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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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I was thinking about ripping out the carpet and putting down fleece instead. Anyone have any opinions or experience on doing this?
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There are some really good threads on this in this section, search for ozite, or lightweight carpet.
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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Yea, ive read all those, im talking about fleece like material. I just picked some stuff up and am putting it in now. weighs about 1 pound, maybe 2 for all of it

I'll take some pics when im done
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Everything came out fine, just took some patience to make sure there weren't any wrinkles. now we just see if it holds up
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Looks good...

Do you mind telling info about the material? I m planning on going to the fabric store this weekend with my wife anyway so I might as well look into this stuff. What is it called, what brand/manufacturer, any details would be helpful...
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I just picked up the stuff at Jo-ann fabrics. It was in there fleece section but its not really fleece. Its just a piled material that resembles carpet. I was going to just use regular fleece but this stuff looks like carpet so i got it instead. so theres no real manufacturer info or anything, i'd just look around til i found something i liked
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I just picked up the stuff at Jo-ann fabrics. It was in there fleece section but its not really fleece. Its just a piled material that resembles carpet. I was going to just use regular fleece but this stuff looks like carpet so i got it instead. so theres no real manufacturer info or anything, i'd just look around til i found something i liked
That great because it is a jo-ann fabrics that my wife wants to go to anyway...

What was the price per yard for this stuff, if you don't mind me asking?
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i bought 4.5 yds and had a little left over. $25 i think? The only crappy part is the fabric isnt quite wide enough to go across the whole car so i had to cut it to go around the center console so it would stretch to the sides, then i put the extra back down in the middle after i was done. but its really wasnt a big deal, just would been nice if it was about 8 inches wider
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