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Old 12-24-2020, 04:07 PM
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Thank you and good luck to you. Some additional info...
When you put that adhesive down give it a minute or two to air out. When I got rolling, it was easy to forget about those sneaky vapors. Also get a 2-3 inch roller and a 3-4 inch wide putty knife. The roller was used to really push the carpet into the adhesive and the putty knife worked great for getting the carpet tight into the corners. Also, if you remove the two door latch supports, you got to remember that the floor and rear wall carpet will add space and cause the bolt holes to not line up. I used large C clamps to pull them back into the correct position. I could have trimmed the carpet around the pieces and made it easier, but I wanted a seamless fit.

Other than that, it was pretty smooth going in.

Good luck again
John
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