Fade to Black (Not for 56k)

[Agent_S13]

Well I decided to post since there are a few interior swaps going on and none have gone the "aftermarket carpet" route -- so I thought I'd comment on mine.

I originally had a brown interior in my black coupe... why? You gotta ask Nissan about that. So I've seen Makoto who dyed the carpet and painted the pieces. I also read West's post about using the thicker SOHC carpets but I didn't find any suitable ones in the junkard. Nor was anyone selling their old carpets when I was looking --- sadly now, I see people selling.



During the last few months, I've been acquiring dark gray/black interior parts. I also began researching the idea of buying a new carpet. Deciding that OEM carpet was too expensive and non-convertible carpet not produced anymore (Nissan Dealer wanted $600 for a 94 convertible carpet and 6-8 weeks from Japan), I went w/ an aftermarket carpet.

So I received the carpet and started removing stuff...



Then throughout the week and past 2 weekends... I finally finished.







My thoughts:

Aftermarket carpets are a very nice alternative.... if you know what you're doing. I didn't... so I have a few extra cuts/holes in certain areas.

Its "molded" but not as deep as I think it is. I also have it fitting funny in the rear due to removing the belt that connects to the automatic seatbelts -- hence the reason I still have the brown belts in. Until I get a set of black manual belts (canadian or S14) they will stay... also kept the Canadian B-pillar too.

I still need to get some black/grey seats. Wanted S15 seats but I'm starting to realize that S14 will match better and be much cheaper.

And also --- I swapped dashed and removed my old vin plate and re-riveted to the black dash. No problems w/ the police now.

Anyways, just another option for those who thought about getting an aftermarket carpet.

I will be updating this thread when I finally get my seats for the full conversion to black. (Hence the title).

-Aaron
'91 240sx coupe