midwest
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- Dec 28, 2021
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- Location
- Indiana
- First Name
- Scott
- Truck Year
- 1986
- Truck Model
- K20
- Engine Size
- 350
I ended up with some free time so yesterday I pulled my interior out. Had 2 broken bolts to deal with but after that things went smooth. I wasn't sure what to expect as I hadn't had the rubber mat up since I put it in 15 or so years ago. All and all things looked good. There was a little surface rust on the driver side and a few little spots on the passenger side but nothing I was concerned with. I sand them down and hit them with some Rustoleum rust reformer paint.
As far as the carpet goes I was surprised how much trimming I had to do. Once I got it in place I had to take about 8 inches off the front edge up under the firewall and about 2 inches off the back edge. I ran out of time and still have to trim the sides but have probably 4 inches or so to trim off to get it inside the weather stripping. Here's what I had when I pulled the rubber mat out.
In some of the pictures it looks discolored from front to back. That is just the fluorescent light shining through the windshield which has a "brow" tint across the top.
Here it is wiped down and with the rustoleum sprayed.
I put down Kilmat but didn't go all out like some people do. I read enough articles that said you don't need 100% coverage so I put down as many full squares as I could and then filled in a few spots with some cut strips.
Here is how the carpet first laid in. I had to rough trim quite a bit to get it to this point but you can see it is still rolled up under the firewall.
Here it is after it has set for a while and with the front edge and back edge being trimmed.
Here it is with the seat back in. Still need to clean up the trim ring that goes around my transfer case shifter/boot. Also have to trim the sides before I put the new sill plates in.
As far as the carpet goes I was surprised how much trimming I had to do. Once I got it in place I had to take about 8 inches off the front edge up under the firewall and about 2 inches off the back edge. I ran out of time and still have to trim the sides but have probably 4 inches or so to trim off to get it inside the weather stripping. Here's what I had when I pulled the rubber mat out.
In some of the pictures it looks discolored from front to back. That is just the fluorescent light shining through the windshield which has a "brow" tint across the top.
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Here it is wiped down and with the rustoleum sprayed.
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I put down Kilmat but didn't go all out like some people do. I read enough articles that said you don't need 100% coverage so I put down as many full squares as I could and then filled in a few spots with some cut strips.
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Here is how the carpet first laid in. I had to rough trim quite a bit to get it to this point but you can see it is still rolled up under the firewall.
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Here it is after it has set for a while and with the front edge and back edge being trimmed.
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Here it is with the seat back in. Still need to clean up the trim ring that goes around my transfer case shifter/boot. Also have to trim the sides before I put the new sill plates in.