Pontiac Carpet Replacement-Taking the Carpet out

Pontiac carpert removal
After the removal of Seats and Console

Removing Items before the Carpet

If you have not already removed Seats and Console, see previous post. Other items that will have to be removed are lower steering column cover, seat belts, kick panels and door sill plates.

Most lower steering column covers will have press in pins holding them on. Other will be held on by bolts. You will have to look at your model to see witch one you have.

Seat Belts are held in by a single bolt. On some models the bolts are a different length because of no padding under all of the carpet.

Kick panels can be removed by removing one screw per side.

Door Sill plates are held in by 2 to 4 Phillips screws per side. Continue reading Pontiac Carpet Replacement-Taking the Carpet out

Pontiac Interior Parts-Repair or Replace-Door panels-Seats-Console

In this report we will talk about the different parts and how to make repair them or get quality replacement parts for your 60’s and 70’s muscle Pontiac.

Door panels Pontiac GTO
Door panels Pontiac GTO

Door Panels and accessories

To remove the door panel you must first remove the door pull(two screws), door handle, window crank(clip on the back), door lock button(unscrew) and the screws on the bottom of the panel. Some models are different and may have more things attached. Inspect the door panel after removal, look at the back for any water damaged. If the backer board is warped you will never get a good look here. Some models have carpet attached to the bottom of the panel, check the color to make sure it still is a good match for the interior carpet. The carpet can be replaced independent from the panel. If your panel has a hole for a speaker, this makes it a good candidate for replacement. Continue reading Pontiac Interior Parts-Repair or Replace-Door panels-Seats-Console

Identify and Repair minor rust on your Muscle Pontiac

First step is to identify the minor rust areas on your car. Most areas are just the paint oxidizing and the primer showing with surface rust shown. These areas can be fixed by just a lot of elbow grease.

 Pontiac GTO trunk

Rust Removal

First you need to remove all of the paint and rust that is on the surface. You can use a paint remover and sandpaper for this step. After most of the paint has been removed you have to sand the surface to bare metal and make sure there are not any areas that are rusted too thin to prime and paint. There are several products that are available to help with rust removal, we are just covering surface rust on this page. Continue reading Identify and Repair minor rust on your Muscle Pontiac