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| branston |
 Mar 31 2019, 04:38 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 17-October 12 From: Michigan Member No.: 15,053 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I recently bought a very nice 924S to use while my 914 is worked on this summer, A very nice car with just 47k miles and two documented owners.
Car was let down by its shabby faded floor mats, the over-mats were original to the car and even had the original documentation on 'How to keep your Porsche carpet floor mats looking their best' Not thinking there was much I could do with them I invested in a pair of Coconut mats for the driver and front passenger from cocomats.com. I bought them in red/black to compliment the cars red exterior and they really are well made mats, in fact far better than I ever imagined. I thought once my 914 was done I'd invest in a set for it. Then by chance I stumbled on Detail Kings carpet dye kit, with nothing to much loose if I messed up the faded carpet I bought the black kit complete with their their spray bottle. Too wet to do much today I thought I'd give it a try, I'd previously discretely washed the mats in the washing machine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif). simply mixing the dye with warm water and spraying it on the mats followed by working it in with a scrub brush, no odor either. The result is remarkable!. I taped the Porsche text with painters tape to save it. I think you'll agree they came out really well. dye kit cost me $32 shipped! www.detailking.com Before:  After:    My 914 has a brown interior and the carpets are the originals, I plan to dye them too. |
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| Big Len |
Mar 31 2019, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
What a great idea.
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| Tom_T |
Mar 31 2019, 06:34 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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+1 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
I also had good results dying the center carpet mat in the most used center section of our `88 Westy camper, although I had to use a mix of their DK grey dyes in several applications, in order to get it to match the original color. It was the OE carpet, so I needed it to match the rest of the carpet which was unfaded, & I was able to clean all of the other carpet & upholstery with Folex (by Waxie, based in Santa Ana CA & sold @ Home Depot, etc.). Make sure to test all products in an unseen or "hideable" area first! That was 2013 or 14 & it's held up well with time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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