bucketep91 Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 i like the look of the red carpets int he ek9, think you could pull that off in a glanza? i might give it a go, what do u guys think. Quote
bucketep91 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 just finding the right carpet for the job, im a carpet fitter to trade so id do a good job but if it looks tacky then i could just rip it bk out Quote
Callan Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 saying that... id love blue/red carpet in my gt, would it be hard to cut though? i have a steam cleaner so could make it fit good...Mmm youve got ideas flowing now lol Quote
bucketep91 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 saying that... id love blue/red carpet in my gt, would it be hard to cut though? i have a steam cleaner so could make it fit good...Mmm youve got ideas flowing now loluse a stanley knife lol and youdneed to find some carpet with a decent backing that would stretch and somthing with a decent pile that wouldnt ware:-? Quote
Callan Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 i know... acoustic carpet wouldnt be up to the job... too thin mmmm ideas Quote
bucketep91 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 i know... acoustic carpet wouldnt be up to the job... too thin mmmm ideasI've been looking around in the shops i work for but it would need to be specialist stuff lol u cant just throw in a big thick shagpile ) Quote
Callan Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 i know,mmmm what about a carpet already used on a car... like a 306 xsi... they have blue carpets Quote
bucketep91 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 i was thinkin of a r5 turbo carpet theyr red, but i dont want a tatty old carpet lolim gonna go up to a manfactors in glasgow 2moz i have an account with them ill see if i can find anythin. carpets only come 4 mtr wide so ther will be plenty left if i get some lol Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Posted April 11, 2009 did this today looks really good, took me like 4 hours lol. ill posty up some pics tomorro Quote
Glanza_cl Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 x3 I wanna see what this looks like, you could make a mini business out of it my carpet in my V is buggered! lol Quote
Kennedy Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 ^^Yer mines seen better days aswell lolGroup Buy ?? Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 here they are looks ok i think, it was an absolute nightmare! since i took these pics I've replaced the drivers footwell because i made a boo boo lol the raised part that the seat rails bolt on to was a nightmare to cover so i just painted them black u can hardly see them that also means i can replace footwells when ever i want because i have a lot of the carpet left, think ill do my boot next lol Quote
Glanza_cl Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 make the pics bigger cant see it very well looks good none the less just need some red ek9 recaro's lol Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 i dunno why but its not letting my put the other 1s up only this 1http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww196/b.../DSC00162-1.jpg Quote
Glanza_cl Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 that's a bit better, cant say red and grey go particularly well but if you changed the front seats i think it would look pretty awesome.a big well done anyway mate always good to do something different if i had the time or money i would love to change my carpet in my car it's a bit tatty Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 make the pics bigger cant see it very well looks good none the less just need some red ek9 recaro's lolu wanna buy me some lol. im thinking of getting the standard seats retrimed for now I've got some red bucket seats but theyre fixed back and i have a baby so the car seat doesnt fit in them or go into the back lol Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 that's a bit better, cant say red and grey go particularly well but if you changed the front seats i think it would look pretty awesome.a big well done anyway mate always good to do something different if i had the time or money i would love to change my carpet in my car it's a bit tattyI've been fitting carpets day in day out for 6 years mate and i struggled with this, its an absolute nightmare i dont think id do it again far too hard lol Quote
Glanza_cl Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 i' be proud lol, always nice to have a one off of something, cant say i know of another with a different carpet in, I'm sure it's been done before but i certainly haven't seen any pics...so nice one Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 i' be proud lol, always nice to have a one off of something, cant say i know of another with a different carpet in, I'm sure it's been done before but i certainly haven't seen any pics...so nice one thanks bud Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 anyone ever re-trimmed the standard seats? ive never seen any before Quote
bucketep91 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Posted April 12, 2009 Nice, carpet looks ace. thanks mate Quote
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