How many of you guys have replaced your carpet?

[ssimons1]

I have a question. Are all of the carpet pieces on the door panel for the 1st Gens Gray? Almost every car I have seen personally have gray on the door skin? My carpet is tan. Is there a match?

[Emilie@GZP]

All 91-95 models have gray carpet trim, no matter what color interior you had (charcoal, red, or cream/beige). 96+, the door panel carpet trim was color coded to the interior, since the door panels were color matched to the carpet/seats also. So, tan interior had tan carpet, black interior had black carpet.

[ssimons1]

Good to know. I figured as much but I thought I would ask an expert!
Thanks

[Intropy]

I cleaned and dyed my carpet black - it looked FANTASTIC afterwards but obviously didn't match the rest of the interior. It didn't bother me though.

[n2nsanity]

I was considering some real black carpet on ebay. Maybe I'll just try cleaning mine. Thanks for the tips.
I would like to have a black/gray or black/charcoal interior tho. I think I would like that color scheme a lot better than charcoal everything.

[Rakuny]

I cleaned and dyed my carpet black - it looked FANTASTIC afterwards but obviously didn't match the rest of the interior. It didn't bother me though.

This is what I did to, amazing what just the cleaning did. After dying with RIT dye it looks absolutely brand new.
imo your best option.. cheap and way way less hassle

[$$$PIT]

This is what I did to, amazing what just the cleaning did. After dying with RIT dye it looks absolutely brand new.
imo your best option.. cheap and way way less hassle

Same here. I changed the color of my interior from the tan to charcoal/dove gray. Cleaned and dyed the carpet with RIT and it looks spectacular.

[green-lantern]

Start by pulling the old one out and giving it a good steam cleaning. I have gotten some really nasty ones to come out looking almost brand new with just a really good cleaning. I used a lot of Oxy clean and good coarse brush. Work it in really good. Then I hit the whole thing with my home heated rug cleaner. Damn carpet looked brand new when I was done. Took about 3 hours of cleaning but well worth it in the end.

diluted purple power (for carpets, I usually keep it relatively strong still, more diluted for seats, dash, etc), and a good scrub brush. vacuum. repeat as necessary. I have gotten some of the NASTIEST carpets and interiors (seats included) to look brand new again with this stuff. However, some stains just do not come out no matter what you do. But that would be my first recommendation. pull the seats out, and you can clean it just fine while still in the car. Not necessary to pull it out of the car completely

I pulled the charcoal carpet from my Stealth and power washed it with diluted Simple Green concentrate. Then I left it in the driveway to dry over the course of a couple 90* days.

It looked just about new when I was done.

Did they ever make a black factory carpet? I can't remember....

Thanks guys, I'll give this a try 1st. This interior was perfect when I got the car so maybe I can get that carpet back to 90% anyway lol

I cleaned and dyed my carpet black - it looked FANTASTIC afterwards but obviously didn't match the rest of the interior. It didn't bother me though.

I should have got you to bring yours back to TN. I could have had a famous interior!!!!!

Same here. I changed the color of my interior from the tan to charcoal/dove gray. Cleaned and dyed the carpet with RIT and it looks spectacular.

WOW that's much better. Nice job!

[familyMAN]

Same here. I changed the color of my interior from the tan to charcoal/dove gray. Cleaned and dyed the carpet with RIT and it looks spectacular.

That's great! I was considering purchasing used gray carpet; this is a much better idea! Which color of gray RIT did you get and how did you do it exactly?

[CoopKill]

+1 on the carpet kit suck ass...

Got it in, and almost acceptable, but crap fitment for sure...

Oh, and someone mentioned Oxyclean. Save yourselves some serious cash if you use this product, as it is only hydrogen peroxide which can be had stupid cheap...