rbanke

I didnt see much about headliners or carpet and i just finished my install for both on my 96 civic hatch and figured why not give you guys some info on my experience.

Bought both the headliner kit (medium size) and the carpet from http://www.stockinteriors.com. recieved it in less than a week from order.

carpet: they explain on their website that you should remove the carpet from the box and let it sit in the sun for a bit (over the old carpet if you can) and that is what i did. at first it had lots of creases but they all smoothed out after it warmed up (the backing is pretty similar to the stock carpet and it also had new juke padding attached). To install, I laid the old carpet over the new one and drew out all the holes with some chalk. I then put the carpet in the car and made sure everything lined up as it should. I did notice that even though the new carpet is molded from the same pan, not every bump is exact, so make sure not to cut the holes untill you must. After lining it all up i removed it and cut only the shifter area. I reinstalled the carpet and working from the middle, smoothed everything untill it was formed well to the floor. then i made the rest of the cuts. All in all the new carpet looks damn good and wasnt so much of a pain to install. I cant stress enough that you need to be very careful to cut only when your sure of the holes because there was a few of my chalk marks that werent right on the first time.

Headliner: Replacing a headliner is pretty straightforrward. After removing it, I pulled off the old headliner and noticed all the foam was still attached to the backer board. They reccomend using a wire brush to remove it. I used a 3m scotchbright disc on my drill to remove the foam, this took about 30-60 min to clean everything up. After that i laid the new headliner on the board and folded half over onto itself. Then sprayed the included adhesive on both the foam side of the headliner and the board. After a few minutes i started rolling the headliner back over the board stretching it a bit. When you do this, its important to remember that once the headliner and board make contact, it will be bonded. so go slow and avoid getting any wrinkles in the fabric. I repeated the process for the opposite side. After this I had enough material left over for my visors. This was a bitch. I took apart the visors and removed the cloth, The visors basically unfold to 2 halfs. The mirrors must be detached from the visors (i choose to leave them off). After this it was as simple as spraying adhesive on both the fabric and the visor, and smoothing them on. To put them back together, i trimmed the cloth leaving about 1/5 inch around the visor, then made small cuts at the corners. Next i sprayed some adhesive on the edges and folded the headliner material over to smooth out the edges of the visor. I then put some wood glue on the inside of the visor backer board and folded them back together. I put 4 light clamps around the edges to make sure it would hold tight and it seemed to work out nice

All in all, it cost me about 140 bucks for both the carpet and headliner. only took a few hours work (the car is 100% dissassembled allready so take into account time for pulling interior pieces out) and the result is really nice. I saw this company on ebay and wasnt so sure about them. but the price made me try it out. I would reccomend it to anyone interested in either a new headliner or carpet

Hopefully this post isnt to hard to read and maybe actually helpful to someone
-Rich

BlueIntegraBoy

iTrader: (5)

Post pics of the new carpet

DJ_SaNdOz

pics?

rbanke

should have the interior stuff all put back in in a few days, I'll post a few then.

ydoubleonie

can you put up a step by step guide in getting the headliner down... i need help wit that...

patrick4588

iTrader: (1)

sorry to bump an old thread, but did you get the ultra plush or mass backing as options? could you post some pictures?

SYNSEI

X2.

lupin5

Was wondering how good the carpet is from this place. In for pics

pixel71

I am also sorry for bumping an old thread but....

I just finished installing the same carpet from them, very good quality, I did order WITH the mass backing and it is quite thicker than OEM, the only problem area was along the door sills where it goes under the plastic trim. like the OP said, only cut after you've placed the carpet and you are sure its right

Setsuna F Seiei

can they do custom floor mats? I have some bride fabric i can send them

Draggin99Si

Here is the carpet laying in the hot sun in my living room:





Here is my window which shoots the hot sun beam directly onto the carpet to mold it back into shape to get rid of all the wrinkles. Originally I wanted black, but damn their black was wayyyy to black, much darker than the OEM black Honda floor mats, so I opted for the next darkest color, which they call charcoal. It's a little darker than the OEM dark gray Honda carpet. The 2nd photo above is without the flash and is more representative of what the color looks truly looks like.



The quality of the stockinteriors.com carpet is excellent. I got the Ultra Plush version along with Mass Backing. This is twice as thick and heavy as OEM carpet. The only downside is that you need to cut every single little hole and openings which will be a major pain in the ***. I'm currently analyzing how to tackle this. I already bought some white chalk and about to draw on the new carpet. I hope I don't mess up with my cuts.

Draggin99Si

Here you can see that the new carpet is twice as thick as the OEM carpet. Since this is the Ultra Plush version, there is twice as my fibers as normal, definitely many more fibers crammed into every single square inch as compared to the stock carpet. The fibers are also longer or taller.



I also got the heavy as hell Mass Backing, which is a thick rubber mat on the underside. This will provide more cushion once installed and also will be good for noise insulation.



OEM Honda dark gray vs. StockInteriors.com charcoal. Notice the new carpet is darker. It is a mean gunmetal color.

Draggin99Si

Holy ****** chit this has not been a fun process at all. One small mistake, and you're dead meat. Luckily I put a lot of thought and planning into my meticulous incisions.

My chalkwork............





After vacumming the messy shreds.......



A closeup of my cuts, a little different than stock at the front to make installation of the carpet easier around the factory wires.

Draggin99Si

Interior looks new again with this new carpet in there......

56K_EM1

NICE! I should do that.