Red Carpet & Emblem Pros pics
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Red Carpet & Emblem Pros pics Ok, so before I post anything up, I know that alot of people hate red carpet and may call it ricey, gaudy, tacky, and just plain ugly. I want to encourage you to post up if you like it or not and why, but just don't let it turn into a hatefest.
Ok, now to the meat and potatoes.
Having a convertible is awesome, but when it rains it sucks major ***, the original carpet has been waterlogged more times than I can count and just looked shitty from 16 years of abuse.
Now to the pics.
When I ripped out the old stuff this is what I found.
I scrubbed all that rust down with WD40 and sand paper.
There was about ten bucks in change under there.
And some other stuff.
The old ****.
The new stuff.
Installed.
Now on to the emblem pros.
They'll be here in a day or two.
I'll let that be a surprise for yall, until I get them on.
EDIT: Check Post #22 for emblem pros pics.
Ok, now to the meat and potatoes.
Having a convertible is awesome, but when it rains it sucks major ***, the original carpet has been waterlogged more times than I can count and just looked shitty from 16 years of abuse.
Now to the pics.
When I ripped out the old stuff this is what I found.
I scrubbed all that rust down with WD40 and sand paper.
There was about ten bucks in change under there.
And some other stuff.
The old ****.
The new stuff.
Installed.
Now on to the emblem pros.
They'll be here in a day or two.
I'll let that be a surprise for yall, until I get them on.
EDIT: Check Post #22 for emblem pros pics.
Last edited by Johnny-LT1-runner; May 7, 2010 at 02:55 PM.
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It's all from stock interiors dot com.
The mats had a GM holographic tag on them. They are really nice. The binding is actually twine as opposed to vinyl that most brands come with.
The fitment was pretty good on the carpet, it's just hard to make it settle when it's 50 pounds. The front fits like factory, but the back is kind of finicky because of the humps for the seats, since I'm not putting the rears in I just threw it in there for now and am letting it settle in for a week or so in the heat.
It feels and smells like a new car now. The inside is so inviting and warm looking too.
The mats had a GM holographic tag on them. They are really nice. The binding is actually twine as opposed to vinyl that most brands come with.
The fitment was pretty good on the carpet, it's just hard to make it settle when it's 50 pounds. The front fits like factory, but the back is kind of finicky because of the humps for the seats, since I'm not putting the rears in I just threw it in there for now and am letting it settle in for a week or so in the heat.
It feels and smells like a new car now. The inside is so inviting and warm looking too.
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From: I'm on a boat! in Shreveport, La
I was real careful in picking out a color. I had several different samples sent until I found the perfect match for the seats, which are GM's "Flame Red".
As someone who owns a convertible with red carpet let me drop some caution, unless you're the type who drives a convertible and never puts the top down, constant sun exposure may fade the red to a nice dried blood brown after a while (I speak from experiance). In hind site I wish I had gone with black - probably hides fadeing better. Maybe theres some kind of carpet treatment in a bottle out there?
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As someone who owns a convertible with red carpet let me drop some caution, unless you're the type who drives a convertible and never puts the top down, constant sun exposure may fade the red to a nice dried blood brown after a while (I speak from experiance). In hind site I wish I had gone with black - probably hides fadeing better. Maybe theres some kind of carpet treatment in a bottle out there?
