John S's Journal

While I wait for the HS4’s to come back from Joe Curto and the weather isn’t all that great for driving, I decided to see about the carpet kit install.
The old stuff was so faded and nasty looking so although I’m not excited about squeezing into the GT, it’s time to rip out the old and install the new. I figured that I would start at the back and work my way forward.
The Prestige carpet kit was not their most luxurious but also not the least expensive either so it will freshen up the interior without breaking the bank. The floors in the GT are so clean and rust-free and still have the original rubber mats and I hesitate to glue or stick anything down to the floors over the original paint that exists under the mats so I’m just going to lay the front carpet over the rubber mats and not install the carpet under the seats.

Yesterday, I got the carpet sections glued down over the wheel arches and also the rear bulkhead piece installed. It has a vinyl strip that gets glued to the rear seat shelf leading edge and then it’s supposed to be glued to the vertical bulkhead going down to the floor. I decided to hold off on gluing it to the vertical surface and just glued the vinyl strip. I just had to locate the two pins for the seat strap snaps and then burn a hole where the stem for the battery disconnect protrudes. The wheel arches were tricky trying to get them smooth but a little heat from a hairdryer helped some. A steamer would have been ideal but not something that I have. A few small wrinkles down low that get covered by the rear seat so I’m pleased how it came out. There are a few pieces that need to be glued down in the footwells and the main tunnel piece needs to be installed yet and there are some other pieces that I don’t plan on putting in such as the carpet under the seats and the sill carpet. The original rubber sill pieces are in reasonably good shape so I don’t want to cover those up. The seats and pillow dash are in excellent shape so getting that tunnel piece in will transform the interior. Pictures to come when it’s done.