DIY: Die Your Carpet
#1
DIY: Die Your Carpet
ok so my carpet was nasty as ----..and i decided to do sumthin about it
Carpet before:
Carpet after (it looks purple cuzza my crappy camera, and it was gettin dark):
ok so the hardest step is takin the ---- outta u'r car
the first thing your going to want to do is remove your front seats, there are 4 12mm bolts on the corners of the seats, remove them, and pul the recline handle so u'r seats lean forward and tilt them out of the car.
**it may be a good idea to remove you deck at this time if u have an oem deck, i'm not really sure how to take it off, but my freind says that if u follow my instrections there is like 1 or 2 bolts u have to find to remove the OEM deck
then you will proceed to remove your armrest and center console. heres how to do this incase u dont know:
Carpet before:
Carpet after (it looks purple cuzza my crappy camera, and it was gettin dark):
ok so the hardest step is takin the ---- outta u'r car
the first thing your going to want to do is remove your front seats, there are 4 12mm bolts on the corners of the seats, remove them, and pul the recline handle so u'r seats lean forward and tilt them out of the car.
**it may be a good idea to remove you deck at this time if u have an oem deck, i'm not really sure how to take it off, but my freind says that if u follow my instrections there is like 1 or 2 bolts u have to find to remove the OEM deck
then you will proceed to remove your armrest and center console. heres how to do this incase u dont know:
Last edited by TwoSix; 11-08-2005 at 09:20 AM.
#2
1. under you ebrake there is a cover pry it off and u will see 2 phillips screws take those
2. look on both sides of the arm rest, there will be two phillips screws on both sides (total of 4)
3. lift e-brake and pull the armrest back, and lift it out of the car.
2. look on both sides of the arm rest, there will be two phillips screws on both sides (total of 4)
3. lift e-brake and pull the armrest back, and lift it out of the car.
#3
4. to remove the center console (where the shifter is) you will need to remove the 2 phillips screws holding it in
5. then u have to remove the cig lighter and the ashtray/change drawer by taking out the 2 screws
6. then there are the 2 last screws that u have to take off the FINALLY get off the center console
5. then u have to remove the cig lighter and the ashtray/change drawer by taking out the 2 screws
6. then there are the 2 last screws that u have to take off the FINALLY get off the center console
#5
so u'r finally ready to strat..well not really u'r gna have to ge tthe rear bench off..whicha can be a bitch..i did this on my sedan so it might be a littel diff fo the poeple with coupes.
1. on the bottom corners on tha back of the seat, there are 2 10mm bolts on both sides (total of 4) that u need to take off:
2. then ur going have to pull the top of the seat out and your goin to be left with the botton and the two sides of the rear bench
3. i forgot to take pictures of the two sides, but there is a 10mm bolt on the bottom of each side remove that bolt and lift the side up (u'll get it when u actually see it)
4. there is a hard-to-get 10mm bolt in the middle of the seat that u will need to remove to finally get the seat out:
1. on the bottom corners on tha back of the seat, there are 2 10mm bolts on both sides (total of 4) that u need to take off:
2. then ur going have to pull the top of the seat out and your goin to be left with the botton and the two sides of the rear bench
3. i forgot to take pictures of the two sides, but there is a 10mm bolt on the bottom of each side remove that bolt and lift the side up (u'll get it when u actually see it)
4. there is a hard-to-get 10mm bolt in the middle of the seat that u will need to remove to finally get the seat out:
Last edited by TwoSix; 11-08-2005 at 09:21 AM.
#6
ok now comes the easy part
u'r going to get a box cutter and your going to cut the carpet behind the center console, because i couldent figure out hoe to get it out, there is another place u have to cut..but i couldent remeber where
then your going to remove the seatbelt bolt (14mm) by lifting the rubber cover on each side of the front seatbelts
your then going to get your phillips screw driver and remove the cover over the gas door and trunk levers:
and you need to also remove you dead pedal by removing the 2 12mm bolts on the top and bottom of the dead pedal:
u'r going to get a box cutter and your going to cut the carpet behind the center console, because i couldent figure out hoe to get it out, there is another place u have to cut..but i couldent remeber where
then your going to remove the seatbelt bolt (14mm) by lifting the rubber cover on each side of the front seatbelts
your then going to get your phillips screw driver and remove the cover over the gas door and trunk levers:
and you need to also remove you dead pedal by removing the 2 12mm bolts on the top and bottom of the dead pedal:
Last edited by TwoSix; 11-08-2005 at 09:23 AM.
