need tips on carpetting truck box
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Topic: need tips on carpetting truck box
Posted By: draggindakota
Subject: need tips on carpetting truck box
Date Posted: August 12, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Anybody have any input on the best way to go about covering this box?
This is what it should look similar to, except my subs wont be recessed and it doesn't have that extra little lip that you see on the far end of the box:
I have 2 rolls of 3'x6' carpet that I can use. I'm just kinda stuck on how to pattern it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
P.S. Sorry if this double posts, the first time I posted it didn't show up after about 15 minutes, so I reposted.
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This is what it should look similar to, except my subs wont be recessed and it doesn't have that extra little lip that you see on the far end of the box:
I have 2 rolls of 3'x6' carpet that I can use. I'm just kinda stuck on how to pattern it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
P.S. Sorry if this double posts, the first time I posted it didn't show up after about 15 minutes, so I reposted.
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Posted By: ranger svo
Date Posted: August 17, 2007 at 9:47 PM
If you have the right carpet and you are not concerned with covering the back or the bottom then you don't need a pattern. The carpet can be stretched around the corners with no wrinkles. If I were doing this box, I would first round all the edges with a router or (if you don't have access to a router) sand all the edges.
With that box I would start on the front, stretching it very tight.
This is how this box was done, no seams and no cuts in the carpet
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