Last weekend we installed a new carpet set in a 1980. I won't bore you with all the details, but here are some of the things we wouldn't do differently next time:
1) Do the little parts first. Speaker grills, kick panels. These things take a lot of time. The kick panels have staples in them. PITA
2) Do the front first. The left and right are two seperate jobs. The back will take longer.
3) The storage compartment lids on latter C3's have a plastic edge which the carpet tucks under. The plastic is really easy to break too.
4) The seat bolts, the original carpet is cut so that the carpet will "flap" over the seat tracks. They cut three sides. NOT the side towards the front of the car.
5) The center console carpet doesn't come with the fiberboard, you should buy that too.
6) You'll need the Torx star to remove the seat belt bolts. They will be very tight.
7) you'll need new insulation to go under the pad.
-Gööney0
1) Do the little parts first. Speaker grills, kick panels. These things take a lot of time. The kick panels have staples in them. PITA
2) Do the front first. The left and right are two seperate jobs. The back will take longer.
3) The storage compartment lids on latter C3's have a plastic edge which the carpet tucks under. The plastic is really easy to break too.
4) The seat bolts, the original carpet is cut so that the carpet will "flap" over the seat tracks. They cut three sides. NOT the side towards the front of the car.
5) The center console carpet doesn't come with the fiberboard, you should buy that too.
6) You'll need the Torx star to remove the seat belt bolts. They will be very tight.
7) you'll need new insulation to go under the pad.
-Gööney0