Friday, October 21, 2005 - 11:09 am, by: Kip Wightman(Kip96)
i tried doing a search on this, but it keeps freezing up when i do, so apologies if this has already been done to death. I'm trying to find a place that will dye the carpet on the celsior i just brought in, according to a couple of places i've asked, the only carpet that will hold dye well is really old acrylic or wool. apparently the new synthetic carpets in todays cars are no good for it. Anyone know if the soarer/celsior carpet is in fact wool? or failing that, anyone had any experience with carpet dye? while we're at it a good/well priced retrimmer in Brisvegas would be good too.
Friday, October 21, 2005 - 01:37 pm, by: Perry Morgan(Uzz32)
I have seen a dying job done on soarer carpet only. It was not that successful in my opinion. Anvid auto trimmers in capalaba have done some work on my car and have been a good price and done nice work also.
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 11:11 am, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Muz, nah it doesn't feel stiff at all if you follow the directions correctly. Spray as much layers as you want, leave to dry, wash with soap then leave to dry for 3 days (I think), and you're done.
Another picture, but it isn't mainly focused on the carpets.
I'll try take some more pictures later today. The only problem with this carpet dye is that it tends to show it's wear after a while. This can simply be fixed by just spraying over the spots
Kip Wightman Tinkerer queensland Vvt-i single turbo
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 11:48 am, by: Kip Wightman(Kip96)
Cheers all, i might give that place a try Perry, i was reading the archives and it seems direct sticking new carpet onto the old stuff might be the best option.
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 01:55 pm, by: Mike Verrinder(Mikev)
I redyed my old soarer carpet dark green/grey.
I used leatheriques carpet dye. High wear areas like the side of the footwell where your foot rubs a bit started to show slight rubbing after about 6 months... but a quick touch up (10mins) made it look like new again
When I initially dyed the carpet (with a small sprayer) it was slightly stiff, but once its dry you just brush it with something like a stiff nail brush and its as soft as before !
Just so you know... you wont get an even coverage if you apply it by hand !!! You need to use a sprayer otherwise you'll get tide marks across the carpet !
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 11:10 pm, by: Alan Chow(Kfchow)
all you need to do is take out the seats. don't really need to take out the carpet... i used a spray can... but honestly.. mines a dodge job.. but looks ok
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 08:49 am, by: Kip Wightman(Kip96)
That does look good mike, the leather dye looks sweet too, how long has it been done for? any wear on that? i got a guy to look at mine for the purpose of dying and he thought the front seats were too hardened by age to hold the dye for long. yours look nice and soft though, did they have much wear before you dyed them?
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 02:52 pm, by: Mike Verrinder(Mikev)
Kip, I only kept the car for about 6 months after I did the dye job. But at the end it wasnt showing any signs of wear at all.
The seats were in good condition before I started. After they were also MUCH softer than the factory feel because I stripped all the lacquer off before dyeing. It takes a crap load of effort to get the lacquer off using wet and dry paper with lacquer thinner... but seriously the leather feels more like a soft pair of gloves at the end !!
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