Mark's 316 M52/2.8 + Cat cams & Jenvey ITB's

[E21meister]

Glad your floorpan's minty, least it gives you the oppo to dye the carpet; I always thought it was the one thing that let your car down.

Of course now that the carpet is out its lovely warm sunshine which means I am going to have to drive about with no interior for a while. So, the sensible thing is to use the opportunity to stick a roll cage and a pair of Corbeaus in it.

EFT

[arshad76]

Mark, you can still give the battery back. They go of the serial number. I didn't have the receipt, but Euro Car Parts where I bought my BOSCH silver swapped me a new replacement no questions asked. Doesn't help if you already bought one but good to have as a spare. Cars looking nice, but the TWR is still my favourite

[e21-Mark]

Mark, you can still give the battery back. They go of the serial number.

I'll give that a try anyway. I need a new battery for the TWR.

[e21-Mark]

Well I took advantage of the leak and dyed my carpet ( and my hands, trousers and converse ) black today. I managed to get it all covered pretty evenly and I think it's going to look way better than it did when it was beige.







I'm just waiting for it to dry now. I'm going to give the leather Recaros a bit of a clean while I'm at it and paint the subframes etc. If I can sort the rear seat out the interior will finally be finished! It's only taken me 18 months.

[Millar]

its going to look so clean and smart though, definitely worth it

[nas80]

i wanna dye my carpet, but i cant find any brown dye? the black dye is plentiful n dirrrt cheap on ebay.

[e21-Mark]

Place that had mine lists brown I think? Will check tomorrow mate.

[nas80]

has to be a coffee / tea colour like. dont want owt too dark nor too light lol.

damn sun fade, my carpet is mint otherwise.

[e21-Mark]

What, like mine was before I dyed it?



Or are you talking Northerners tea?

[nas80]

lol your carpet has two sugars

this is mine mate.



i was thinking of doing it black it will kind of match the dash and the seats shouldnt look too outta place as the door cards are brown etc.

[e21-Mark]

Black covers all the stains too. It even covers the vinyl bits if you give it a couple of coats with half hour between them. It cost about £22 delivered next day, plus £3 for a small bucket and masonry brush to apply it.

[tommi_e21]

i love my green panzer carpet. it just adds to the disgusting retroness

[e21-Mark]

Well I managed to get everything back in the car and I must say, it looks way better than before. The whole interior is just a much nicer place to be and hopefully, the water leaks are no more.





I still have to re-fit my speakers etc, but I was shattered after doing this little lot. Sadly working on cars really takes it out of me since my accident. I know this sort of job is nothing compared to what a lot of you do to maintain your cars but I like to try and keep my hand in whenever I can.

[murran]

youve done a top job there.... you should be chuffed with that. well done!

[ac/dennis]

Cool! Looks great Mark.
Looking to do the same thing to my carpet in the near future. Any tips? Dit you use a brush or a roller or something else?
And where did you buy your dye?