Vehicle carpet systems and methods of installing same

A vehicle carpeting system comprising:

• a floor pan comprising:
• a forward end, an opposite aft end, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a floor pan body extending between said first lateral side and said second lateral side;
• an A-pillar positioned along said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said floor pan,
• a B-pillar positioned along said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said floor pan aft of said A-pillar;
• a ductway extending along said first lateral side from said A-pillar past said B-pillar above said floor pan body, said ductway formed from a U-shaped stiffened duct member coupled to said floor pan, said U-shaped stiffened duct member defined by a pair of opposed sidewalls and a lateral wall extending between said pair of sidewalls;
• a carpet structure including a first carpet lateral edge and an opposite second carpet lateral edge, said carpet structure extending at least partially over said floor pan from said first lateral side of said floor pan body to said second lateral side of said floor pan body, said duct member lateral wall oriented to guide said carpet structure over said ductway to said floorpan lateral edge;
• and
• a door seal comprising a lip that extends over at least one of said first carpet lateral edge and second carpet lateral edge.