Got some advice on carpet swap. Someone said leave the old carpet in the car and just put the new stuff over it. Doesn't sound right but just wanted to see what people think. Also anyone use Dynamat to try and quiet the inside down. HITHERE am going to do the doors and want to also do the floor before HITHERE put new carpet down. Any thoughts or advice. Thanks
Mike

 

HITHERE left my old carpet underneath and it does seem more quieter sort of plush like. the only draw back is more weight, not that HITHERE really care.

 

Mike,

I would without a doubt remove the old carpet. I think it would be a severe pain to get things to bolt back into place with double the carpet thickness getting in the way. I just tossed mine when I got new, it was pretty nasty anyways. I did however take the jute off the old piece and lay it into place where it goes before I put the new stuff in. HTH!

 

I recommend not leaving in the old carpet.
You should take it all out and clean the floor pans. Chances are, they are rusty. Sand it down and paint it with rust inhibitor. Also, you can remove all the bumps caused from the stock glue/silicon or whatever they used near the drain caps.

Then, and only then, if you decide to, you can put the old carpet on top of the floor and then your new carpet. But whats the point

 

Got the old carpet out and the new stuff in. I left the old stuff out...just didn't sound right leaving it in. Also Dynomatted a few areas around the tranny hump and the back seat area behind the seats. My floorpans were VERY clean. Pretty much factory looking, so I am lucky in that respect. NO RUST. Do have one bitch. The carpets are ACC and the hatch compartment half does not fit very well at all. Not very contoured in the trunk area. So am a little bummed about that but...at 90 no one will see it.
Thanks and Eric look forward to seeing you and Steve in Carlisle

 

When I redid my entire interior, I took out the old carpet, laid Dynamat over every square inch from the firewall to the tailwall and replaced with new carpet. Dynamat weighs a ton and it is very, very, very helpful if you have a heat gun to really make it fit in the contours of the floor pan. As for the sound, I tested it by dropping a hammer on the floor board before and after the Dynamat. Without, as you can imagine a loud CLANG, with Dynamat was only a dull thud.
Keep in mind that to make this job a much easier, you should get yourself the right sized torque bits (star shaped) to remove the seat belt anchors, because they are a bi-otch to turn with a flathead screwdriver

 

My carpet is in very good condition, but I am switching to an all black interior.

Has anyone sprayed their carpets?
-Does it look good or cheesy?
-What kind of paint?

 

Hehe, mine got chiseled out. those anchors suck.

 

Yea I would have liked to Dynomatted the whole floor pan but between the Mr Mike's leather seats, new carpet, home and laptop computers, I was pushing it with the financial advisor(wife).I also used a Dynomat Extreme kit for the doors and it really worked out well. Also put some extra on the back of the new door panels and it really made the car sound a lot tighter.

 

Carpet

 

Passenger seat

 

Looks good, especially the seats!!!!!