Does anyone know if there is a kit to cover up all that spare plastic in the trunk and the dash. I know they make a cover for the dash, but I wanna know if they make one for all the plastics in the trunk area. Even the armrests and center console I'd consider adding it to because I'd like to preserve it. Like a soft fuzzy stuff. LOL =]

Let me know if you guys know of anything. I'm having trouble finding it. I might just end up making it the way I want it out of a soft rug. We'll see. Needs to be a tan color.

 

There were factory interiors that had carpet covering most of the interior plastic. You might want to try to track down a set in the color you want.

The problem is finding and applying a material that can conform to the compound curves of those back pieces. If they were all flat, or only curved one way, it would be an issue.

Also...consider this. If you are doing this to preserve the interior, you might want to look into UV protection instead. (tint, cargo shade, treat the plastics). Once you glue down all that material, pulling it back off and getting the glue off to restore the interior to stock will be hard and probably screw the plastics up in the process....

If you want to do it for the style though, look for the factory stuff, or try to find a material thats easily stretched and pulled while retaining its appearance and not getting thin.

J.

 

The following company used to make pre-cut pieces for the rear section:

http://www.paddockparts.com/Paddock/...asp?URLCheck=1

JamesC

 

There are a couple choices, depending on what you want to spend and how hard you want to work. The first, which is the easiest and cheapest, is to get some automotive speaker box carpet. This stuff stretches and will easily conform to whatever shape you're trying to cover. The problem is your color selection is limited, and the stuff can wind up looking cheesy if you're not careful about how you trim the edges.

The second solution is to buy bulk carpet from somebody that sells automotive carpet. This is the same carpet that comes molded for your floor, except it's flat. With a heat gun you can get this stuff to become very flexible and then when it cools it'll stay conformed to the new shape. This stuff is a lot harder to work with though because it's pretty rigid until it's hot, and it's hard to cut. If you do it right though, you can wind up with a factory appearance with the exception of the serged binding around the edges. Once I get around to installing my carpet I'll have a tech article to show how to do this, but don't hold your breath, because my track record for getting around to these car projects hasn't been very good lately.