Revisiting Dyeing Carpet
10-28-09, 02:19 PM
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lol, it looks kind of purple from the pic. If you say its jet black, then it's all good. Sure as hell looks better than tan.
I wish I had a mechanical engineering degree so I could do my own work... I would make the worst mechanical engineer ever... maybe...
you need a degree to dye some carpet dude? are you okay?
10-28-09, 04:51 PM
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I say go ahead and dye it. It looks good. I sprayed mine with Ritz and a little SEM for good measure.
10-29-09, 06:53 PM
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you need a degree to dye some carpet dude? are you okay?
no, no, I was referring to all the other things that he's done to his car as a whole.
11-15-09, 09:52 AM
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Well. 15 boxes of RIT, 2lbs of Salt, 32 gallon trashcan, and lots of hot water later... The carpet is now in the process of becoming black. Hope it works!
11-15-09, 10:11 AM
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GOD! this sounds risky, what if it comes out lookin like you-know-what!?
11-15-09, 10:18 AM
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GOD! this sounds risky, what if it comes out lookin like you-know-what!?
Christmas is coming!
11-15-09, 10:58 AM
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LoL cant wait to see it done hope it comes out good. Hey matt sorry for the random question but the blitz exhaust you got are the mufflers the universal ones or are they SC spec ?
11-15-09, 11:37 AM
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here's an update pic on the interior
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11-15-09, 02:20 PM
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11-15-09, 02:37 PM
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Where can I get this rit dye stuff and which was the exact bottle of rite dye did you use? just the regular black dye?
11-15-09, 07:10 PM
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Was the speaker section of the door panel painted or reupholstered? Looks good.
11-15-09, 09:44 PM
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Everything on that panel is reupholstered
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11-15-09, 10:11 PM
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i just bought this... havnt tried it yet though. gonna use it on my headliner
11-16-09, 01:37 PM
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I looked at stuff like that, I think the right way to go is to soak it for days lol
11-16-09, 02:31 PM
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Do you have a thread on your door panels? does the pattern on the new vinyl match the old pretty well?Last one, did you just vinyl over the old or did you strip it down first?
Thanks,
Philip