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I used the 3M contact cement (spray on). Works great! (Is there ANY 3M product that isn't :) Nails? That's new to me but I don't recommend it, far too much opportunity for water to get in the car. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >> With everybody's help I am getting closer to installing my spiffy new >> TMI carpet kit and am wondering whether or not to use carpet nails in >> the process. After just finishing dealing with rust hell I am not >> interested in doing anything that would generate any future rust >> spots, as it seems carpet nails might promote. However, I want the >> carpet to fit nice and tight/flat, and don't think adhesive alone can >> do the job. > >3M makes a glue that will do this alone. It will take longer to set >than the factory wanted to spend, but it will do what you need. >Don't get carried away with it, because it will be too hard to get up >when you need to get under there to service something and you >could end up destroying the carpet (been there.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org