New Carpet

[Rav_ace]

I am currently restoring the inside of my E30.

I was looking on changing the carpet inside the car to black, you can buy the car carpet on the roll from Ebay, would I need to put some sort of underlay in the car.

Can you put this on top of my existing carpet?

What would be best?

Thanks

[bimanut]

You haven't said what type of carpet you have,if you have a nice 6 pot carpet then get a quality carpet dye and dye it black.
It won't work on a 4 pot carpet very well if at all.

[Gavla]

Why not just dye your current carpet?

[Rav_ace]

Thanks, how do I no if it's 6 pot or 4 pot?

Thanks

[bimanut]

4pot is a 'loop' type material a 6pot is a 'twist' and more plush and a deeper pile than the 4pot
And is your car a 4 or 6 pot?

[Rav_ace]

I think mine is a four pot as it's quite flat and rugged asapose to luxury feel.

[jmc330i]

I think mine is a four pot.

bimanut means does your car have a 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder engine.

From the wiki...

Two materials were used for E30 carpets. M20-engine models, Cabriolets and Tourings have a velour-type material, which can be dyed if needed. The lower 4-cylinder models have a nylon hard-wearing carpet which cannot be dyed.

[Rav_ace]

Sorry it's a 6 cylinder engine 320

[powelly]

E30 carpet is moulded to the car, replacing with stuff of the roll will involve fitting it in many pieces all cut to shape/size, the edges would then need binding. This is how carpet used to made back in the day, I'm no expert but it will probably cost a fortune, maybe someone like woolies trim has a pattern, I doubt it though.

[Rav_ace]

Thanks mate, I'm going to give it a shot and dye it. As the carpet is in good condition just needs a good clean. Watched some vids on YouTube.

I will post up a few pics on the progress!