carpet in my car

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:51 am

if i took the carpet out of my car and put it in a big inflatable swimming bath full of black dye, would it die the carpet properly and would it look good??

L'enfant terrible · Post by **L'enfant terrible** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:57 am

Surely new carpets would be cheaper than a paddling pool of black dye...

chrisjames · Post by **chrisjames** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:09 pm

What colour are your carpets already?

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:17 pm

Why not just get either a new one, or glue on a new cloth on your old one, doesn't cost that much and woudl give good result, planning to do this myself this winter

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:23 pm

they are a dingy grey, but i found a special car carpet dye kit, whey you sponge it on or spray it on.

i was looking at new ones but dont know where to start as i couldnt find ones for polos that can be made. all i found were ones for golfs luppos,

would normal black cloth do it, as in cover the grey properly??

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:48 pm

or has any one dyed there carpets???

which do you think the best methods is??

stevie boy · Post by **stevie boy** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:23 pm

i swapped the carpet in mine with a dark carpet out another polo
i found in the scrappy.i had a good look round and found one that
was in pretty good nic and bone dry.still gave it a mighty shampoo
session when i got home though

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:15 pm

stevie boy is the carpet in the 6n2 a dark grey does it look better than the mk4 one

stevie boy · Post by **stevie boy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:20 pm

clarkson wrote:stevie boy is the carpet in the 6n2 a dark grey does it look better than the mk4 one

i got mine out another mk4 mate.the dark carpet in the 6N2 looks pretty much the same as the one i got.maybe a different shade but thats about it

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:31 pm

what year was the mk4 pal???

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:47 pm

Don't dye it mate. Your asking for trouble. It's hard to get a solid even coat, it smells and over time it'll wear off.

clarkson · Post by **clarkson** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:58 pm

dont think ill be dying it anymore mate, ill just keep my eye out at the scrappys

stevie boy · Post by **stevie boy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:57 pm

clarkson wrote:what year was the mk4 pal???

T-reg mate