Scott,
The rubber/fuzzy 'draught excluder' fits over the vinyl so it doesn't
show. Be sure to leave the door seal a little longer than you think it
should be as it seems to shrink a bit over time and may pull away from
the windshield cap or 'B' pillar finisher. Same goes for the trunk seal.
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
'75 TR6 CF38690UO
'75 TR6 CF37325U
On Tue, 27 May 1997 07:09:10 -0700 scott suhring
<suhring@lancnews.infi.net> writes:
>I'm getting ready to install new carpet in my '70 TR6
>and am seeking some clarification.
>
>I laid all the padding out and corresponding carpet
>on the floor to check out fit and made necessary trim
>of padding. My question has to do with the carpet
>piece that goes on the sill.
>
>A section of the carpet has a flap of vinyl sewn
>at the top part which sits on the top of the sill.
>Instructions indicate that this piece gets glued
>to the sill. Since the original was removed months
>ago to prepare for body work and paint job, I
>have no reference to compare to. I cannot visualize
>how this piece of vinyl would lay over the sill?
>The lenght of vinyl doesn't run the length of the
>sill, if it lays "over the top of the sill", wouldn't
>this stick out like a sore thumb when the door is
>open? I would think that the carpet should only come
>to the top of the sill and stop, not going over the top
>lip of the sill.
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Scott Suhring
>Elizabethtown, PA
>'70 TR6
>
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