mrwilliams

OEM molded carpet
I have searched on this site and google and can not find where to get new molded carpet. Does anyone know? It seems like the carpet websites had every automotive MAKE except for Lexus. I have the Gray leather with the black wood grain and gray carpet. My gray carpet is in pretty bad shape and I want to change it to black. Any help???

ibidu1

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I would buy used oem carpet before I would use aftermarket. With other cars, I never had good luck with aftermarket carpet, the fit, quality, and molding is garbage.

Call up a junkyard find a low mileage GS, before you mount the carpet take it to a self car wash and pressure wash the carpet to make it look like new again.

But why not just clean your carpet really good? Use some sort of spray that resists stains, and use rubber mats.

mrwilliams

The interior is in pretty good condition. It's just that my carpet is so soiled and I had it detailed but still no real change. I have new floor mats but the carpet is just bad

ibidu1

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Try this first: Go to home depot and purchase a bottle called folex carpet cleaner, white terry towels, and a stiff nylon brush. Vacuum the car really good with a strong shop vac, making sure to slap the carpet (dont be shy) and vacuuming deeply into it. Spray the carpet with a fine mist and let that sit for 10min.

Then youll want to section everything out starting with one area and working around the car. Spray a good amount of folex on the carpet, with your brush you'll want to scrub really hard. Next, grab a clean terry towel and scrub hard with the terry towel.Do this to all the carpet, and you should be amazed at what you see when it all dries.

If the carpet is still not clean do another cleaning with the folix. As a last resort! You can take off the carpet and take it to a self wash and pressure wash it, but first spray it hard with the folex and let that sit and soak up.

I love detailing cars and do it a lot, if you follow these steps i'm sure your carpet will look like brand new. Once it dries you can spray Scotch Teflon spray to help keep it clean down the road.

Video of folex, ive been using it for years.

mrwilliams

I appreciate the info. I just really want to change the color to black. And remove it completely. I just think it would look much better

IXI187IXI

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ive seen a bunch of people on different car forums dye their oem carpets to get the color they want. looks like it holds up well too.

mrwilliams

Any special dyes sir?

IXI187IXI

iTrader: (3)

to be honest, i dont really recall what brand people used but it seemed to come out very nice. not sure how it held up. im sure you can browse the net for carpet dye or maybe even on CL. im sure theres someone in the SC forum thats done it.

ibidu1

iTrader: (1)

Ive used spray-on carpet dyes from SEM, but that stuff never lasted for me. So I wouldn't recommend it

liquidz

I would recommend Findway.ca F518 Style 3D Car Floor Liners that I bought for my ES350, but they don't list the GS...