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This post was last modified: 07-28-2008 06:50 PM by haggard.

Only downfall is that jet black is going to show every little grain of sand.

I think it'll look alot better than that dirty brown or what ever dirty color it is now. I say try it and post pics before and after. GL!

Black , a dark blue or dark grey (depending on the color of your car) anything's better than sh!t brown stains!!!

This post was last modified: 07-22-2008 01:23 PM by gofastredfit.

Just make sure that the curtains match...........

*laughing*

well im gonna start tearing apart my interior, pics up later tonight.

before cleaning... REALLY bad.




after cleaning, still pretty bad.




good news is that under the carpet, besides some dirt, is in great shape.


now i need to figure out how to dye it... your suppose to put this dye in a bowl and sit whatever it is you want to dye in it... it would have to be a big bowl to fold that carpet up into.

try one of those cheapo plastic kiddy pools?
theyre only like 3 bucks

that is a very good idea, i will see what i can do.

i have a big plastic bucket, and the carpet is sitting inside of it now soaking up some dye. its not gonna be jet black, it will be a very dark gray, almost black. ill prob let it stay for in for 2 days.

i wonder what my neighbors think of me? i was outside earlier stirring a big bucket full of black fluid. they prob think im crazy.

thats when its the most fun though!

the dye worked great, but apparently i had spilled some oil at one point on the carpet. so now im getting the oil out of the carpet because it stopped the dye in a few places, but other than that the color turned out great. im cleaning the carpet now and will let it sit overnight again to see if it helps.

dude!
that rainbow color is cool!
soak the whole thing in oil and make it all look like that

dude!
that rainbow color is cool!
soak the whole thing in oil and make it all look like that

haha, no. but if you want to start the trend be my quest.

be your quest eh?
i might dont tempt me

im gonna bring shag carpeting back as well....

This post was last modified: 07-24-2008 04:59 PM by omsinsi.

here it is! i need to go down to the car wash and use there big ass vacuums, because mine wont suck up any dirt.






for only 16 bux and some change, plus a few days, ive completely turned that carpet around.

This post was last modified: 07-28-2008 06:54 PM by haggard.

^Looks good bro! Def. better than before!^

looks real good!! great job

That looks good bro.[/i]

woahhh dang
wanna do my car now??? haha jk
how long did this take u and the cost of material?

Dude that looks sweet.
+1 for you

thanks guys.

cost was 16 dollars, which bought 6 packs of Rit dye. then after i sprayed the carpet clean, i let it sit in the dye for 2 days. then took it out and let it dry in the sun then threw it back in the car.

i love DIY projects, so im always trying to find something to do with my car.

Nice work I might try this with mine instead of spending the money on carpet from the junk yard

but since u put it back in are u getting black everywhere since u didnt rinse the dye out

wow that came out good

nope. I let it dry in the sun, i can rub my hand across it and no dye comes out.

wow thats awesome. you should make up a step by step DIY for us i would use it for sure, that carpet turned out brilliant.

wow thats awesome. you should make up a step by step DIY for us i would use it for sure, that carpet turned out brilliant.

pretty self explanatory.
1. take carpet out of car
2. clean carpet
3. put carpet in dye
4. when ready, let dry
5. put it back in the car

did you end up using a kiddy pool or what? i can deal with takin the carpet out cleaning it and mixing the dye, i'm just curious as to how exactly you went about dying it.