Eric Stauch
Nasty87
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2008
looking in to getting new carpet for my 87 GN, anyplace got nice quality reproduction carpet? Thanks. Eric.
I bought ACC carpet for my WH1 ( grey ) and it turned green also. Factory carpet on bottom of door panels still looks perfect. I bought my car new. It did not sit in the sun. Everybody sells ACC carpet. I found a site Varkmotors.com I think I am going to try theirs. They got the emboidery for the mats too.Probably not the warmest time of the yr to do this, but laying it out in the sun will help get the fold wrinkles out, and make it easier to install.
1 place I've found that CAN cause a headache, is the sill plate area. I always do that last, and after I re-install the seats, etc. This pushes the carpet as far away from the sills as possible. Then trim. Like many other things in life, being an inch short doesn't "git'r done"!
In the FWIW dept: Last GN carpet I got from ACC turned green!
When I complained, I was told the govt controls the chemicals in the dyes...we can't help you.
[quote="LIVE4RDO,ACC - Auto Custom Carpets
letr's get the record straight on carpet and ACC. i am V.P. of sales, been in carpet business since the 80's. 5 years ago, we had an issue with green dye migrating out of gray carpet. four things can be the cause. high heat during the molding process can cause the green pigment migrate to the surface of the fibers. second can be chlorides in salt or cleaners to bleach out the various blended colors in the dye mix. third is UV sun rays. the fourth can be a poor dye mix that doesn't permiate the yarn during the dye process. this turned out to be the biggest culprit back then. we buy our carpet from dorsett carpet in dalton, ga. we have bought from them for almost 6 years. i am on the front line with customer complaints of any kind. we guarantee our carpets for any quality issue for 12 months. full replacement. have never heard the government involvement story before, that's a first. all our carpet is 100% nylon. UV rays will degrade any nylon carpet, rot it out, bleach it white. i have factory carpet pieces showing this stored in my office. i don't know what the mfg date was on the green carpet, so i'm not able to help on that one. anyone who wants to chat on this can call me through the office @ 8006332358. as for heavy carpet we have a line that is twice the wt of our normal carpet. sadly, it has a dozen colors and none match well with your cars. hope this helpsIs there any quality carpet out there for a Limited T? For some reason, the carpet on a Limited seems 'plusher' than the replacement carpet and mats available. The ACC carpet doesnt look like it would match the lower door panels on a Limited T.
l. i am V.P. of sales, been in carpet business since the 80's. s
V.P. of sales for who?