ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FIRST POST:
January 2, 2023 NOTIFICATION OF 1/9/23 MFR. PRICE INCREASE: Hey IH8MUD members, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I just received notification of a manufacturer price increase (about 10%), effective 1/9/2023. Therefore, if you've been considering carpet for your truck (or gifting some carpet for someone else's truck), now would be a less expensive time to do it vs. after the first of 2023. Just wanted to let everyone know.
Don't forget that my carpet now comes with an in-depth installation guide! It'll help you (a) plan for your install, (b) speed up your install, and (c) prevent mistakes along the way!
Thanks,
dnp
OK. Here’s a project I’ve been working on for some time now, and it’s finally about to reach the point at which it can benefit all of us! (Well, all of us in need of carpet anyway......)
Like many of you, over time I either had, or was considering buying, a 60 or two that could stand to be restored (or at least, a little freshened up.) One of the main items I kept running across was dirty or ratty/destroyed or non-existent carpet, and I wasn’t being successful in finding the “correct” replacement carpet for them. 25 years ago, I used to mainly play around with muscle cars, so in my terminology, “correct” means the right color / texture / finishing of the carpet that would have originally come in the vehicle. Granted, only break-the-bank OEM carpet is going to exactly match what came in the vehicle, but I was looking for something that was (a) affordable, and (b) so close to OEM that you really had to know what you were looking for in order to tell the difference between aftermarket and OEM......and that was my problem. I wasn’t finding any. As a result, I set out to see if I could find a carpet manufacturer that was willing to work with me to produce what I was seeking.....primarily for the projects on which I was working at the time, but also to see if I could make it cost-effective to provide our hobby with a solid, OEM looking/performing product.
Soooo, with that goal in mind, I contacted some of the companies from whom I had bought quality carpet in earlier days, and after talking with a few, I found one who was willing to take a chance on this carpet project, even considering the small(er) size of our community. I explained to them in specific terms that my goal was to have them create a molded, nylon loop-pile carpet, in “correct” colors, with appropriate backing, and with surged edges like would have been the edge finishing from the factory. They agreed on everything.......except the color. They advised me it takes a very large fabric commitment in order for the “dye house” to offer a custom color and that they couldn’t guarantee it would match the factory colors, but it “should be pretty close.” Well, when I got that response, I advised them that was one of the main problems I had encountered in my initial search, and I saw no reason to proceed with this project if the end product was going to be incorrect like all I had found before. I told them the bottom line for me was: It’s either correct or it’s not. I reminded them that they weren’t likely going to, for instance, tell a Corvette guy that the carpet you’re selling him for his NCRS restoration is “pretty close.”.......that wouldn’t work for him, and it wouldn’t work for me.
Thankfully, the guy with whom I was working (GREAT guy, by the way) understood my position, and he went to bat for this project a second time with the executives of the company. I’m not sure how he pulled it off, but they agreed once again to take a chance on there being “enough” 60s to make it worthwhile. He told me if I had any unfaded samples of the two carpet colors in the 60, he would get them matched up......and it just so happened that I had two carpet sets, a sample of each I took from under the center console. Boom! So off we went.......
Enough of the text background to the project, here’s a visual rundown of what it took to make this project come together:
Our lovely floor pan "model" leaves the shop on the way to get her svelte measurements taken:
Raw, straight, rust-free floor pan ready for cleaning
Cleaned floor pan with mold being created
More below.............
Following is an overview of the ordering instructions for the various items we offer for both FJ60s and FJ62s:
- A complete 6-piece set (front row occupant carpet/second row occupant carpet/cargo area carpet/tailgate carpet/2 rear wheel well carpet pieces)
- We also have front corresponding carpeted floor mats (driver's mat / passenger's mat / one-piece second row mat)
- For the rear, we have a corresponding carpeted cargo area mat
- Lastly, if you want bulk carpet to replace the carpet on the bottom of the door panels and cargo panels, we have that also. I've not done that replacement myself (yet), but people have told me 1 yard is a sufficient quantity to do the job
It's all a la carte pricing, so if you're interested in ordering any / all of these, please PM me and I'll respond with (shipped) pricing.
From the time I submit the order, I usually have a tracking number for the shipment in less than 48 business hours (NOTE: there have been some intermittent slow downs due to Covid, but that's the exception, not the rule.)
(P.S., You can be confident there's nothing you can do to the interior of your truck that will transform it more than this replacement carpet. The difference is simply astounding!)
