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Search is down and i want to know does anyone have a DIY write up on how to dye a carpet. thanks in advance for your help.

super jdm yo

i found this awhile back ago, but i can't find the link anymore


This "How-To" was made for the interga but can be done for any car just scroll down to the actual painting part and skip the taking stuff off...

The article can also be found here (with pictures): CLICK

Introduction:

Well being that most of our cars are getting on in age (14+years) the interior fabrics in our cars are starting to take a lot of abuse. This DIY will help revive some of that "new car" look to your interior. This article will require a little more time and patience than your normal DIY. You may want to think about leaving your car off the road for a weekend if you want to do this right.

Tools:

* 2 Cans of SEM Colorcoat (Will cost you about $35 CAD w/ Tax, I got mine at the local auto upholsters). I used black obviously

* 1 Plastic Brush (You will need this for rubbing the dye into the carpet)

* (Optional) Steam Cleaner & Cleaner solution (In Canada we can rent these @ our grocery stores. This is for getting the carpet REALLY clean. You can also steam clean your front and rear seats while you've got it). I rented mine at a Safeway (cost me $60 CAD for the cleaner, upholstery accessories, and a bottle of cleaner). I also steam cleaned my entire interior while I was at it.

* Misc wrenches and screwdrivers (for removing the interior)

* Some sort of breathing apparatus for spraying (don't be dumb with your body)

* (Optional) Febreeze Auto (or other odor remover)

Total Time Required: At least 1 day if you plan on doing this properly.


Step 1: Removing Interior Pieces

Well the first step in dying the carpet is going to be removing it from the car. There are a few different ways to do this (I ended up cutting a little bit of my carpet and spared taking apart a lot of my dash.).

You will need to do the following: (I'll detail each one a little better below)
-Remove rear seats
-Remove front seats
-Remove E-brake cover
-Remove centre Console & Shifter
-Doorjamb running boards (That plastic pieces that pin the carpet down near the doors)
-Remove seat belt (Female end)
-Remove lower half of seat belt (Male end)
-Remove fuse panel cover
-Remove the dead pedal
-Remove other misc interior panels


** NOTE: The following details aren't perfect; I was going by memory when I was taking them out. So there may be some bolts etc that I forgot about.** E-mail me with anything I may have left out and I'll fix it.

Details:
Removing Rear Seats:
1) Start by prying off the carpet attached to the back of the rear seats. They are held on by using clips (don't lose them, you will need them later). Just give them a good tug and they will come out

2) You should now see some brackets at the bottom with bolts through them. Start by taking the passenger side out first. Then the driver side should just pop out. Make sure you keep note of how the passenger side and driver sides of the rear seats are mated together. You will need to remember that when you go to put them back in.

3) Now with the first part of the back seats out you should see a small bolt holding in the rest of the rear seat. Simply take this out and then pull the front of the seat up (it's held in by a little L shaped bracket that goes in). You've finished taking the back seats out.

Details:
Removing Front Seats:

1) There are 4 brackets holding the front of each seat down. Start by taking the front brackets out (There's only 1 bolt holding it down). Slide the seat ALL the way back to expose the bolt enough. You should also unscrew the small piece in front of the driver side seat (This was to hold the OEM floor mat in place). 1 Phillips screw holds it in.

2) Next slide the seat all the way forward to expose the rear brackets. They will have a small plastic cover over top of them. Simply take a flathead screwdriver and pry one end up towards you. Then it should come off easily after that. Then unscrew those bolts and the seat should come right out.

3) Repeat for the passenger side seat.

Details:
Removing E-Brake cover.

1) You should see a small black "cover" that is hiding 2 Robertson screws just ahead of the e-brake. Unscrew these. There is also 1 more just behind the e-brake handle. Remove any other screws, then simply pop it off.

Details:
Removing centre Console and shifter:

1) Take off your driver and passenger side kick panels (Those are just held on by a few Phillips screws). After you have removed them, it should expose 4 screws (2 that screw the console UP and 2 the screw it in). Unscrew those. Next, there is also 2 more screws along the sides of the console. Remove them. It should now come out (unless I forgot about some more screws)

Details:
Removing running boards:

1) Open up the door and you will see the plastic piece running along the door jam. You will have to start on one end and pull up with a few tugs. The clips should start coming out (it's only held in with clips). Move your way along until all of them come out. Repeat for the passenger side. You may think you're about to break it, but it should come right up.

Details:
Removing seatbelts:

1) These are very easy to remove. There's a small cover that you will need to remove first to expose the bolts. Pry it out using a flathead screwdriver. Now unbolt it and put them aside. (Note for the driver side female end there is a small electrical connector). Simply push down the small leaver and then pull it apart.

