Looking at buying new carpet

[Dreamflange]

Hey guys! Its almost spring and a lot of us are nearing completion of winter projects with our cars in prep for some nice weather driving:D My project was fairly large for myself in scale, which was to completely rip all of the interior out from the trunk trim all the way to the dash board. I cleaned all my interior parts and ordered new parts that couldn't be repaired. I got a new A pillar gauge pod and a couple new gauges. I also got new dash vents.

But now I'm at a standstill. I decided to replace all of my seat covers as well as my carpet. The ASA program lists the interior of my car as D-Grey which is Dark Grey, and my interior code is 21A. I can't find any other coding for the carpet or leather interior. I hear ACC Inc. Mitsubishi 3000 GT Carpet--OEM and Xtreme Colors! (http://www.auto-interior.com/mitsubishi1.htm) has decent quality carpet but i cant pin down whether my carpet color is closer to Charcoal or Graphite according to their available colors. Secondly, it seems that many 3/s owners have great things to say about Leatherseats.com. Is their "Dark Graphite" the same general color as the Dark Grey Leather of our platform? Any input would be greatly appreciated about the coloring or how good the quality of said products are. Thank you in advance.

ohh ya i forgot: the vehicle is a 1994 VR-4 and the leather to me looks closer to black (but is not black) than what i would consider a dark grey. I dont know if theres Multiple shades of grey when it comes to the leather per model year.

[stealthee]

The leather is called charcoal grey. True black didn't start until 96/

[Dreamflange]

thanks for the input. I may just send my seats to one of the trim shops in Indy and have them cut the pattern and color match it themselves. Seems safer that way. I also like the perforated look surprisingly.

So anyone..what about the Color of the Carpet? would that be a Charcoal Grey as well?

[dbest671]

Yes the carpet is charcoal grey also. I haven't heard anything real positive about aftermarket carpet, meaning the fit sucked. But OEM carpet is $400+.

[Dreamflange]

at my Local Mitsubishi Dealer they want 600.00 for new carpet. Ill take a pass on that. I don't mind trimming the carpet for proper fitment. The interior is totally stripped so it shouldn't be too troublesome. But if i am going to go through all of the trouble of trimming it, i want a good quality product that wont bleed out or fade over the next 5+ years

[Nationalmilkman]

In for results, looking to swap to black interior in the next year or so.

[Dreamflange]

I'll Be ordering the Carpet on Monday and it will probably be on my Doorstep by this coming Friday. I guess i'll be getting Code 897: Charcoal from the ACC website Unless i receive more input on color matches. Any more input is still greatly appreciated from color to online sites that make better molds than the vendor i am purchasing from.

Another question I have is if the Mass Backing is actually worth the 55 bucks as ACC insists that it helps greatly with installation. The extra sound deadening is also a plus.

[x2xtreme360]

That carpet is not going to fit properly. ACC makes our OEM carpet I believe, but the aftermarket stuff they produce for us is just not right. It doesn't mold well around the rear corners, it likes to crease in odd spots, etc etc.

How do I know this? I bought one. Ended up throwing it out and buying a used OEM one on ebay.

[dbest671]

I ordered my carpet from Cherry Hill and it cost about $425. I guess it depends on how OCD/anal you are.

[CoopKill]

That carpet is not going to fit properly. ACC makes our OEM carpet I believe, but the aftermarket stuff they produce for us is just not right. It doesn't mold well around the rear corners, it likes to crease in odd spots, etc etc.

How do I know this? I bought one. Ended up throwing it out and buying a used OEM one on ebay.
X2 and the drivers wear pad is located incorrect...

[Dreamflange]

Ok so its starting to look like OEM or bust. I hate things that just dont look right. The only problem with my current carpet is that it has 1 small cigarette burn on the rear passenger floorboard area. and things like that bug me. Other than that it is perfectly fine. If i were to clean it up nicely it would really look brand new. The carpet only has 77000 miles on it and as we all know most of the wear is on the drivers floorboard which mine has none.

Dbest671, your Challengers color looks really close to my fathers 1971 R/T Chargers color. B-5 Blue; I've not seen a Challenger in that color personally as of yet.

[brutten]

If you you go OEM the part # is MR740505. I have one still in the plastic and just looked at the tag.

[dbest671]

Ok so its starting to look like OEM or bust. I hate things that just dont look right. The only problem with my current carpet is that it has 1 small cigarette burn on the rear passenger floorboard area. and things like that bug me. Other than that it is perfectly fine. If i were to clean it up nicely it would really look brand new. The carpet only has 77000 miles on it and as we all know most of the wear is on the drivers floorboard which mine has none.

