by "Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
Published 01/28/2017 at 19:07
by "Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
Published 01/28/2017 at 19:07
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So, I found some red carpeting for $10, said to myself, hey, I can probably toss this in the GA3, and if I fuck it up, well, no big loss. Well, I fucked it up. The non-molding of it didn’t work at all, I left myself what I thought was enough edging to trim it and fit it, I didn’t. My hole measurements were all wrong. All in all, it was a disaster. It’s in, but it looks awful, torn up, not good at all.
So since I can’t custom order it, I’m going with the next closest thing, I’m getting an EP3 Type-R carpet and going to try to fit that in. It looks like things match up closely enough.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/28/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
This is a perfect opportunity to install diamond plate
"Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
01/28/2017 at 19:14, STARS: 0
No. I have a very specific set of goals for look on this.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
01/28/2017 at 19:15, STARS: 0
Yeah, I’ve unfortunately gone down that road too. Fit like hell, even after using a heat gun to try to get it to lay down better.
Also, if you need to add small holes for seat bolts and such, using a hot soldering iron is a tip that an interior shop showed me. Works great at not creating a raggedy hole.
"Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
01/28/2017 at 19:18, STARS: 0
Well, I utterly destroyed this carpet, and I’ve already put in the order for the EP3 carpet. I just need them to get back to me on shipping. Right now, the shipping is set up for US or AUS, and I’m not going to pay $95 in shipping for something in Saitama when my car is in Saitama. I sent a message to the seller saying, “will pay for normal post, or will drive up and collect in person.”
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
01/28/2017 at 20:14, STARS: 1
That’s a nice looking manifold.
"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
01/28/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
This is why I’ve chosen to just go with bedliner in the pinto.
"Ready for an adventure!" (liljoe)
01/29/2017 at 12:42, STARS: 1
now the only question is, why did you choose to go with a Pinto? lol I had one once. Actually had a lot of fun with it. Never got rear ended, it didn’t stop fast enough for anybody to rear-end me. baa ha ha. good times.
"redwagon" (andrewdavidmn)
01/29/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0
years ago i took out the carpet in my ‘68 firebird. it was old and ratty and had holes and had to go. i bought enough replacement oem factory carpet *from a roll* to replace it.
i could have purchased the same carpet formed for about $50 more (cannot recall if it was oem or not) but i figured i would save the money. i had a horrible time trying to get something flat to resemble something formed. i finally got it to where it was as good as i could make it and drove it that way. never again.
ps oddly enough i gained an appreciation for the perspective problem between flat maps and globes. the one good thing that came out of this exercise.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
01/29/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 0
Did you measure your replacement from the original, or did you lay the old one on top of the new carpet and cut the shapes / holes that way?
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
01/29/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 0
clever
"Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
01/30/2017 at 00:50, STARS: 0
I tried the second way, but with the molding, it didn’t work. It doesn’t matter much, the EP3 carpet should be here soon, and I think that’s going to work.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
01/30/2017 at 05:34, STARS: 0
Kudos to you for trying though Kat! :)