpet over the shifter lever to accomplish this. Move the carpet into the best position, with the molded depressions fitting into the floor pan. You may have to lengthen the slot for the shifter lever in one direction or another to allow the carpet to fit where it should. Cut as little as possible.
9. When the carpet is in the best position, trim the carpet back from the shifter lever to accommodate any brackets for the console.
10. Lift one side of the carpet and screw the seat bolts and seat belt bolts into their sockets part way. Then let the carpet down and feel for the protruding bolts. Cut a small X in the carpet directly over each bolt, then press the carpet down around each bolt. Do the same for the other side. You can now trim the center of the X out, creating a round hole for the bolt; then do all the bolts that way.
11. If you have a bolt through gas pedal, do the same for it.
12. Trim the edges of the carpet about an inch long. You can fold the carpet back along the edge to see where it needs to be cut, or you can feel from the top side of the carpet, but in either case, make sure you know where you are cutting before you make the cut. Measure twice, cut once. You can always cut more off, but you cannot put it back on.
13. Tuck the edges of the carpet under the kick panels, firewall insulation, and any other place that it needs to be tucked under.
14. Trim the sides by the door openings, leaving enough for the sill plates to cover.
15. Install the sill plates.
16. Reinstall the seat belts, seats, console, and any other items removed while removing the old carpet.
17. Vacuum and clean up the scraps.
18. Place your custom fitted matching carpet floor mats over the new carpet. You are done. If you do not have matching floor mats, you can order them from www.autoupholsterykits.com

[eckoman_pdx]

Auto Custom Carpets makes good molded carpet kits and oem fit floor mats.

www.accmats.com

[STINKINLINCOLN]

thanks for the info sorry to sayI no longer have his car the transmission blew out about 1 month ago
but thanks

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by STINKINLINCOLN

thanks for the info sorry to sayI no longer have his car the transmission blew out about 1 month ago
but thanks

Ahh, sorry to hear that. I am guess this is why you are asking some questions in the civic forum about the civic you just got. Well, look at the bright side, you can still use this info and the links if you ever decide to re-carpet the civic.

[STINKINLINCOLN]

Ture Thanks Again