#7
you will also need to remove the 2 covers (i think there called kick panels) by taking a flat head screw drivers and removing the plastic screws.
you will need to go back to the back seat and find the plastic screws holding the door sills to the chassis (behind where you removed the side peices of the rear bench)
now i'm prettyy sure your ready to take your carpet out..FINALLY
your going to fold the carpet in half while its in the car and take it out of the car
you will need to go back to the back seat and find the plastic screws holding the door sills to the chassis (behind where you removed the side peices of the rear bench)
now i'm prettyy sure your ready to take your carpet out..FINALLY
your going to fold the carpet in half while its in the car and take it out of the car
Last edited by TwoSix; 11-08-2005 at 09:24 AM.
#8
**************************Dying the carpet*******************
so you finally got the carpet out of the car and u'r ready to dye it..i think not.
you have to throughly vaccum the carpet and steam cleaning is reccomended
so once your carpet is clean get a spray bottle (make sure it can hold 2 cups of water)
for each packet you use u need two cups of boiling water, so once the water is boiled put it in a spray bottle and mix in the dye then your goin to spray in the dye on the carpet one bottle should do half the carpet, then you fill the bottle agin, mix in the dye, and do the other side, i got 4 packs of dye...and i used 3, so if u need more get xtra
so one your finish it **HANG IT TO DRY** i made the mistake of letting it dry on the grass and it took forever to dry
if your worried about fading, steam clean it after your done and touch up as neccesary.
and then u put your capret back in and re install everything, i finished my car in 3 hours, but i know about taking ---- out of my car..**KEEP ALL YOUR SCREWS**
and you just saved your self 200+ dollars!
what i would do differently:
i bought color remover, but i decided not to use it cause i was lazy, but its a good idea (especially if your not coloring your carpet black), we did it on my buddies EK and his capret turned out nicer than mine
so you finally got the carpet out of the car and u'r ready to dye it..i think not.
you have to throughly vaccum the carpet and steam cleaning is reccomended
so once your carpet is clean get a spray bottle (make sure it can hold 2 cups of water)
for each packet you use u need two cups of boiling water, so once the water is boiled put it in a spray bottle and mix in the dye then your goin to spray in the dye on the carpet one bottle should do half the carpet, then you fill the bottle agin, mix in the dye, and do the other side, i got 4 packs of dye...and i used 3, so if u need more get xtra
so one your finish it **HANG IT TO DRY** i made the mistake of letting it dry on the grass and it took forever to dry
if your worried about fading, steam clean it after your done and touch up as neccesary.
and then u put your capret back in and re install everything, i finished my car in 3 hours, but i know about taking ---- out of my car..**KEEP ALL YOUR SCREWS**
and you just saved your self 200+ dollars!
what i would do differently:
i bought color remover, but i decided not to use it cause i was lazy, but its a good idea (especially if your not coloring your carpet black), we did it on my buddies EK and his capret turned out nicer than mine
Last edited by TwoSix; 11-08-2005 at 09:26 AM.
#17
umm wont this dye come off on your pants etc, like did u rinse out the carpet a few times, let it air dry etc? Also did u do the dye job on the deck??! poor deck, someones gonna get lashings from their parents lol
#18
after u dye it initially u let it dry then u steam clean it, to get any loose color off the carpet, and i washed the dye off the deck before it dried...so no lashings for me
alos to help the dye soak in better some poeple use a sponge instead of a spray bottle, ive never tried this way, but poeple say the color holds better.
alos to help the dye soak in better some poeple use a sponge instead of a spray bottle, ive never tried this way, but poeple say the color holds better.
#30
As for seats... completely different material, there's foam, different shades of cloth... it may be worth a try but you'll likely need different dyes. I can't imagine it'll look that good though.
#32
Re: DIY: Die Your Carpet
great job!!!thanks for the protocol of removing carpet out of our car...
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