New carpet in a car

smilertoo

smilertoo

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Has anyone here ever re-carpetted a car using a non moulded carpet (cant find anywhere that has 2004 honda jazz). I'm wondering if a hand steamer is enough to soften it and mould it as you go; or even if there's some hidden place in the UK that can supply it.
 
I recarpeted an old Ford Escort with house carpet years back, does this count? :D

I remember it fitted with a bit of persuasion but after a while - being a used house carpet inside a small car - it started to smell. :(
 
Unless you are after some sort of custom look, then I would do as suggested above and get one from a breaker
 
Nasher said:
Strip it all out, weight saving :D
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Drove mine for a while without the carpet or insulation and the difference in noise levels was remarkable.

-westy- said:
Have you tried any breakers yards? There are quite a few traders on ebay too.
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This, although I seem to recall in the case of the old escorts nearly all used ones at breakers were rotten due to common leaks from the battery tray.

That’s my excuse for using house carpet and I’m sticking with it. :D
 
Where is the damage causing you to want to remove?

Isnt it something that can be replaced by some really decent mats? When you go fully custom mats they cover a significant portion in most cars.

Replacing the full carpet is quite a job in most cars, and you need to understand how to deactivate things like airbags before you start stripping the interior ;)
 
cos its from 2004 and threadbare worn out and holey all over the place. I suspect even nice thicker carpet would quieten the car, nevermind sound dampening materials.
 
Damping... in a '04 Honda Jazz?

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^^ That. It's a 14 year old Honda Jazz, it's not going to be the first word in refinement. Spend the money on some better speakers and move on.
 
I thought about doing that in my old 2002 toyota yaris... for about 5 minutes then realized it would be a huge pain to do and probably have fairly limited success as everything else in the car would still let the road noise in.

I got some banded earplugs from work and left them in the car, i had to turn the radio up a bit more to hear that but it worked surprisingly well and i didn't feel totally shattered after a 50 minute commute in it afterwards, i'm sure they'd be about £1 on the open market.
 
Well sound deadening will work. I did it years ago when I was seriously into car hifi
I put some bitumen based roll on sheets under the front footwells and some extra thick underlay type stuff.
Once you then put mats over the top it is seriously good for that point. Rest of car is similar types of thing

I think OP has probably never had to strip and interior to replace the whole carpet though, I mean I havent yet seen a car thats not nigh on all the interior out to be able to get the whole carpet out.

Honestly, get some sound proofing (bitumen type for lower noises, felt type for higher noises). Unclip carpet (remove trim as necessary) in each footwell. Place sound deadening, and replace carpet. Give it a good hoover, buy some decent custom fit mats and your done.
 
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