Details:
Removing the fuse panel

1) Simply pop off the fuse panel cover and you should see 1 bolt inside of it that's screwing it down. Take this out, then there should be 1 more holding it in as well. Screw that out and then it should come out.

Details:
Removing the dead pedal

1) To get the carpet out, this has to come out. The dead pedal is the pedal beside the clutch. It's more of a footrest. To get it out you have to take the "cover" off to expose the nuts. If you look at it closley, you will see a small outline around the inner part of it. It doesn't look like it pops off but it does. Just jam it in there and pop it off. Then unscrew the nuts for it.

Details:
Removing misc interior parts

1) There might be a few more parts that I forgot to list. There's a small piece on the passenger side. Opposite of where the fuse panel would be on the passenger side. This needs to come out to get the carpet out.

EMAIL me if I've left anything out in my details. I'll add it in

Ok now that you've got most of this stuff out, take a BREAK! Grab a beer and sit down for a bit

Step 2 : Removing the carpet


Now that you've got all the interior pieces out, you're ready to take the carpet out.

1) Start by taking out all the clips you can see. There are about 5 along where the back seats were. Take a pair of needle-nose pliers and pull them up.

2) There are also some up at the front up under the dash, in each corner and one in the middle. There will also be some small Velcro pieces holding it down. Remove those, and you should now have all the clips out.

3) This is where I saved myself some time and headache by cutting my carpet. Rather than remove the desk and all the other pieces I simply cut a straight line under the dash towards the front of the car. That way I could pull it out. You will see that the centre console bolts into the body and it would be A LOT more effort to remove all this. I decided to cut the carpet from there forward that way I could peel it around the console. . If you want you can remove the rest of the centre console and not cut your carpet. Personally, you will never see it's cut when it's back in and I would just lay a small bead of silicon or rubber down and then press it down so it doesn't move at all.

4) You should now be able to remove carpet freely (If you cut it). There may be a few spots where it's stuck down (if you spilled something). So just reach your hand underneath and push it up.

Step 3: Part 1 of Cleaning (Vacuum)

The most important part in this is CLEANING the carpet. Make sure you take your time in doing this step as your carpet will only turn out as good as the prep job you did.

Step 1) Get out your trusty vacuum and go to town. Your carpet will most likely have a lot of grime in there. What I did was take the plastic brush and run the brush in all directions while I vacuumed. This made sure that I got all of dirt "agitated" so that I could vacuum it. It took me about 45 minutes just to do this step.

Step 3: Part 2 of Cleaning (Steam Clean) *Optional*

I recommend doing this, but if it's not in your budget or time, then you can skip it providing you do a good job vacuuming the carpet. If you are steam cleaning , I recommend using some spot cleaner on the stubborn parts. It will probably take a good hour to do this. This should be fairly straightforward though.
Step 4: Part 3 of Cleaning (Febreeze) * Optional *


While I had the carpet out I decided I'd get rid of any odors I might have had (my car didn't smell bad, I just figured I would do this while I had the opportunity).

I took a bottle of Febreeze Auto and sprayed the backside of the carpet (not the black part). If any odors had got through the carpet and into the bottom material, I figured this was the only way to get rid of it. So I gave it a good spray on the backside and let it sit outside for a while.
Step 5: Dying / Staining the carpet.

You will want to take this outside to do, as it could get messy. Lay down some newspaper in the area so you will not over spray onto your pavement etc.

Get your brush and some sort of breather filter. This stuff isn't any good for you to inhale, so take the time to get a good organic mask if you don't have one.

I did mine in "sections", Ie the front driver side / passenger side. Start by spraying it in a small section then use the brush to rub it in. You want to make sure you rub in ALL directions. If you just sprayed this stuff on, it would make your carpet very stiff. Rub it in all directions so that it will cover each individual fibre. This will make it softer and really get the dye in there. I used 1 can total on the front section, and another on the rear section. Take a 5 min break between coats.

Tip: Make sure you rub it in using a brush and doing it in all directions. This insures that it separates all the fibers. If you just sprayed it on and left it, it would become a very crusty carpet.

Tip: LIGHT coats are best with this stuff, just have patience and do small coats at a time and rub it in. The lighter the coats, the better it will turn out.

Let the carpet dry overnight before you put it back in. I'd also suggest taking a brush after you have let it dry overnight and giving it another scrub. This will insure that you get up any extra dye left over. You don't want this stuff coming out onto your clothes or feet.

DONE

Step 6: Re-installation.

Obviously install everything in reverse order that you took it out. While I had all of this out, I took the opportunity to give everything a good vacuum and cleaned off all the interior parts as well.

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GANGSTA!!!!!! thanks bro when i do it i will take pictures and make my own DIY how to. thanks again