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Old 03-04-2004, 11:11 AM
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Default Anybody done lightweight carpet themselves(Cheap Stuff)?

I'm about halfway through with my cage and amd thinking about going with some lightweight carpet when it's done. I was thinking of getting the thin carpet they sell at home depot/sears/etc. I'm wondering how hard it is to install and what people are using to seal the seems. Any pics would be great.
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I've done it. Stock carpet was 38#, home depot thin carpet was 5#. It looked good too!
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any pics?
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Joe,

Mike has it in his Z28.

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i have seen it as well, it looks good when new, but after a while it starts to get worn.
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Year One stuff rocks!

14lbs and it's formed for the car.
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I did the upholstery shop free roll and it ended up weighing about 3-4lbs but it does wear quickly where your feet are and it holds small trash fragments way too easy but its the ticket for light weight and change it out about every other year or so. No pics but the color match is perfect and its cut to fit but its all good.
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I did the Home Depot roll stuff and it looks like *** after four months.

I'm putting stock full carpet back in.
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man trust me Ive done it both ways and the first looked good for the first month but then turned to crap. It is also a pain to get to match the curves of the car.

Second time I bite the bullet and got the speedinc carpet very light and excellant fit cant go wrong.

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