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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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Carpet color change..yes or no?

My carpet is in good shape..no rips or tears or anything. But..in certain lighting..and in pictures...it has a brownish...gross look to it. I recently change all of the interior plastic to Ebony..which matched the seats really well. I spraed the kickpanel carpet area with the ebony spray...and it looks really good...very dark..and matches well. Should I spray the rest of the carpet? Here is a picture of the kickpanel area:

If it wasn't for the roll bar and the console...I would get new carpet in a heartbeat...but..the roll bar was VERY hard to install...and I have so many electronics running through the console...I wouldn't wanna start all of that completely over. (Volt Meter, McCord PP, Bass Boost, Fan Switch)
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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is the cage welded in? if it is it shouldnt be all that hard should it just lay it in a trim? and the center console that kinda sucks but if u dont like the color in some pics then i would say screw it and change it .... either that or have it dyed..... dont konw how much it would cost but...... i am gonna change my interior from gray to the ebony when i do my 4th gen dash swap.... so it will match and then get black carpet... or ebony.... dont know yet.... but all i can say is great car and good luck
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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the roll bar is a bolt in...but I tell ya...it was such a TIGHT fit. I thought I was going to cave the top of the car or something because it was such a tight fit. And if I decided to take it out..I would probably do more harm then good...
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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then i would think about having it dyed.... like i said i dont know how much it would cost but that might be your only option.....unless u could just edit the pics and just not think about it.... but if u are like me then it would bother me till no end lol....
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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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time for the carpet to go if it hasn't already.... i'll sell you my light grey(same color) very cheaply.

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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 02:41 AM
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i would get a carpet to match your panels and seats.. Even though that rollbar is a bitch
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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 10:59 AM
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then he would have to do the center console and doors to match...
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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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Yep...Thats what i did, I had the black on grey leather. Changed the interior over to all black with Graphite leather seats. I love it!

Even new The Grey carpet always looked like you described kinda dirty.
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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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then he would have to do the center console and doors to match...
yea your right kandied, maybe sell him your carpet :shrug:
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 02:31 AM
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if you do get new carpet try jcwhitney as last i remeber their carpet which was made by ACC was 100 less then acc list price.
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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Just checked out JCWhitney. They had "ACS" Carpeting for $160. It didn't specify if that was for the front, rear, or both pieces. I'm not sure what to think about that right now, and I'll be needing new carpeting this spring
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Old Dec 24, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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hey so what color are u gonna go with with your 4th gen dash?
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Old Dec 24, 2004 | 10:39 PM
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if you can just spray it like you did the kick panel then just do that, cuz I think that kick panel looks really good like that.
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Old Dec 25, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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you might as well go all out and get new carpet if its in the budget. Did you have your cage custom made or did u order it from somewhere?
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