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I you're thinking about making up your own carpet here's a brief story about mine.
I decided to have a go at doing my own carpets for my TR4.
My old ones were extremely tatty very thin loop pile carpets that had worn very badly.
I went along and purchased gel backed synthetic outdoor cut pile carpet that looked quite finely piled, not course looking at all.
I couldn't find black wool carpet in New Zealand for a half decent price, it would've been cheaper to buy from TRF.
I paid US$94 for 3.5 x 2M length excluding the vinyl edging which was about US$20.
I glued black Dynamat type material onto my floors.
I used the old carpet as a template for my new carpet, that was a big mistake as it didn't fit because the new carpet was thicker and harder to hide the bad fit.
After cutting the carpet I realised that I should have cut my own templates.
So I got a whole lot of newspaper and made my own, newspaper is too flimsy but works at a pinch.
I was lucky as the carpet pieces were too big and could be further cut to a much closer fit.
My friend then spent a few hours edging the pieces for me.
The carpet is secured by velcro, glue, gravity, the seat belt stalks and soon the seat rails.
I'm quite pleased at how it turned out.
One of the major reasons I did my own was the fear of buying a set to find that it was not a good fit.
I'll probably buy another 1 x 2M length of carpet as a spare incase of disaster.
I decided to have a go at doing my own carpets for my TR4.
My old ones were extremely tatty very thin loop pile carpets that had worn very badly.
I went along and purchased gel backed synthetic outdoor cut pile carpet that looked quite finely piled, not course looking at all.
I couldn't find black wool carpet in New Zealand for a half decent price, it would've been cheaper to buy from TRF.
I paid US$94 for 3.5 x 2M length excluding the vinyl edging which was about US$20.
I glued black Dynamat type material onto my floors.
I used the old carpet as a template for my new carpet, that was a big mistake as it didn't fit because the new carpet was thicker and harder to hide the bad fit.
After cutting the carpet I realised that I should have cut my own templates.
So I got a whole lot of newspaper and made my own, newspaper is too flimsy but works at a pinch.
I was lucky as the carpet pieces were too big and could be further cut to a much closer fit.
My friend then spent a few hours edging the pieces for me.
The carpet is secured by velcro, glue, gravity, the seat belt stalks and soon the seat rails.
I'm quite pleased at how it turned out.
One of the major reasons I did my own was the fear of buying a set to find that it was not a good fit.
I'll probably buy another 1 x 2M length of carpet as a spare incase of disaster.
