I got a new carpet for my Dart years ago that at first seemed like it was not going to fit well at all, and as this was January I couldnt lay it out in the sun for a few hours to "relax" it, I propped it up in the shape of a pup tent using some tomato sticks, right outside my shop, and stuck my torpedo heater at one end of it and let it blow hot air though "the tunnel" . Every 30 seconds or so I would reposition it to make sure I was heating it evenly. Keep in mind here, I had the doors on the car open, my path to the car clear and a helper (optional but handy) then when it was obvious the fold marks and wrinkles had relaxed and the whole carpet was plyable, we took it to the car, placed it where it should be and started pressing it down into all the corners and low spots and when we were done, about 15 min worth of fenessing it looked like it had been there for years. The main idea here is just applying some kind of heat source to to make the whole thing soft. I dont think it even left a kerosene smell on it. Just thought I would share something that helped make a usually long job not so bad. Did this same thing to a piece of house carpet for the kids playhouse, took out every wrinkle.
Ken.

I got a new carpet for my Dart years ago that at first seemed like it was not going to fit well at all, and as this was January I couldnt lay it out in the sun for a few hours to "relax" it, I propped it up in the shape of a pup tent using some tomato sticks, right outside my shop, and stuck my torpedo heater at one end of it and let it blow hot air though "the tunnel" . Every 30 seconds or so I would reposition it to make sure I was heating it evenly. Keep in mind here, I had the doors on the car open, my path to the car clear and a helper (optional but handy) then when it was obvious the fold marks and wrinkles had relaxed and the whole carpet was plyable, we took it to the car, placed it where it should be and started pressing it down into all the corners and low spots and when we were done, about 15 min worth of fenessing it looked like it had been there for years. The main idea here is just applying some kind of heat source to to make the whole thing soft. I dont think it even left a kerosene smell on it. Just thought I would share something that helped make a usually long job not so bad. Did this same thing to a piece of house carpet for the kids playhouse, took out every wrinkle.
Ken.