SaulV

Hello, My car is in the shop getting a complete interior redone [after an incident w/ a squirrel] Now I have found just about everything I need in black except for the Black Carpet.
I have searched and asked people on the part finder and everything and nothing!!

Im frustrated and Im just thinking about dyeing the carpet black while they take the dashboard and interiro apart.

My question is: HAS ANYBODY EVER DYIED A CARPET BEFORE??? What SHould I use and what are the best results! Any experience????

Or if anybody has a black carpet laying around please sell it to me ASAP.
Thanks
Saul V

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Did you get responses in your old thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=87121

??

SaulV

Nope!!! Not for the Carpet! I have ideas but i want responses from someone who actually has done it or that has experience in dyieng carpets! \
Anybody??

MazdaMike

i dont know how well that would work but u should try calling around custom interor places, search the web and get some numbers

ZeroBanger

Muzik,

I am in the same situation. I will bet getting my black leather seats from leatherseats.com so the only thing left tan in my 94 is the carpet. I have dyed my floor mats black with the same stuff I used for my doors and dash, its designed for fabric, carpet or vynle..

I found that with the floor mats, where your foot goes, the dye does come off after a few days and I need to reapply it. I have put alot of money in my car and as you know the carpet OEM is too much. Looking at it logically, your foot will be resting on the floor mat, not the carpet. It takes alot of rubbing and other pressure to take color off, so thats what I am going to do. Also, the factory carpet is so short and stiff, I don't think the dye will come off as easy as it did on the floor mats.

On the plus side, the floormats/carpet look OEM when you spray them black with the fabric paint.

RedFD

Wont it stink up the car? What happens when it gets wet?

SaulV

Im really scared of Dyeing the carpet, I have no idea what to do. I have died my interior before that stupid squirrel decided to chew everything and it looked pretty good and no it didnt have a smell, only for the first week.
Im going to go ask Mr Spoiler in MAnassas VA, He showed me this past weekend a Probe with a MAd Body Kit and a crazy interior redone, he had died black with red and the stuff look OEM , NO Smell and Impossible to scratch. I DONT Think He will give me Their Shop Secret but if anything im just going to give it to them to turn it black for me, It will probably be cheaper than buying a MAzda OEM carpet or even a used one.

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Your best bet is to contact any local home carpet store. Talk to them about changing carpet color, what works and what doesn't.

Same things will apply to your FD interior carpet.

ZeroBanger

NO the smell lasts for 1 hour or so, just air out then it is normal. Water is fine, it will not come off (unless you scrub it with water real hard.

ZeroBanger

Good for you! I hope it works out for you. I will be dying mine myself next week when I get my black leather seats from Leatherseats.com.

Blackbeast

Email david at why_14@hotmail.com

He has black OEM carpet available for sale in mint condition last time I saw it.

Timmy

SaulV

ZeroBanger
, Will you post pictures of the seats from Leatherseats.com for me?? Im going to have them do my 2 color interior black/red and I want to know what it would look like or if i should just get it done black.
Please let me know
Thanks blackbeast for the info, Ill email him

ZeroBanger

Sure thing! BTW..I am OneKrazyGuy, just got board with that s/n, thought it was stupid. Anyway they will be shipped to me starting friday (tomorrow). Should have them mid week and should install next weekend. BTW...I bought Plasticote fabric spray and dyed my carpet from tan to black. I removed both seats and spayed the carpet. It took 3 full cans @ 5.00 per can. I spent 1 hour and 20 minutes. It required to spray it, then use a brush to brush it in, etc. I find the carpet on the car much easier to do than the floor mats, because the pile on the floor mats are taller. The carpet is very short and stiff fibers so it makes it easier. It looks really good.

when I get the leather seats installed I will post pics and details of how I did it. If you send me a PM I will send you a PM when i posted the info.


David

SaulV

As far as me is concern, A squirrel had gotten inside my car through the sunroof. The sucker couldnt get out so she went nuts and started chewing on everything she could. Seats, Both Door Panels, trunk lid and a hole rack of ECU Wires behind the dashboard. I posted a tread for those who want to see pictures.
Anyhow, Insurance is paying for the damages and my interior will be OEM black now, and seats will be done by leatherseats.com
Will post pictures
See ya

Blackbeast

That sucker, I hope you catch that squirrel and cage him for good.

On the other hand how did insurance categorize this kind of damage? Natural disaster? hehe.

Next time we all needed interior change let's all put a squirrel in there!!

Timmy

SaulV

Insurance actually took it well, I had no problems! they called it Animal Attack which I oly had to pay $100 for my liability and they paid for everything else, except for the seats because only the bottom pieces were damaged, They were going to recover the bottom with Than again, but I told them i wanted them in black and they said that I would have to pay half but the bill was $2000 so i told him just to send me a check for their half and that I would order the seats from Leatherseats.com and they agreed

ZeroBanger

And you let the Squirrel Go, good for you!

Lets exchange before and after pics when we get our interiors done. I will install mine myself, it doesn't look bad. While the seats are out I will repaint my rear bins (everything else has been repainted... my car is a 94 so everything was black to begin with except the seats and carpet , lame!).

SaulV

I only have After Pictures! But is After squirrel attack
Here are those pictures
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=muzik3k

You cann see pictures of the the Door panels that have been painted black. They look pretty good.

enuttage

I wanted to revive this thread.

Zero Banger, how is the painted carpet holding up? If it's still doing well, I think I'll be doing this in the very near future with my carpet. The seats are in for re-upholstry, so why not, right.

Also, did you ever find a decent solution for painting the tan trim pieces for the seats?

Has anyone else followed suit and sprayed their carpet?

-E

ZeroBanger

Ok, I did this last July and the paint on the doors and dash has held up with no problems (doors and dash were black already, I just wanted them real dark black...not sure if I would recommend painting the panels from tan to black.)

The carpet has held up, but it does require maintenance. I use very thin plastic floor mats, so after a while the area under where my feet are on the carpet (under the floor mat) wears through to the tan, so I find monthly i need to touch that area up. The rest of it is fine, occasionaly I may need to touch up part of the carpet. It works really well since factory carpet is expensive and used carpet is rare.

Just last week I picked up some black carpet off the forum and I am going to install it. I got the carpet for 125, so I could not pass it up. If I had it to do over, I would dye my carpet again. Snook followed suit and tried to dye his, he had some problems and sent me some PM's, I don't know if he resolved them. Ask him his experience.

OH yea...and you are not really "Painting" the carpet. its a spray dye.

David