Well I am at the point of deciding what color carpet to do on my changover in my car. I was originally thinking of doing the Royal blue carpet to go with my Black-n-Blue theme, but I don't want to overdo the blue. Should I go with blue or black carpet?

How my interior looks now:


Would the blue carpet be overkill? Here are the carpet color choices:
(Royal Blue)

(Black)

 

Black....

Blue would be very overboard

 

Black...blue would be very bad..clean your stearing wheel cover while you are at it lol.

 

no need to..... https://mustangboards.com/the-lounge/11004-sweet.html

 

hey rabbit, was your interior always black with tan carpet and seats? or did you dye some of it? i have pics on the site somewhere with my interior, i put red carpet in with black floor mats and everything else is black but i think the blue painted pieces will be overdoing it. i say get black carpet.

 

no, it was all parchment (2 tone... uke: ) I hated it. I didn't dye any of it. I used Dupli-color vinyl and carpet paint. I saw them using it on Unique Whips and figured I would try it out. Stuff works great! I've only got $31 in paint at this point (still have a few small places to touch up but am very impressed with it, no scratching peeling or anything!

(Here's the link of the before and after so far)
https://mustangboards.com/pictures/1...tml#post117962

 

You painted your boot too? How is that holding up?

 

It was holding up good, until a couple of days ago. I got some overspray on it and decided to go ahead and paint the rest of it. Looked nice but now it is starting to peel in a few places. So, I am going to go with one of these instead:

10th Anniversary Cobra Carbon fiber simualted boot: (only $49.99)

 

i cant believe i missed that thread, i did the exact same thing last year. my interior was the tan and i died it all black. here's the only pic i have with me at work. dont mind the girl in the passenger seat, shes like a permanent fixture in my car now. anywhere i go kinda thing. if you do a search you can probably find other pictures somewhere on this board.


rabbit, if you have any questions just ask me. i've done my whole interior.

 

Yeah I saw the pics a while ago, you're thread was pretty much what gave me the idea. I wanted the same but different (not copy the exact red and black, allthough I am a big UGA fan! lol)..


BTW: Nice fixture!

 

I wish I had the time to be a permanent fixture in someone else's car......

 

anyway, go with black carpets... just as everyone else seems to think.... blue would just be... well... no.

 

yeah i think it could look good but not with the interior pieces painted blue also. i just think thats a little too much. btw, slappy when are you going to finish your interior? it's been a while and i havent seen any news on it (not trying to hijack the thread, just curious).

 

she lives with me so pretty much whenever i go somewhere in the car, shes there too.

 

I think If I lived w. my bf I would see him even less... lol... as it is I only see him fri night and sat afternoon-night....ocassionaly we'll bump into each other at work or something.....

 

LoL someone else agrees wit me! YAY lol, yeah I think that dark blue would be a suttle difference, and look good, at night it will look black neways...

 

Where are you getting your carpet from? I thought about going here: Interior Carpet it don't sound like a bad price for $129 but I don't know the quality or anything.....

Oh and if I did go with the dark blue carpet I would get some black (35th Aniv) floor mats from the same place.

 

Nothing hotter than a chick in a 5 point harness

 

http://www.stockinteriors.com/
this is where i got mine from, good prices and selection of colors. you just have to trim them to fit, they are custom molded carpets, you just trim the edges and cut the holes for the shifter and e brake etc... you can also order custom fit floor mats and other stuff.

edit: oh yeah the best part about that website is they send you free samples of their carpet in the mail so you can see if you like the color or not. i went through about 6 colors of red before i found the one i liked. and it only took about 3 days to get here in south florida.


and MahnotinkneeGT, ya got that right...

 

just ordered some samples!!!! thanks man!

 

I would go with the blue just to be different. I don't think it would be too much overkill.

So out of all you guys who painted your interior plastic:
1. Did you use the duplicolor dye?
2. Have you had any problems with it chipping....even with handling it after painting?

I want to paint my plastic trim pieces red soo bad, but I just cannot get myself to believe that it won't chip...I don't want it to chip and look crappy and then have to order new pieces. Back me up here.

 

as long as you prep it right you will have no problem with it chipping. for the hard plastic pieces (ie - radio bezel, door inserts, etc...) use regular spray paint. for the softer vinyl (such as dash, door panels, console, etc...) use the duplicolor interior and carpet dye/paint. the key is in the prep work. and even if you mess it up you dont have to buy new pieces, just sand it down and paint it again. good luck.

 

+1, like he said, just MAKE SURE you clean the **** out of it before you paint it. I used rubbing alcohol (cleans deep and dries quick). You have to get every bit of the grease/armorall/protectant off or the paint will not stick at all!

 

Correction,

Nothing hotter than a chick in NOTHING but a 5 point harness.


Go black it will be better looking than blue.

 

trust me, i have plenty of pictures of that...

 

:banana: dont believe you