236,000 miles took its toll on my OEM carpet. It smelled odd, it was wet and sticky, ripping, and just overall made me not-as-comfortable-as-I-should-be.
So, at first, I started carefully removing the carpet to just get it out of there. 3 minutes later I got the utility knife out and started going at it, with the intention of just throwing it away. Completed that process [no pics], and just rode without carpet for a while. Felt nice, felt better knowing I can't spill and mess something up, and passengers seemed to prefer it. This lasted about 5 days or so.
Yesterday, I ended up purchasing two of the cheapie 3x6 ft. rolls of carpet, and went at it installing it today. Thus, I get out the socket wrench, a 12 mm, and 10 mm.
Pictures of my in-process, unprofessional, cut-and-hack job:
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Interior in pieces (excuse the shifter).
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Close to semi-finished.
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With all necessary holes cut and the OMGSEATBELT wires poking through.
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Re-assembled interior, driver view of the carpet.
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The pictures (Kodak) don't do much justice, not that it's a very nice job anyway. However, I'm happy with it, and it was only $20 for materials, and gave me something to do for 2-3 hours. Cheaper than the pre-cut-and-molded eBay carpet that runs from $100 to $200+ (extreme cases), and less worry of ruining something expensive.
And, yes, I do need to do something about the USB and aux inputs sticking out above the cup holder where I removed the cuppy thing.
Carpet replacement process (not a question. pics inside.)
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