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Title: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: Skunksmash on September 02, 2009, 01:39:41 am

I am going to have to rely on you guy's knowledge again for this one. You know how the back of the cab has those... well we'll just call them ridges. It's not straight and smooth by any means. I am wanting to coat that whole area with some sound deadener I bought. That's the easy part. That doesn't need to look very good, or professional like. It just has to get the job done. But then, of course a person would need carpet it after that. You can't just leave that stuff showing, it looks bad and without the carpet covering it, it's just going to get holes and eventually get torn up. It's not made to take any abuse, unlike the carpet that covers it.

So how can you get the carpet to properly fill in all these ridges, when they are so uneven like that? Cut up the carpet and just sort of stuff it up in there? Since the ridges don't reach all the way to the top, you can't just sort of roll the carpet out on top of the adhesive. You would have air pockets. Hopefully someone who has done this before will see this thread and post up some pics of their carpeted back wall.

Title: Re: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: DFAA on September 02, 2009, 03:59:20 am

If you dont want the air gaps, you could always fill the valleys with foam, rasp it smooth, and carpet over that. I just did the sound deadener, then liquid deadener, then painted over that. Doesnt exactly look "finished", but not bad.

Title: Re: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: Armor on September 02, 2009, 05:47:39 am

i didnt keep the valleys but i cut a piece of thin high density board to fit just below the bump about 12-14in up and covered that in carpet, it looks great to me, as i also did speaker mounts outta MDF in the corners so it covers the area nicely.i can post a pic later today after i finish my bucket install and a buddies 73 truck post paint reassembly.

Title: Re: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: Chevalade on September 02, 2009, 08:08:31 am

I'd go with expanding foam, fill the "ridges" and trim excess and cover nice and flat.

Title: Re: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: Captkaos on September 02, 2009, 12:31:32 pm

get one of these: http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=7&Product_Code=RD-3065&Category_Code=7387INT

and glue it to it or cover it with what you are making you door pockets with.

Title: Re: What is the best way to carpet the back of the cab?
Post by: DFAA on September 02, 2009, 04:44:29 pm

I was thinking more like the foam rubber stuff that is used on the exterior of buildings.


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