[TR] TR6 - installing carpet snaps - is there a trick to this?

[tr3bob at cox.net]

Hi Brian,

I'm not sure I know which "male and female" snaps you mean. 

In the past, I've used barbed rings that are put in from the top of the carpet. These barbs protrude through the carpet and fit through slots in the "female" fitting on the underside. The fittings then snap into the male fitting in the floor. 

If these are the fittings you describe then you can apply chalk to the male snap fitting on the floor, lay the carpet down which will mark the position on the underside, then install the female snap from the top.

Hope this helps

Bob Stahlbush, pres. British Motorcars of N.E. (2001-2006)

60 TR3A
66MGB
70 BSA T-Bolt
70 BSA Lightning
76 Midget
83 XJ-6


  

---- "Lanoway wrote: 
> I'm trying to put in a 'magic carpet set' from TRF and the hardware kit
> came with female and male snaps to put on the underside of the carpets
> to hold things down.  Right now, I'm trying to use my existing male
> snaps previously installed on my floors - which is a real pain because
> you're trying to match things up blind from the top side of the carpet.
> I guess I could alternatively somehow mount the new male and female
> snaps as a set and drill through the carpet and snap sets to position
> and create new rivet holes in the floors.
> 
> No apparent option seems easy to me and I'm struggling with this like
> the real amateur that I am.  Does anyone on the List have a 'trick of
> the trade' to easily locate and install undercarpet snaps?
> 
> Thanks so much in advance,
> 
> Brian Lanoway
> 1973 TR6
> Winnipeg
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