Installing carpet for the first time....?

the tranny tunnel ones I run the scratch awl up from the bottom of the car to find them, the ones on the side I dont attach the sill plates or anything till they are in place by lifting the carpet and siting up the holes. redfish is on the money with be careful, measure plenty cut once...........
Where the seatbelt anchor bolts are will be the hardest to find. Measure, mark, note, whatever. I find it best to do every thing else first, saving the trim at door sills for last.
All i can add to that is Be careful !
The threaded studs on the bottom of front seat tracks will bite you. They had temporary covers over them in the factory. I have found a few of those under original carpet.
The hooks in the floor for the rear seat bottom bite too.