Imp558 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Anybody have first hand knowledge? My gray carpet shell is pretty shot so I'm thinking about making it black. I was told it gets stringy and clumpy so it may be a bad idea to do a whole shell. The plan is to pull it out and pressure wash it, then let it dry and scrub the dye in outside of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEMI-V8 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) a grey carpet making black wont be a good idea. you can paint for example a carpet with vht vinyl dye (really good stuff) but only if it is the same colur or very similar. complete different colour like yours will look pretty crappy after painting it. additional the typical smooth carpet feeling ist gone because the paint overlaid the carpet fibers. because Im a professional car detailer I got some experience with really dirty cars / carpets. Edited July 26, 2014 by HEMI-V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I only use dye for floormats. Too big of an area doesnt look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEMI-V8 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 its like painting big body parts with an spray can - you can make an effort but it wont look really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Thanks guys, I was skeptic for a good reason, I'll watch for good carpet from a yard car or order a new shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 You can get a new carpet for $150 online at stockinteriors.com and its premolded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaPrix Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 You can get a new carpet for $150 online at stockinteriors.com and its premolded whats the quality like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 whats the quality like? I personally don't like them. I haven't ordered any carpet from them yet BUT I did have a sample sent to my house. My main gripe is that it doesn't have the rubber backing. It's literally just carpet, the carpet itself feels fine. They say they'll do the "mass backing" for $100 more or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I personally don't like them. I haven't ordered any carpet from them yet BUT I did have a sample sent to my house. My main gripe is that it doesn't have the rubber backing. It's literally just carpet, the carpet itself feels fine. They say they'll do the "mass backing" for $100 more or something. Screw that, for what a carpet shell costs it should be right. I'll watch Pull-A-Part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well it depends what your price point is. Like I said you have to pay extra for the rubber under it which I think is sack. I may have my carpet custom made of it's cheaper. While on this, 2G cars have a different floorpan right? I want black carpet but no 1G has em that I know of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_e777 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 What about getting that aftermarket carpet in black and then attach it to existing carpet? Then trim the edges up so they tuck away neatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 What about getting that aftermarket carpet in black and then attach it to existing carpet? Then trim the edges up so they tuck away neatly. My old carpet has seen sad times. Long story short, it reeks it probably has 10 viruses, 20 bacterial species and 5 different kinds of fungal growth. That carpet will never see my car again. But yes I thought of pulling the carpet off and using the rubber backing. That didn't go so well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Stains and even grease aren't usually a big deal, they scrub out at the car wash (carpet outside of car) but I have some burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Screw that, for what a carpet shell costs it should be right. I'll watch Pull-A-Part Here's the website I was talking to you about. http://www.stockinteriors.com/massback.asp?RetItem=10082 This is how it looks like if I order the carpet how I want it to be (Stock, WITH THE rubber backing). It's $220 basically but it would be as close to stock as it gets. Like I said earlier, my main issue is that if you buy the cheap one that comes out to be $150 or so shipped, it would just be like house carpet, but "molded". I'm only going this route because I rather have a new carpet than get one out of another car and "hope" it fits since 1G stuff is hard to find in my area. The irony of this is that they sell the carpets cheaper on ebay. SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hmmm Rockauto has the carpet shell too, $152 with mass backing, $112 without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 How much for shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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