January 2, 2023 NOTIFICATION OF 1/9/23 MFR. PRICE INCREASE: Hey IH8MUD members, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I just received notification of a manufacturer price increase (about 10%), effective 1/9/2023. Therefore, if you've been considering carpet for your truck (or gifting some carpet for someone else's truck), now would be a less expensive time to do it vs. after the first of 2023. Just wanted to let everyone know.
Don't forget that my carpet now comes with an in-depth installation guide! It'll help you (a) plan for your install, (b) speed up your install, and (c) prevent mistakes along the way!
Thanks,
dnp
OK. Here’s a project I’ve been working on for some time now, and it’s finally about to reach the point at which it can benefit all of us! (Well, all of us in need of carpet anyway......)
Like many of you, over time I either had, or was considering buying, a 60 or two that could stand to be restored (or at least, a little freshened up.) One of the main items I kept running across was dirty or ratty/destroyed or non-existent carpet, and I wasn’t being successful in finding the “correct” replacement carpet for them. 25 years ago, I used to mainly play around with muscle cars, so in my terminology, “correct” means the right color / texture / finishing of the carpet that would have originally come in the vehicle. Granted, only break-the-bank OEM carpet is going to exactly match what came in the vehicle, but I was looking for something that was (a) affordable, and (b) so close to OEM that you really had to know what you were looking for in order to tell the difference between aftermarket and OEM......and that was my problem. I wasn’t finding any. As a result, I set out to see if I could find a carpet manufacturer that was willing to work with me to produce what I was seeking.....primarily for the projects on which I was working at the time, but also to see if I could make it cost-effective to provide our hobby with a solid, OEM looking/performing product.
Soooo, with that goal in mind, I contacted some of the companies from whom I had bought quality carpet in earlier days, and after talking with a few, I found one who was willing to take a chance on this carpet project, even considering the small(er) size of our community. I explained to them in specific terms that my goal was to have them create a molded, nylon loop-pile carpet, in “correct” colors, with appropriate backing, and with surged edges like would have been the edge finishing from the factory. They agreed on everything.......except the color. They advised me it takes a very large fabric commitment in order for the “dye house” to offer a custom color and that they couldn’t guarantee it would match the factory colors, but it “should be pretty close.” Well, when I got that response, I advised them that was one of the main problems I had encountered in my initial search, and I saw no reason to proceed with this project if the end product was going to be incorrect like all I had found before. I told them the bottom line for me was: It’s either correct or it’s not. I reminded them that they weren’t likely going to, for instance, tell a Corvette guy that the carpet you’re selling him for his NCRS restoration is “pretty close.”.......that wouldn’t work for him, and it wouldn’t work for me.
Thankfully, the guy with whom I was working (GREAT guy, by the way) understood my position, and he went to bat for this project a second time with the executives of the company. I’m not sure how he pulled it off, but they agreed once again to take a chance on there being “enough” 60s to make it worthwhile. He told me if I had any unfaded samples of the two carpet colors in the 60, he would get them matched up......and it just so happened that I had two carpet sets, a sample of each I took from under the center console. Boom! So off we went.......
Enough of the text background to the project, here’s a visual rundown of what it took to make this project come together:
Our lovely floor pan "model" leaves the shop on the way to get her svelte measurements taken:
Raw, straight, rust-free floor pan ready for cleaning
Cleaned floor pan with mold being created
More below.............
Following is an overview of the ordering instructions for the various items we offer for both FJ60s and FJ62s:
- A complete 6-piece set (front row occupant carpet/second row occupant carpet/cargo area carpet/tailgate carpet/2 rear wheel well carpet pieces)
- We also have front corresponding carpeted floor mats (driver's mat / passenger's mat / one-piece second row mat)
- For the rear, we have a corresponding carpeted cargo area mat
- Lastly, if you want bulk carpet to replace the carpet on the bottom of the door panels and cargo panels, we have that also. I've not done that replacement myself (yet), but people have told me 1 yard is a sufficient quantity to do the job
It's all a la carte pricing, so if you're interested in ordering any / all of these, please PM me and I'll respond with (shipped) pricing.
From the time I submit the order, I usually have a tracking number for the shipment in less than 48 business hours (NOTE: there have been some intermittent slow downs due to Covid, but that's the exception, not the rule.)
(P.S., You can be confident there's nothing you can do to the interior of your truck that will transform it more than this replacement carpet. The difference is simply astounding!)
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