The problem with retrofitting carpets is cutting the perfectly round hole to install the grommets. So how to cut these without having to sell you a large punch to do the job and ship it to you.
Well, here's a down and dirty way to do this for less than $5.

What I did was take a 1" dia piece of threaded pipe and a cap. I ground the one edge to a point, put the cap on the other side and used a hammer and a cutting block to do the following.

Any better ideas, post em here!

Installed

MacGyver ..................

OK genius, now make one for the foot pedals

When you say 1" diameter, is it really 3/4" ID galv pipe?


Grommets look good

Are you gluing them in place?

They can easily be glued in place with a little rubber cement.

It's called a scissors.


The problem with the small holes is it's difficult to cut a small hole perfectly.

I believe the ID is 1" as it was in the 1" bag and it measures 1". Any 1" dia material will work, as long as you can whack it hard enough to cut cleanly.

Wow! Great job and idea!

I've found when using a punch like that, hitting against the endgrain of a piece of pine or something similar works best. Also keeps the punch sharper for longer

Mark, What did you use to grind the edge of the pipe. That appears to be a pretty smooth bevel edge. Thanks.

I've done the same thing with an old holesaw...it's thinner and the better steel will hold a sharp edge longer. Then on the arbor press rather than whacking with a hammer. You still need the wood!

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Reminds me of the old leather punches.

Excellent, nice looking charcoal loop carpet too. I'm sure I'll be in touch this winter with an order

Thanks Mark,

I was wondering how I was going to install those.

DAvid

Hey Mark what is the Porsche part number for that tool?

Where did you get the grommets?

914 RUBBER . COM. Mark has new grommets for the foot pedal area too ...

Model # 310 CA-1 at HDRacing
But you'd have to check your local store for the threaded bit.

If it was a Porsche part it would be $20 instead of $1.98

If it was a Porsche part it would be NLA

Actually a die grinder with a cutoff wheel. I put it in a vice to hold it. Pretty quick work, about 2-3 min.

Got them on the website under the GB section.

+1

What Glue?

Andys

Rubber cement, almost don't need glue on the bases.

This technique can be used to punch holes easily.