I just had a similar unhappy experience. I called and emailed and got no
response. Have since bought jute pad material from MacGregor for $40. I'll
have to make my own using the carpet as a pattern.
Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
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From: <Fiat500f@aol.com>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Heritage BN1 carpet padding kit....
> Hassles and Problems!
> OK, so, I got the carpet and jute padding kit from Heritage a few weeks
> ago
> and it seems they sent a BN2 kit with the non-jute padding. Called them
> and
> told them about it; they sent another non-jute kit that didn't fit.
> Called
> again, got the jute kit, doesn't fit; lots of short pieces, no pieces for
> the
> two small tunnel sections, and a gearbox cover piece that is not a BN1
> (actually, it looks like something cut from the end of a roll, it's like
> 1/5 the
> material needed to do the cover). So, now I think I'm just going to
> measure
> all the places where the pieces should go and send then the dimensions so
> they
> can make a BN1 kit that fits a BN1.
> Question #1 - the padding has two different surfaces, the bare jute side
> (tan) and the sort of coated side (blackish). Which side gets glued to
> the
> car? It seems that the kits are cut in such a way that the various
> pieces
> cannot be all glued down with the same surface of each piece being glued
> down,
> meaning, if you put all the pieces into the car so they are oriented to
> fit, you
> get a patchwork of tan and black. Isn't one side meant to face up?
> Question #2 - do the sills get covered with padding? If I lay the main
> floor padding flat on the floor, not covering the sills at all, then the
> padding
> is WAY too long side to side. If I pull the floor padding over and up to
> cover the sill as well as the floor, then the floor piece WAY too short
> side to
> side.
> I have no problem tailoring the padding set to the car, if it's too long
> in
> dimension, but if it's too short, well......
> What ticks me off is Heritage is an interior company. They do interiors
> ALL
> DAY, EVERY DAY. Why should I have to tell them how to cut the pieces for
> THEIR carpet kit? And why is the padding too thick in the first place?
> Is
> this an isolated incident? Just venting......
>
> Paul B.
> Bensalem, PA
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