sonix7

Alright because of all the talk of replacement carpet and the failed GB and my need for a custom color of carpet. I took it upon myself to handle the swap. I got some awesome help from Fritts, thanx man. I stripped the whole interior including dash and went ahead and assembled a list of things I was going to need. I will get into that here in a bit. I ordered 2 yards of olefin cut pile carpet from a place up in the NW called Perfect Fit https://www.perfectfit.com/product.asp?Product_id=154081&d_id=15270&l2=15270& l1=15269
Anyway I got the color I needed so I then got a list of supplies. I needed adhesive, so I got Permatex Body Shop Headliner adhesive, weatherstrip adhesive and really that was all I used. I then also got some carpet seam tape, a seam roller and carpet knife from Home depot. That was about $100 total.


First thing was to remove the old carpet and rubber backing.



then I had to seperate the carpet from the rubber backing and place the carpet backing/pad back in the car



Then I took the 2 yards of carpet and layed it out in the car.





Thats when I took the carpet knife and started to trim to fit.

sonix7

Now once I got the carpet laid out I basically used the carpet seem roller to flatten it out. I lifted up the carpet and sprayed the permatex and also brushed on the weatherstrip adhesive. Then I fit the carpet into the right grooves. Ther are a few seems but very good results so far. I have not steamed it or vacuumed and finished it off. I did the actual carpet and gluing in about 2 hours max this afternoon. More to come.

AzEKnightz

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damn thats hell lota work, but lookin good so far!

Also, why did u lay the carpet on the old carpet and make a cut from that? aint that easiler?

sonix7

nope, you really have to mold it into the floor plan. I did take it out and try and do some more pressing down on it but ultimately it works better inside the car. Steaming it will get it to lay perfect, but right now its damn nice. I just need to finish and get the interior finished. It is a bit of work, but beats paying $800? Here is another angle.

ExpensiveHobby22

So basically, you just stretch it to fit?? Seems way "easier" than I ever thought it would be. Any more details?

Great job btw.

Adam P

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dude **** carpet would have been really cool but it looks really good props

pinkrx7

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props looks great didnt know it would be that easy for a diy job

Rixio_Scon

Do you have to take the entire dash out to do it or can you work around without taking it out? Im gona be doing my sound deadening in the cabin soon so if you can do it without taking the dash out i might aswell do the carpet at the same time

KeloidJonesJr.

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Is that battery actually relocated or just a spare one?

ProjectLS1

Indeed I agree, you should have went for the hip-high green **** carpet.

Nice write up so far, good luck with the rest of it.

canadaisintexas

Looks relocated because the bin looks like its been cut out. Looks real great sonix

jic

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looks great so far

Gorilla RE

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no the dash doesnt have to come out to do the carpet...

telum01

any update on this project?? i'd love to do this sometime.

btw, just checked out your cf parts. your work looks awesome! that's actually another project i'm hoping to do.

scrubolio

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wow, nice job, bookmarked!

freddybignutz30

GREAT JOB! man iam looking to cutomizing my interior iam gonna do this at the same time.

RE-Amemiya

Looks good!

Getsome350

Any updates?

jic

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i wanna see this finished with some pics

ihavetwins

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looks like its gonna really set in nice

JDMRevolution

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Very nice man! Keep us updated.

Nameless

Nice work Jason.

sonix7

Nameless, whats happening brother? Glad to see your still popping around here. Thanx to all for the compliments. Not bad for never, ever doing this before. I have some areas that I would have taken a little more time on to get it better if I did it again. I also had trouble with some of the seems. You do have to cut some seems! Experience would have really helped. Although, most of the seems are under existing interior panels and hid really well. I should have pics of the Sonix7 FD3S here in a couple of days. Finally after like two years. No one has really seen mine except when it was stock. I am excited to show my customizing capabilities. Its all just reliving an old highschool dream anyway. LOL

Philip_g

it's old but wanted to say thanks for the info!!

13BNUT

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Looks good I just did my own carpet on my FD (black) and it came out pretty freakin good I will post pics as soon as I get a good camera. It only cost me $33 in material but it was a headache to do.