Im looking to re-fab the inside of my accord, after almost 14 years, its lookin pretty dreary. The carpets pretty tore up, so i found this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWD1V

my question is, has anyone ever used this product, or attempted something like this? How hard is it? Any tips/pointers.

If i do end up getting this, im probably going to end up pulling all the sound-deadening material out of the cab as well. Any tips on that as well would be greatly appreciated.

 

looks good
Try it out and let me know

 

Something that you're going to have to keep a long time like your upholstery I would spend a little extra and get something from a reputable company. Look at JC Whitney and the like, they probably carry something similar. I would also advise you NOT to take out the sound deadening. While this will save a small amount of weight, you will have a lot more road noise, and it's a huge pain the *** to remove.

 

that is ACC brand carpet, and IIRC JC Whitney also sells ACC as do many other carpet retailers. I bought a ACC carpet for my Civic off of eBay (figure find it the cheapest so if it doesn't fit well it's not as big of a loss).

first thing, from what I've been told they use a general floor pan from a range of years for that vehicle. Thats why they don't always fit quite right.

Now in my situation... I took the carpet out of the box and laid it out in the sun for about an hour or so while I finished removing a few things from the car to install the carpet. This allowed the carpet to take it's normal shape and not it's crumpled up boxed shape. I first test fit the best I could without cutting anything to make sure it was an OK fit. If it's not most of the retailers will exchange for free as long as it hasn't been cut and it is infact not to spec, meaning they put it back in the mold and see how it looks. After that, I measured a couple main parts and made some cuts to the carpet. Put it in and got a good idea of what I was looking at. Some areas fit much better than others but overall I would say it was a 7 out of 10. I took my time making sure to "measure twice cut once" and make sure the carpet was where I wanted it. By taking my time it turned out very nice. Got a lot of compliments on it.

I think some of the horror stories come from people who rushed it or just cut it wrong. These carpets require you to cut EVERYTHING. so if you mess up it's obviously not going to look right. If you take your time and measure twice cut once it should turn out pretty good, just don't expect OEM fitment. If you want OEM fitment go order a new carpet from Honda which is going to cost.

as for the sound deadening, i would leave it. It does more good than harm being there. But if you really want to remove it, dry ice seems to be the best method from what I've seen others post. Get some dry ice, break it up into chunks and spread it out over the sound deadening material. Wait for the material to get hard and brittle, then just use a putty knife or something to chip it all away.

 

isnt dry ice bad if you touch it. I heard it freezes your hand and then you're screwed.

 

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That's why you wear gloves

 

i second the dry ice method. i have seen it post all over to remove it sound deading material. if you have daily ride, its better to leave it in. if your doing a project/street or race car then every little bit of weight removed can help. dry ice isn't bad. once you touch it, you learn quick to not hold it without something on your hands though. thing is that its so cold that it sticks to you.