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    Replacement carpet?

    I'm looking at replacing the interior carpet on my legnum - the beige effect is now decidedly dirty and patchy (thanks to a previous Japanses smoker!).

    I tried to clean it but the carpet moulding seems to be mainly plastic with a very thin layer of plastic fibre that just doesn't seem to respond to detergents or steam cleaners at all.

    After looking over a couple of the magazines in WHSmiths it seems the done thing is to get your car retrimmed. But how easy is it to do yourself?

    For a laugh I got a quote from Mitsubishi for a replacement carpet - £600 + VAT!!!!!

    So, I'm looking at doing it myself. Has anybody tried this?

    I have had the seats out to replace them with electric seats so it doesn't seem too hard to get the carpet out - but how can I re-cover it / replace it with new stuff? Regular carpet wouldn't stretch around the moulding corners with out some crafty snipping and hidden stitching. I thought about Alcantara (relatively cheap on ebay and I wouldn't need too much) - would this stretch and form around the mouldings? Presumably I would glue it onto the existing dirty carpet moulding.

    Thoughts? Or can anybody recommend a good value retrimmer that could do it for less than £600?

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    Phosty - I had this issue with Ariadne. The Japanese owners appear to have smoked more than my Golf does. I got good results from a 'Rug Doctor' (available from B&Q and Focus DIY) after steam cleaning didn't work. See here:

    http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11597

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    This might be just what you need - About £200!!

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chrysler-New-Q...QQcmdZViewItem

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    Bloody hell Mart, is your signature image big enough? Nice black cab BTW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Caveman
    This might be just what you need - About £200!!

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chrysler-New-Q...QQcmdZViewItem

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    Unfortunatley not. I checked the listing and the Galants this carpet fits are the 'GA, GB GC and GD'. These are the pre-1979 Chrysler Galants, the same shape as my coupe.

    Might be worth asking if they can cut a custom set for you?

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    I sent him an email. Might be difficult to get them made up unless we can get an old one to him to work from. Any members in Victoria, Australia?

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    Quote Originally Posted by phosty
    I sent him an email. Might be difficult to get them made up unless we can get an old one to him to work from. Any members in Victoria, Australia?
    Nip over to ozvr4.com - They might have a member who can help!

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