Dbest671, your Challengers color looks really close to my fathers 1971 R/T Chargers color. B-5 Blue; I've not seen a Challenger in that color personally as of yet.

That's the color of our Challenger, B-5 blue. Pictures don't do the color justice, it really looks better in person.

/thread hijack

[Emilie@GZP]

I'll Be ordering the Carpet on Monday and it will probably be on my Doorstep by this coming Friday. I guess i'll be getting Code 897: Charcoal from the ACC website Unless i receive more input on color matches. Any more input is still greatly appreciated from color to online sites that make better molds than the vendor i am purchasing from.

Another question I have is if the Mass Backing is actually worth the 55 bucks as ACC insists that it helps greatly with installation. The extra sound deadening is also a plus.
Every aftermarket carpet I have EVER seen fits horribly, and looks cheap.

I can sell you a brand new OEM one for $525 if you are interested.

[Dreamflange]

Thanks for all of the quick reply's guys =) I'm in the process of fully cleaning my stock carpet now to see how bad it really is. i called my father to ask about repairing small cigarette burns and he said he could do it. ill take some pics and load em up shortly.

[TT4ME]

I didn't know carpet was so expensive!

Good luck!

[Dreamflange]

I know right! Mitsubishi doesn't mess around with cutting cost. I ordered 700 dollars (that was @ dealer cost; they cut me a break) worth the trim parts and it all fit into a box that was about 2 feet wide by 3 feet long and had a depth of about 5 inches. So here is some pics of the carpet not cleaned as of yet. Tell me if you would reuse it or not.

Im having some issues getting the Pictures to appear in the thread but if you go to http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g345/Dreamflange/ i got the pics uploaded there

[dbest671]

You could probably have it professionally cleaned, and it will look good.

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g345/Dreamflange/IMG_0084.jpg

[Polygon]

I got new carpet from ACC for my other car and it doesn't fit right either. I assumed that would be the case with the Stealth and I've been trying to buy a nice used OEM carpet for some time now. I don't know why it's so hard. It almost makes it worth it to spend the $440 for new carpet. Now I have to try and find OEM carpet for my other car as well.

[Dreamflange]

This Carpet has been Cleansed!:D
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g345/Dreamflange/IMG_0091.jpg

it looks decent there's still a little more elbow grease i need to put into the passenger rear floorboard area. other than that it cleaned up nicely and I'm impressed. I am the third owner of this car and i feel that the first owner took very good car of it but the second owner, who only had it for about 8 months trashed it. But with only 65000 miles on it at the time of purchase i got a hell of a deal i think.
Its a bit darker because its not fully dried. its just a bit damp to the touch as of when the pic was taken

[ijsaul]

Has anyone given Midnight Haze a try?

Carpet Replacement | 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Mitsubishi 3000GT [MA-3SCRK] - $139.00 : Midnight Auto Concepts (http://www.midnight-concepts.com/mitsubishi/mitsubishi_3000gt_interior/carpet_replacement)

[CoopKill]

Will most likely have the same fitment issues as the other aftermarket carpets.

[$$$PIT]

I just changed my interior colors. I pulled the tan carpet, took it to the car wash and washed it thoroughly. I let it dry and then used RIT dye to change it from tan to Charcoal gray. It turned out great. It cost me $12 and about 2 hrs work.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1892/carpetd.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/carpetd.jpg/)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7646/carpet2.jpg (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/carpet2.jpg/)

[Emilie@GZP]

Has anyone given Midnight Haze a try?

Carpet Replacement | 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Mitsubishi 3000GT [MA-3SCRK] - $139.00 : Midnight Auto Concepts (http://www.midnight-concepts.com/mitsubishi/mitsubishi_3000gt_interior/carpet_replacement)

you will not find a quality aftermarket carpet. They all fit like absolute CRAP.

[Dreamflange]

@ $$$pit

Wow man that looks really good. I'm sure the pics don't do it justice. I hope the die holds good. I've always wondered if it (the die) ever has transfer to things like shoe soles.

[lawdogg]

I dyed my old tan carpet with RIT dye and it worked well. The problem, though, was when it got wet it started wearing off a little bit. From like wet shoes, etc. I didn't have it long enough, though, to see how it held up over a period of years.

[mb3000]

:lol: @ aftermarket carpet.

When you open up the box and realize the drivers foot rest is on the wrong side, you put it back in the box and include it when the car is sold to "sweeten" the deal. :o