Carpet Colouring

[djshongo]

wats up lads?
listen, i remember seeing a Nova before and it had coloured carpet and it looked really good..the carpet was like a blue colour?
i was wonderin if any of u had seen this done b4?
and if so, how would i go about doing it myself??
thanks

[Dpnova]

They are from the Antibes

[Jack]

'Bout as rare as a bacon sandwich at a Jewish wedding too

[Dpnova]

true, u could prob dye the carpets

[Jack]

That's an idea, be a bit of work tho i'd have thought as the carpets are pretty thick aren't they?


You could tie-dye them as well!!! :lol:

[djshongo]

i does look good tho :lol:
the carpet would come out easy enough i reckon...its just the dying part im stuck at :roll:
tie-dye that might have to be considered :P

[Jack]

hmm.... best bet for dyes might be a local DIY or fabric shop?

[badnova]

defo worth looking in to

let use know what u find out

cheers

steven

[NOVASH]

i want a red carpet...
can ya get them from vaux?

[djshongo]

i got it :D
im gonna take the carpet out carefully...
get a blue dye from a fabric shop (i think u mix it with water or sumthin) So Im gonna fill up the wheelie-bin out the back, bung everything in it and leave it for a few hours, hang the carpet up to dry and hopefully it should be blue-ish :?
:lol:

[Jack]

is the carpet grey to start with? that might affect the colour.... maybe bleach it first?



i want a red carpet...
can ya get them from vaux?

afaik u could only get grey, blue and black ones

[Dpnova]

Thats the idea, let us know how it goes

[NOVASH]

R5 tubs are fitted with red carpets..... a guy in the SRI section has fitted one to his nov

[badnova]

i got it :D
im gonna take the carpet out carefully...
get a blue dye from a fabric shop (i think u mix it with water or sumthin) So Im gonna fill up the wheelie-bin out the back, bung everything in it and leave it for a few hours, hang the carpet up to dry and hopefully it should be blue-ish :?
:lol:

let me know how it turns out plz mate

[5_door owner]

i've got a blue carpet in my antibe's and if someone offered there carpet and a mk2 dash id let em av it :+:

[Alex]

you will have to be careful dying the carpet as you may have problems becasue of the plastic content of the carpet

[novaexplod]

i cant c u bein able to dye a carpet thats grey to start with, if it was white then maybe but even then itd be patchy, u can buy fabric spray paint and protector to go over the top.

[~~joycey~~]

R5 gtt have red carpet aswell as 205 gti's u really need to look in a scrappy that has newer cars like new corsa's and stuff :wink:

[epo]

i was tempted to spray glue bass box carpet to my origional carpet
when i get round to it dunno if itll work tho

[badnova]

theres got to be an easy way to do this ill ask someone in the biz
see what they say

[djshongo]

i checked it out - and all i seem to be getting is litle dyes that are about the size of a pund coin :? i would need bout 10!
all it dyes is a t-shirt or sumthing, they're about ?5, and you hav 2machine wash watever you're looking to dye in order for the dye to work :roll:
So... :?
any ideas or shall i go with the origonal?

[novaal]

hi mate,

just a thought..
im after adding some colour to the inside of my rather bland 1.2 nova sting..
How about bass box typ carpet? some nice colours available, and it aint too expensive from ebay etc..
I reckon that you could do it either recarpet or just stick over the top / glue and stapels??
what the rest of you guys think?

cheers
al

[cooper_nova]

wot about making ur own carpet from household carpet. just think nice thick plush luxurious carpet in ur nova. might b worth looking into?

[novaal]

i thought of that..
but I reckon that household carpet is too hard to 'mould' to the shapes of the inside of a car? its pretty hard stuff to work with wouldnt u agree?

Maybe ther are some available that are easier than others, dont know?
anyone ?

al

[Dpnova]

LMAO nice bit of flower paterned shag pile in ur nova, i think the underside is to thick

[cooper_nova]

yeah but u can get carpet wiv a thin backing

[~~joycey~~]

yup i had household carpet in my old nova fitted fine :lol: :arrow:

[cooper_nova]

yup i had household carpet in my old nova fitted fine :lol: :arrow:

woz it difficult to do?

[rednova]

hi guys just remembered my user name after about three years! anyhoo - i got some carpets from a classic car place - gave them a ring asked if they did one for a vaux nova - they said theyd make a template and asked me what colour? they sent a few samples out to me so i could see the difference. the place was called coverdale carpets www.coverdalecarpets.com it cost ?90 but the edges were all trimmed in piping and all the holes pre cut - even a wear protector on the drivers side! nmice and thick too I too was going to dye mine until i realised that standard carpets are nylon - and the dye wont take , my mate is thinking about ordering a jet black one for his gsi

hth phil

[Jim]

The antibes came with a blue and red carpet I believe. However, as has been said, you'll be very lucky to find a coloured carpet for the Nova. Best thing you can do is see if you can get carpet from another car to fit. I would suggest getting some coloured box carpet, but its not really thick enough or hard wearing enough for everyday use.

Jim