I finally got around to trying my hand at putting in a trunk carpet. I saw Mustangs Unlimited offered a Ford Blue trunk carpet kit, but when the carpet arrived it was Medium Blue, which was labeled on the box. I called Distinctive Industries, who makes most of these kits, and they sent me the samples at left for all the blue carpet they offer. Ford Blue is the carpet behind the small samples, and none matched well.
I test fitted one or two pieces of the trunk kit -- before sending the kit back -- and clearly the larger 22 gallon fuel tank and rear seat divider in metal that I had installed would cause a pre-made kit to not fit well, even if I found the right color. So I made my own trunk carpet kit.
I bought a large roll (3.5 yards) of Ford Blue carpet from ACC for about $120, and a $12 sheet of Eucaboard (made from water-resitant eucalyptus). I had a $10 can of good spray glue. (The pre-made kit is $250 shipped.) Fortunately I had some large cardboard sheets on hand from a recent furniture purchase for cutting out some templates for test fitting. The pic at left looks like a bunch of scrap, but it is many of the pieces I had cut out for installation into the trunk.
Here's a photo showing the Eucaboard underneath. I went around some of the edges with some spare Dynamat Extreme to keep it in place and quiet it down. The hole is for the spare wheel, which I currently am not carrying.
Some of the carpet pieces are currently at the local upholstery place having the edges bound in blue vinyl for $65... In the photo not everything is glued down, and the edges are rough. (Here's a Before photo of the trunk.)
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