cgOne

Hey everyone! I recently bought an eh3, and it was obvious to me that the carpet wasn't stock. It looked like the carpet had been taken from another car, cut, and installed in mine, but in a very shoddy fashion to say the least.
Anyway, needless to say I've been looking around to find the best price to buy an OEM carpet. Several Honda dealerships that have a decent online sales program list the stock carpet as discontinued.
--> 83302-SR3-A20ZA MAT *NH167L* (GRAPHITE BLACK) (NA USE ALT: 83302-SR3-A10ZB) . Interior color: D-BLACK

So I went ahead and ordered the recommended alternative part, but when It arrived it ended up being more of a Grey color rather than Black. I know the pic of the tag stapled on the carpet clearly labels the item for a 2 door, but the description on the website states that this carpet is the ALT replacement for ALL 5th gen hatchbacks in Graphite Black as well as coupes.
So my question is, for those of you who know what the OEM Graphite Black Carpet looks like brand new, does this look proper to you?
My biggest problem is that I payed $375 for this "OEM" Carpet, but it doesn't quite seem to fit the OEM color scheme of my car. Nor does it resemble in any way Black like the carpet should be. But I could be wrong. So anyone who knows first hand, your opinion would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I'm just going to return the carpet and buy a black one from stockinteriors.com or something- For half the price..
I'm apologize for the funky sock, it was the first black item I found laying around that i could use as a contrast comparison.

Thanks everyone!

deschlong

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Whoa - it's really hard to tell with the lighting, etc. In poor lighting almost any given black will look grey, especially something textured like a carpet. I see your stankass sock is there to provide a comparison, but I still don't know if that works really well in a photograph.

Your best bet would be to compare to someone with a black interior already?

However, I do know that the carpeting in a 92 Si vs. my 94 CX was a little more washed out shade of black, so there are known differences.

thumper64

There are dyes, but then again, you could dye the carpet you have. Or just buy the carpet from the other place and dye that then.

g35silversurfer

I am bringing this from the dead,

because there was 3 of these carpets left in the US a couple months ago and i got one.

I have the exact same question as this guy has. same exact story as well.

Can anyone shed some light on this please.
oh,, and i've thought about doing this with mine:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...carpet../page9

werteg

So are you guys comparing the new to the old? I know the black interior carpet is a dark gray and the gray interior "light gray interior" has light gray carpet with floor mats. Yours looks like a charcoal gray instead of a flat gray.

g35silversurfer

no, we're not comparing new to old.

through the years honda changes part numbers for different reasons; new maker, different style, etc....

if you went to the dealership to buy new carpet for a eg hatch lately, they had a carpet in stock that had a different part number, in place of the old part and number.

this new part number carpet is called graphite black and is "in place" of the old black carpet for a eg hatch, HOWEVER,

it is very grey instead of black.
you know how the graphite black floor mats look grey, so does the carpet.

And I would just say all of the carpets are like that, but I've seen dark dark graphite black carpets before. atleast I think........

SHG_Claudio

It does look lighter than mine and I can overlook the lighting..

g35silversurfer

so do I rock the brand new oem carpet that's grey with my "grey" graphite black mats, or do I dye the carpet cuz it will look too light???

what's your thoughts??

SHG_Claudio

Heres a pic of my OEM one thats still pretty mint. Needs a good wash though.



I would leave it as is.

fungus mungus

2X that. I bought that same carpet over a year ago and was surprised that it wasn't really black. But it looks fine with a black interior. Monkeying around with black dye is only going to waste your time and make it look like shyte.

fm

g35silversurfer

thanks for the pic, and for the advice

mine's at the honda dealership waiting for me to pick up. I merely just went and opened the box to see what shade of color it is, and now I'm deciding wether to go back and get my money back, or bring it home to install it.

I could have sworn when i looked at it was light grey.
I almost told them nah, I'll take my $ back, but then i started looking into dyes.

I may just rock the grey.
or buy a couple used black one's and when I get them in the mail, I'll take them up to honda and compare.

It's going to cost me $420 at honda... because I want "brand new" carpet.

And well under $100 for nice used black carpet.
I'm just afraid the used one's will be all jacked up and the fibers will look like someone ate them and puked them back out onto the floor, if you know what I mean haha.

I dunno. When my floor mats are in right now, they look grey even though they're graphite black. I wonder if my carpet is light grey if I'll even notice when i'm in the car....?

g35silversurfer

anyone got pics of grey carpet in a hatch?

fungus mungus

Here's my OEM carpet, graphite black, purchased 1 year ago. I have different door panels now, but this will give you an idea.

fm

SHG_Claudio

Thats a hella nice interior man. Got more pics?

fungus mungus

Not of the car as it sits now. I've been planning on taking some more pics soon...I may shoot a couple later today and post them.

fm

Heart4Tuners

i have a 95 si with 'type d' black interior with mint carpets so ill take pics and put em up tomorrow so u can compare

g35silversurfer

please do.

Heart4Tuners

The one shot of the rear carpet was out of focus so the flash wouldn't blind the color. The carpet seems to be glossy and with the camera flash, looks like a very different color.