I went to the store as wanted to recover the firewall carpet as it had black silicone on it and looked aweful. So got about 3.5 meters
and have glued new carpet over the existing for the firewall turned out great.

Now looking at doing the whole car i am sure many have attempted this before but want to avoid cuts so anyone have tips for this task?
I have heard i should leave old carpet underneath not pull it out i will remove seats of course just wondering about foot wells and cuts and whether i should glue it down to the old carpet as i am not keen for sewing.

It seems like it would be a very difficult if not impossible task. Carpet doesnt seem like it would form well. But, if you decide to try it, please post about! I would love if this works out!!!

I did mine and it turned out perfect, I picked up my carpet at home depot, it was 59 cents a square foot. What I did was take the original carpet and cut it in the areas that are molded so it lays flat kinda like how a globe picture looks of the earth when its not stuck to a ball (comparison) anyway once u make a pattren with the old carpet (remember to do everything in reverse) u work the carpet bending it and folding it alot, this makes it softer and easier to form then u get hot melt carpet tape and form the corners that have to be folded up to get the shape. Once the corners are all taped and the glue hardens back up, I got a verry large sewing needle and some cord for doing heavy fabric like leatheret or canvas in black and went over the seams again to make shure they didnt pull apart.
In the older cars from the 70,s the kick pad below the pedals is just sewn in so if u want to have that again just go to the bone yard and cut one out and glue it in with 3m trim adhesive it works great.
After the carpet is formed I used solar insulation bubble wrap looking stuff frome home depot to remake the padding, its plastic so no need to ever worry again about it rotting or staying wet. ill take some pics of the carpet I did in the fiero and the corvette they turned out great.
Far as the rear part that was coverd with carpet I didnt like the carpet it was to dated looking so I upgraded to leather.

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Fiero floors are a piece of cake to cover with bulk carpet. Most of it is flat. In the few places it does need shaped, a few relief cuts in the right places and a soft mallet will work just fine. Use the mallet to beat and stretch it where needed before you make any relief cuts to take out a wrinkle. I use contact cement (DAP Weldwood Yellow/original). Hardest part is taking out the seats. I put home carpet in vans for a custom van shop here for years back in the 70s. Van fronts are the hardest to do. Always cut the carpet from the back side with a SHARP razor knife...dull just rips it.

quote Originally posted by rogergarrison: Fiero floors are a piece of cake to cover with bulk carpet. Most of it is flat. In the few places it does need shaped, a few relief cuts in the right places and a soft mallet will work just fine. Use the mallet to beat and stretch it where needed before you make any relief cuts to take out a wrinkle. I use contact cement (DAP Weldwood Yellow/original). Hardest part is taking out the seats. I put home carpet in vans for a custom van shop here for years back in the 70s. Van fronts are the hardest to do. Always cut the carpet from the back side with a SHARP razor knife...dull just rips it.

Yup forgot to add what Roger said here, when I cut mine and glued it I did it just as he said plus using the carpet tape to reinforce the seams and stitching but I prob went overkill I am a bit picky.

http://www.mrmikes.com/fierocarpet.htm

quote Originally posted by katore8105: http://www.mrmikes.com/fierocarpet.htm

Arr this is where i must have read about gluing and leaving old carpet in. I will take this advice.

Remove seats, side trim including top part of seat belts and centre console.
Tools 7mm and 13mm sockets or ratchet spanners, P2 screwdriver, #10 Allen key, scissors , knife
Ok mine is done and looks great.

You need to buy 3 x ( 2mtr x 1mtr ) 2 for each side and 1 for the back.
I bought a tube of construction adhesive to glue down in drivers side foot well and back board.
Take backboard out recover separately before returning after flooring carpet is complete.
Tip don't cut anything until you have pushed it into place chances are what you cut you will need.
First thing to cut is holes in carpet where seatbelts plugs are i tried to unbolt without success so decided to cut around them.
I found it easier to square up behind where the seats are first and work forward. Another tip is don't try tuck too much carpet under the console just cut it an inch too long and hide that. Fold don't cut you shouldn't need to make any cuts other than trimming for floor trim and console trim rest should all form into place.

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quote Originally posted by rogergarrison: Fiero floors are a piece of cake to cover with bulk carpet. Most of it is flat. In the few places it does need shaped, a few relief cuts in the right places and a soft mallet will work just fine. Use the mallet to beat and stretch it where needed before you make any relief cuts to take out a wrinkle. I use contact cement (DAP Weldwood Yellow/original). Hardest part is taking out the seats. I put home carpet in vans for a custom van shop here for years back in the 70s. Van fronts are the hardest to do. Always cut the carpet from the back side with a SHARP razor knife...dull just rips it.

What he said. The seats are super easy to remove. I did mine for $40. Will post pics later. Now, if you use a thin carpet is much easier. Shop around.

I wanted mine to feel like a living room floor. So I used some really plush carpet.




I also have no intentions of gluing it down. It's tucked up under everything and has no where to go, I can easily remove it when I dynomatt everything.

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quote Originally posted by Alex4mula: I did mine for $40. Will post pics later. Now, if you use a thin carpet is much easier. Shop around.

Bump... find those pics? Any leads on the thin carpet?

I'm redoing my 87GT's tan carpeting and looking for any tips on where to buy the carpet that might be a close match.

there is a carpet that you can get in cut pile called salt and pepper. It looks just like the fiero carpet but in cut pile. You can get a yard for around 30/yard. probably will take 5 or so yards to do the fiero. so 150 for non molded and 175 for molded shipped course this color is black....... your call

quote Originally posted by SCCA FIERO: Bump... find those pics? Any leads on the thin carpet? I'm redoing my 87GT's tan carpeting and looking for any tips on where to buy the carpet that might be a close match.

Oops! Sorry. I posted this from phone and forgot. I started with this;



And after some massage ended up with this;

I made mine from a roll. you have to fold over the corners in some spots. other than that its not bad. alot cheaper than molded carpet if dont want to put alot into it