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Title: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: bohrer54 on July 05, 2011, 06:03:47 pm

Hey guys i am working on my 86 K30 crew cab and am in the process of ordering interior supplies. I am wondering if crew cab carpeting will still look ok, if i cut out the raised floor section on the front seats, and make it a flat floor to accomodate the 04 hd seats i have?

Thanks

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: beastie_3 on July 05, 2011, 06:42:28 pm

Depends on whos carpet you get. I know ACC is form fitted. They have a steam press that they use to mold the carpet into shape. I guess you could always cut slits in the carpet to make it work, like a interior shop does to form fabric around corners.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: thirsty on July 05, 2011, 07:52:01 pm

Quote from: beastie_3 on July 05, 2011, 06:42:28 pm

I guess you could always cut slits in the carpet to make it work, like a interior shop does to form fabric around corners.

Years ago I bought some of that cheap carpet material from walmart and did what beastie_3 said. Then I used a hot glue gun to hold it together. It worked for that truck. I used scraps of the material when I had a void in the material after making a cut. Not sure if I would have the nerve to cut up a brand new ACC carpet though...but my point was that I did something similar with lower quality material and the hot glue to hold the cuts together worked well.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: bohrer54 on July 07, 2011, 07:16:53 am

Thanks for the reponse's. i think i am going to go with the acc and try to cut slits in it. It for the most part will be under the drivers seat anyways. Thanks again

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: mattcrouch1502 on July 07, 2011, 12:17:06 pm

You might see if you could get carpet for a blazer, and but it up to the rear carpet from a crew cab. That's what I'm thinking about doing on mine, also can you post some pics of what you did to your floor pan and how you mounted the seats. i have the same seats in my crew cab but when i put them in i left the hump in. I'm not very tall (5'7") and I'm still way to close to the roof, I'm thinking about blazer floor pans to drop it down.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: bohrer54 on July 08, 2011, 11:55:18 am

Ya i will try and get some pics when i get it in.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: Captkaos on July 21, 2011, 04:09:06 pm

If you match the front of the Crew to be like a Blazer (assuming the gas tanks are gone) you could technically use the front portion of a Blazer kit. 

ALSO, you can seam interior carpet just like you can house carpet.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: bohrer54 on July 22, 2011, 11:47:28 am

Thanks, i think i will end up slicing and seaming the carpet just a little bit.

I am kinda making my own seat mounts, but i think i am close to having it the way i want.

I will keep you updated how it turns out.

Title: Re: crew cab carpet with newer bucket seats
Post by: mattcrouch1502 on August 20, 2012, 05:22:31 am

Any updates?