wtb: carpet

[tbk49]

where was that site that had the better deal on carpets, my old navy blue carpet is starting to smell and its getting old hehe...anyone know that site? was it accmats.com or something like that? cause the site wont work

[1990civic]

the site works fine for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tbk49]

yea but thats the wrong site, theres another one thats cheaper that im looking for.

[ci5ic]

Okay, it's www.automotiveinteriors.com and they actually sell ACC mat products, but cheaper (@ $135). Best deal I've found, was pretty easy to put the new carpet in.

[1990civic]

Is It The Same Material As The STOCK Carpet???? I Personally Think That The Stock Carpet SUCKS, Its Very Hard To Clean!!!!!

thanks

[tbk49]

thanks ci5ic, thats the site I meant I just lost the link...did u order the floor mats? how is it in comprison to the stock carpet and what color did u get? hehe soo many questions just wanna be sure...I live in canaduh so I think duties and taxes are gonna be pricey

[ci5ic]

Originally posted by 1990civic
Is It The Same Material As The STOCK Carpet???? I Personally Think That The Stock Carpet SUCKS, Its Very Hard To Clean!!!!!

thanks

Hey man, leave some punctuation for the rest of us!

Anyways, it's not exactly the same, but it's good quality, and if you're having trouble cleaning it, then you should try a vacuum.

Oh, and tbk49, I just ordered "graphite" for mine... sticking with the stock grey look with yellow painted trim pieces.

[tbk49]

do you have any pictures?

[1990civic]

Hey ci5ic You Opinion's Are Not Needed Or Wanted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ci5ic]

Here's some pics I took during the install:

Old nasty carpet (spilled some battery acid on it, had to neuturalize it with baking soda, looked really bad):


The new carpet, you can really see a difference. This is before I vacuumed all the fuzz off it:


Here's a pic of the two carpets side-by-side. Can you guess which is which? hehehe:

[tbk49]

what kind of condition is your old carpet in?

[silver89civic]

Nice carpet!!! Good job *thumbs up*
How did you installed?

[ci5ic]

It's pretty easy to install... Heres what I did:

Remove EVERYTHING from the interior (door sills, seats, center console, dead-pedal, gas-tank/hatch release levers, rear seat bottom, all plastic carpet screws). Then pull the old carpet out... There's a metal bracket that you have to remove from under the center console, and it only gives you about 1.5" of clearance to slide the carpet up under the dash, kindof a pain. Also, to remove the door-sills, you need a Torx T-40 bit, and those bolts are on there TIGHT!!!! My advice is to use a nice ratchet with a cheater-bar, otherwise, you'll strip them out. This happened to me on one of the bolts, and I had to drill it out and get a new one from the junk-yard.

Anyways, once the old carpet is out (and all the old padding), you just lay it on top of the new carpet (line it up as best you can), and using some sort of marker, trace ALL the holes from the old carpet to the new one. When you do this, trace inside the holes so they're alot smaller than the stock ones. This way, if the holes need to be bigger, you can trim them, but if you make them too big, you're screwed. Then, using scissors or a box-knife, cut the holes out of the new carpet, and trim the edges of the new carpet. It's really easy on the parts that don't have the padding, but it's a bitch to cut through some of that padding material.

You may also want to take the opportunity to remove all the sound-deadening material that's in your car (the black tarry looking stuff under the carpet) I heard that it's about 30lbs of dead weight. I didn't do this for 3 reasons: 1, I'm not that anal about my car's weight. 2, It'd be a huge pain in the ass. And 3, I don't want some loud-ass road-noise in my car...

Anyways, then, test-fit your carpet and trim the holes and edges accordingly. Once you've got the proper fit, make sure all your wiring (seatbelts sensors, etc) are pulled through the appropriate holes, vacuum up all the fuzz, and re-install all the interior stuff...

Hope that helps.