Just trying to do some research as to how much people have spent on there capets.. I have looked around and found prices from 119 to over 300 buks.

so far I am leaning to jcwhitney but I am not sure if there going to fit just right, then again anything is posible with enough glue??

I also will need to replace the insulation so anyone know some where cheap or something thats comparable say at homedepot that cost like $20.. lol

I am going to be an extreamly cheap basturd.. I can not let my wife know I am still spending money on the car, she thinks I am done with it and will soon sell it.. lol

 

I ordered a carpet kit from the infamous J.C.Whitney, then returned it because it didn't fit. I personally would not order anything from them unless it was a common part that you knew would definitely fit.....

I usually wait for a member to advertise some or keep my eyes peeled on ebay... I did get lucky once and get a parts car that had a complete pristine upholstery set from seats to carpet and everything else for less then I could of bought it new for and still sold off the car.....

 

so.. j.c whitney is a bad choice for carpets.

curious.. did you try to use any kind of adhesive or underpadding?

and when you replaced the rug under the dash.. did you have to remove the dash, I had a hard time pulling one out once, I had to cut it.

 

hey drunk,

I have a carpet set in maroon if you want it.I think it came out of an 84-85 and it is in good shape.The best part is you can come get it instead of shipping costs.Let me know if you are interested.

 

VB carpet is no better than JC so keep looking.It fits,but its poor quality....

 

I got mine @ stockinteriors.com good quality, easy to install. it was about 120.00
Hey what do you know just checked it out, their on sale....here's the link.... By the way these carpet kit comes with the 20.oz insulation exactly where the stock carpet has it.....

http://www.stockinteriors.com/items....da_RX-7_Carpet

 

Drunk: For getting the carpet out from under the dash i cut it too, i made a small slice along the transmission tunnel underneath the dash, and a little duct tape underneath while re-installing.

as for the insulation, youll love this:
most dedicated carpet&flooring stores sell underpad: polyurethane foam (wont rot) for really cheap. But why bother buying it when they THROW OUT the leftovers from big jobs? just scoot by your local carpet stores after closing and take a peek in their dumpsters... ive gotten enough underpad for four different vehicles this way... and its less flammable than the cotton stuff that usually comes with these cars

 

Adhesive is not needed. I just reuse the existing padding that is attached to the old carpet. You wind up cutting it on the sides of the tunnel to get it out.....

And sorry, Yes J.C. (Junk center) is a bad choice for almost everything

 

I bought carpet from stockinteriors.com and i didn't like it, it was good quality carpet, but didn't fit worth a ****. I had to do a lot of cutting and modifying.

 

If anyone has marron rear carpet (hatch area, also behind the tailights) I'm lookin for one....sorry 4 the hyjack but I only got 1 response from the wtb section

 

Teamzzyzx(something like that) has redone his whole interior and he went with A1auto I think. Here's the thread. https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/beginnings-new-carpet-black-interior-conversion-587864/

 

I, too, have the A1Auto carpet, and it is great quality and form. i highly reccomend it.

 

I found mine carpet to be somwhat "shrank" on the passenger side, it was a little narrow. It was their carpet, http://1aauto.com/ I will be ordering another front piece of carpet. Probably from someone else. 1A Auto gets their carpet from ACCMATS (http://www.accmats.com/) I will order my NEXT piece from Stock Interiors.

 

You don't have to cut it. If you remove the lower center part of the dash that goes around the shifter you will see that there is a metal bracket that bolts to the floor. It's like a big "U". There are two bolts that attach it to the floor and two bolts that attach it to the dash. If you remove the two bolts on the floor and loosen the upper two you should be able to pull the carpet right out.


In this picture you can see the two bolts, one on each side of the dash at the bottom. And on the floor you can see part of the bar. If you look between the e-brake handle and the shifter you can see one of the two bolts on the floor.

Also has anyone ordered from Fryer's Auto Upholstery www.autoupholsterykits.com ?

They have an option of choosing what kind of carpet that you want. I was thinking about getting the 80/20 Loop instead of the cut pile. More of a seventies look maybe but I don't think that I like cut pile very well.


Shown in grey for a better view of the carpet. I'll get black.

 

A1 might be too small, but stock interiors carpet is way to big and the rear piece didn't go all the way to the back, it was a little to short.

 

my A1Auto came with about 8" excess so you could cut to fit. Did yours not or was the moulding too narrow?

 

I had excess on every side of the carpet except for the passenger side. It almost looked like the piece of carpet was not centered in the mold. No biggie I thought, then I put it in, and the passenger side molding was off. The seat brackets on the floor didn't line up with those on the carpet. Tried to make it work. Didn't like the way it came out on that side of the car, so I'll be re-ordering the carpet for the front.

 

are you freaking serious! lol I had a maroon interior thats all faded out. I was going to switch the interior for the '85 interior. I got everything out of the '85 and allmost took everything out of the '82. THEN lost interest. I want a black interior. I am going to dye everthing I can black and switch the rugs to a black and then in the future sometime, get some red seats.

I checked that sight out. nice, 112 for the carpet set. thats cool. I might invest in that one. allthough the one from A1auto also looks attractive.

 

Cheaper carpets are just that, and not up to oem quality. 1AAuto will make replacements in any color and type of carpet they have.

 

I think the better thing to do is just buy OEM in good shape and dye it .. even if its second hand, 95% of my carpet is in excellent condition, i have the brown but i'm planning on dying it to black, i Picked up the whole rear carpet of a car in the junk yard for 10$ and it was Mint ... coincidentally it was brown ... I'm planning on oging back out there to see if I need anything else.