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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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what are you guys doing for carpet??`

hey guys what are you doing for carpet in your third gens? i have seen the premolded stuff but thats all 200+ this is for a drag car so thats a little more then i want to spend on carpet for it lol. if anyone has anypics of the cheap carpet from like autozone or what ever else you have used please post them up or just tell me what you used.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Dude, go to the JY and get some carpet from a third gen, almost free
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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rhino line it. might as well if its a drag car.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:16 PM
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i work at a huge junk yard, and there is no nice stuff out there lol, mine is just stained to crap lol.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:16 PM
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I second the JY idea. Thats what I did. TOok me two days to clean the living **** out of it, and it looked almost new. Not bad at all.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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JY, $21 for a whole set of black carpet that has cleaned up to almost like new condition.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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i have checked out the rhine line thing for my el camino and everyplace in town wanted around 400-600 bucks to do it lol, i used the spray can stuff for the engine bay it turned out ok but no where near the strengh of the real stuff.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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I spent about $20 at menards for black car carpet. Not premolded or anything. Then used 3M super adhesive to glue it down. I dont know if its a good idea for a drag car. And kind of depends if your local hardware store sells car carpet.
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