At my age, it's not surprising that I need a rug.

The original carpet in the Impala was a write off. I decided that before I even started taking the car apart. Once it was out, it went straight to the dump. I'm surprised they didn't charge me a hazmat fee. I got a new carpet made by Auto Custom Carpets. Rock Auto actually had the best price with shipping, so I ordered through them. This giant carpet comes in a tiny box, so the first thing I did was unfold it and leave it sit in the living room for a week to start relaxing the shipping creases. Then I set it in the car, and let it bake in the sun for a week. This type of press molded carpet has a plastic backing that softens with heat so for the really stubborn creases, I used the heat gun to soften the backing and worked the creases out. I installed the carpet from back to front, using the rear footwells as my starting point. For what the carpet cost, the fit was "good," but not "great." I spent a day fitting it, though if you've never installed a carpet like this before, plan a whole weekend. The only place I used glue was the rear footwells, and that was mostly to hold it in place while I was fitting the rest. Since it's heat moldable, I could have spent more time tweaking it for a perfect fit, but for this car a good fit is more than good enough.