Speed Inc. lightweight carpet
11-15-2005, 03:37 PM
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I thought mine turned out pretty good, in the class i run, there cant be no metal showing and the interior needed to be carpeted and maintain a stock look.
Here is how i looked at it. When i installed my cage i wanted to offset the weight of the cage on the inside of the car. Between the carpet, race seats, removing the back seat and seat belts all the way around. I came pretty close. I was lucky enough to find someone going back to stock that needed the factory carpet and mine was already precut for the cage. Id do it again.
Here is how i looked at it. When i installed my cage i wanted to offset the weight of the cage on the inside of the car. Between the carpet, race seats, removing the back seat and seat belts all the way around. I came pretty close. I was lucky enough to find someone going back to stock that needed the factory carpet and mine was already precut for the cage. Id do it again.
11-15-2005, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ApacheDrill
I thought mine turned out pretty good, in the class i run, there cant be no metal showing and the interior needed to be carpeted and maintain a stock look.
Here is how i looked at it. When i installed my cage i wanted to offset the weight of the cage on the inside of the car. Between the carpet, race seats, removing the back seat and seat belts all the way around. I came pretty close. I was lucky enough to find someone going back to stock that needed the factory carpet and mine was already precut for the cage. Id do it again.
Here is how i looked at it. When i installed my cage i wanted to offset the weight of the cage on the inside of the car. Between the carpet, race seats, removing the back seat and seat belts all the way around. I came pretty close. I was lucky enough to find someone going back to stock that needed the factory carpet and mine was already precut for the cage. Id do it again.
Is yours the Speed Inc?
I already had no back seats or seatbelts and already had race seats. So if I want to get back down to my "pre cage" weight, some other stuff is going to have to come out.
Yeah, most events require carpet in the interior for the class I would run.
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11-15-2005, 04:13 PM
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Yeah its not that bad here, we have a few tracks local and beech bend isnt to far.
My carpet was from Speed. I had the car gutted for the cage and took my time getting it back together right. The only thing on the inside i didnt do at the time was HVAC and Airbags. I have recently dont both of them, if i had to do it all over again i would have done that at the same time as well.
I use to work in 16th CAV now i am back in 1st ATB.
My carpet was from Speed. I had the car gutted for the cage and took my time getting it back together right. The only thing on the inside i didnt do at the time was HVAC and Airbags. I have recently dont both of them, if i had to do it all over again i would have done that at the same time as well.
I use to work in 16th CAV now i am back in 1st ATB.
11-17-2005, 08:54 AM
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We recently (as of a day ago) found out that they have changed how they make the carpet. We are going to figure out what happened - but the carpets we just received to install at our shop is not only heavier but harder to work with.
11-17-2005, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jon @ Speed Inc
We recently (as of a day ago) found out that they have changed how they make the carpet. We are going to figure out what happened - but the carpets we just received to install at our shop is not only heavier but harder to work with.
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11-30-2005, 11:48 AM
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Does it look similar to stock however? I need to get new carpet for my bird, but mainly for cosmetic reasons and I dont know who else sells pre-molded carpet besides them and year one, and I think they're both the same price about.
11-30-2005, 12:23 PM
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Does anyone know if the Year One carpet made by the same company? I know that Speed Inc won't price match it because they say it's different but, I'm not sure if it's the same manufacturerer.
11-30-2005, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSSP
Does it look similar to stock however? I need to get new carpet for my bird, but mainly for cosmetic reasons and I dont know who else sells pre-molded carpet besides them and year one, and I think they're both the same price about.
If it's just for cosmetic and not for weight reduction, I'd get stock. This one doesn't fit well, so that's a cosmetic ding.
11-30-2005, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TWS
If it's just for cosmetic and not for weight reduction, I'd get stock. This one doesn't fit well, so that's a cosmetic ding.
I would imagine the year one carpet would fit fairly well, they're usually good about QC.
12-01-2005, 10:05 AM
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Well so far we have yet to get any real info - we are doing our best to see what was changed and why - and if they will go back. We put a new carpet in our shop car when we had the full cage put in and that one was just as all the others before it. We were doing an install on a car a few weeks back and the carpet was totally different. We had them send out a new one and to our surprise it was identical to the problem one.
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12-04-2005, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon @ Speed Inc
We are 99% sure we have it figured out but I would rather wait and see this new carpet they are sending out to make sure 100% it is made they way it should be.
