looks great man any lessons learned? I'll be doing the same this weekend, carpet and hold down kit (the nicer one) from Bronco Hut...black because my dash and door panels were already black when i bought it -Jeff
I used a heat gun on low and also a hair dryer to warm up the carpet. (The warmer the better.) The back wasn't too bad but the front area had to be trimmed a lot, as soon as the razor knife feels like it is dragging, swap to a new blade. I went through about 4 blades, a sharp blade is better than slipping with a dull one!! I wanted the hold down strips to lay flat on the front sides so I trimmed the jute padding back about the width of the strips. Test fit the strips so that no lose carpet is sticking out past them, trim as needed. And like I mentioned earlier, I didn't use glue, just double sided tape in a few spots, the summer heat will make it lay down a lot!
I put all the bolts in the floor (seats and belts) hand screwed those down low and it makes it easy to find the bolt head. I did a "X" cut over the bolt, and pushed the carpet over the head, and screwed the bolt up a little to better hold the spot in place, washers and seat brackets will keep it from fraying.
Good Luck...