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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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what is the right price for carpet installed?

its an 88 iroc convertible. not sure if i want to do the trunk or not. feedbsck appreciated. consodering doing it myself but not sure if i want the hasssle and i cant find medium beechwood.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

I believe, www.yearone.com has medium beechwood. Def. do it yourself. I have seen a lot of botched carpet jobs done by "Professional" shops. If you buy molded carpet from year one or some other place, installing it is easy. No one will care for your car like you do!
You can also check:
www.classicindustries.com


Good luck!
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

. Do it yourself, it'll take a couple hrs. but you'll save some $$. Later.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

I installed new carpet back in august, it isn't difficult at all if you take your time making the cuts in the correct places. The first cut is always the most difficult. After you make the first cut (I chose to cut out the holes for the center console first), try to look through the hole to figure out where to make the next cut. All I needed to cut for the installation was a hole for the rear of the center console (This hole is for the screw that holds the console to the floor), a hole for the shifter and e-brake, and I needed to trim the carpet along the sides (under the door sills). Other than that, all that is needed is to make slits for the seat bolts to stick up through and holes for the seatbelt bolts to go through. I used an ice pick to located the seat belt bolt holes and the seat bolts are easy to locate through the carpet. No modifications were made to the rear piece of carpet.

Also, I purchased my carpet on ebay. I found the best price for premium acc carpet with mass backing to be on ebay for $400 shipped to my door. For the regular carpet without mass backing, they charge $255 shipped. I bought my carpet from autocarpetoriginals1.

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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

Originally Posted by drknow90rs_ss@y
I believe, www.yearone.com has medium beechwood. Def. do it yourself. I have seen a lot of botched carpet jobs done by "Professional" shops. If you buy molded carpet from year one or some other place, installing it is easy. No one will care for your car like you do!
You can also check:
www.classicindustries.com


Good luck!
I've looked on a bunch of sites and I do not see the "Medium Beechwood" I have seen Cognac, Medium Beige, Doeskin, etc. Does anyone know the closest match. it is difficult to tell by the small pics. I suppose I should ask for some samples.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

Originally Posted by dust3r
I installed new carpet back in august, it isn't difficult at all if you take your time making the cuts in the correct places. The first cut is always the most difficult. After you make the first cut (I chose to cut out the holes for the center console first), try to look through the hole to figure out where to make the next cut. All I needed to cut for the installation was a hole for the rear of the center console (This hole is for the screw that holds the console to the floor), a hole for the shifter and e-brake, and I needed to trim the carpet along the sides (under the door sills). Other than that, all that is needed is to make slits for the seat bolts to stick up through and holes for the seatbelt bolts to go through. I used an ice pick to located the seat belt bolt holes and the seat bolts are easy to locate through the carpet. No modifications were made to the rear piece of carpet.

Also, I purchased my carpet on ebay. I found the best price for premium acc carpet with mass backing to be on ebay for $400 shipped to my door. For the regular carpet without mass backing, they charge $255 shipped. I bought my carpet from autocarpetoriginals1.
I didnt realize there were that many holes to cut. was it a molded carpet? I thought the console comes cut out already?
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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Re: what is the right price for carpet installed?

I believe you can get the carpet with the console cut out, but I wanted to cut it out myself. Yes, it was the molded carpet...its the same carpet that you would get from classic industries, www.stockinteriors.com, etc.
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