MSA (ACC) Carpet kit has arrived.

[grantf]

Again not much progress. I have been doing some back breaking work lately so it's a little difficult to get much done at the end of the day.

Snaps for brake boot:

The rear floor section is now back in the car. I ran my speaker wire and spray glued the rear tranny tunnel area. Tomorrow I will reinstall the seat belt brackets. and post another picture or two.

[grantf]

Finally got the seat belt brackets bolted down, no big deal. Also I have the front floor section loosely fitted:

This has not been easy at all. The area under the heater console needs to be cut way back in order to slide the carpet forward, Care must be used to not cut to much at first, it can be easy to mistakenly cut to far to one side or the other.

It's been a fight to try to get the left and right foot areas to sit right, It almost looked like there was not enough carpet on the far passenger side and the heal pad seams to close to the transmission tunnel. I have almost considered splitting the carpet in two under the center console but I am holding off on that idea for now. It seems the more time spent pushing the carpet around the better it fits.

[grantf]

Well, the carpet installation is pretty much finished.

Overall, for the price the MSA kit is not to bad, It's not perfect though.

The more time spent positioning each peace the better the outcome. It should have had more carpet on the outboard edges of the forward floor piece and the heal pad should be a little smaller or positioned better.

I had many options for carpet. I almost whent with Datsun spirit but I finally decided that I did not want sectional carpet, though I have seen some pictures around the web of sectional carpet that turned out really nice.

That's it for now, Next I need to find some speakers and then put the rest of the interior back together.

[ninjazombiemaster]

Looks great! I think your work paid off nicely on this. Cant wait to see it all put back together.

[siteunseen]

Fine looking carpet. I hope mine looks that good some time soon.

[rcb280z]

Nice job Grant. Is that a stock shift lever for the 77?

[grantf]

Nice job Grant. Is that a stock shift lever for the 77?

I am pretty sure. It's missing the 5 speed diagram on the shift knob though.

[rcb280z]

Hmm...my lever is shaped a little different. Guess I need to research it to see if I installed the zx one when I installed the zx 5 speed 11 years ago. That could be the reason I can't get rid of the vibration noise coming from it while in 1st, 2nd, and 5th gears because it is hitting something metal. Although it started after I replaced the leather boot...so who knows. And I replaced the shifter bushings about 4 mons ago. Anyway, the carpet kit you installed will last you a long time. Mine still looks as good as it did the day I installed it 15 yrs ago. I just vacuum it once a month and its garaged always too which helps.

[grantf]

My car is "mostly" back together. Over all I am happy with the carpet, again It's not perfect but for the price a good deal.

One thing I did not notice till I vacuumed out the inside after most of the work was completed, was that they actually pre cut slots for the luggage straps. They are just cut into the carpet no surging or binding. This did get me to rummage around for the straps I had in storage that were never installed since I have owned the car, They still need to be cleaned up a bit.

Also Thanks to siteunseen for sending me the center console armrest, It is awesome! Thanks! I still need to fasten it down, but it will work out great.

Basically that's it.

Cheers, Grant.

[siteunseen]

That looks great!