# Carpet Dye
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [April 24, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888 "2007-04-24T20:38:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/1 "2007-04-24T20:38:42Z")
what have you used and what worked well?
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### Author:  [@agent240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/agent240sx)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/2 "2007-04-24T21:45:31Z")
A VERY good write up with pics… and different results from different people using different paints.
[http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67967](http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67967)
need an account though, if you dont have one sign up its worth it.
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### Author:  [@Hector](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hector)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/3 "2007-04-25T11:04:17Z")
> [@A freebie exterior detail!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-freebie-exterior-detail/12276/13):
>
> what have you used and what worked well?
canadian tire carpet dye, make sure ur carpet iss good and clean , and dont be cheap with the shit and itlll be ok, i know mine took me liuke 6 cans but boy was it black
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### Author:  [@Jesse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesse)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/4 "2007-04-25T12:15:24Z")
i used 1 can and it only lasted a month
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### Author:  [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/5 "2007-04-25T16:45:26Z")
try vht vinyl dye?
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### Author:  [@Lith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lith)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/6 "2007-04-25T17:04:26Z")
wouldn’t the car smell after all that vinyl dye ? i.e. you passing out while driving because of fumes 🙂
Also, isn’t it possible to buy a new carpet? It really can’t cost that much
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### Author:  [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/7 "2007-04-25T17:23:23Z")
JDM black carpet FTW
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### Author:  [@killa\_snake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/killa_snake)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/8 "2007-04-26T11:29:42Z")
I heard these come off after a while… start to fade n shit.
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### Author:  [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/9 "2007-04-26T11:30:15Z")
you can use the SEM stuff but it was liek $24 a can haha or somthign stupid i forget, works awesoem tho, i used it for platic panels and you can never teall that the hatch area of my beater s12 was ever grey. even when u scratch it it’s still black haha… it suppose to do fabric too but i wouldn’t want to pay for it
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/10 "2007-04-24T20:38:42Z")
what have you used and what worked well?
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### Author:  [@agent240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/agent240sx)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/11 "2007-04-24T21:45:31Z")
A VERY good write up with pics… and different results from different people using different paints.
[http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67967](http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67967)
need an account though, if you dont have one sign up its worth it.
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### Author:  [@Hector](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hector)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/12 "2007-04-25T11:04:17Z")
> [@A freebie exterior detail!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-freebie-exterior-detail/12276/13):
>
> what have you used and what worked well?
canadian tire carpet dye, make sure ur carpet iss good and clean , and dont be cheap with the shit and itlll be ok, i know mine took me liuke 6 cans but boy was it black
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### Author:  [@Jesse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesse)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/13 "2007-04-25T12:15:24Z")
i used 1 can and it only lasted a month
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### Author:  [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/14 "2007-04-25T16:45:26Z")
try vht vinyl dye?
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### Author:  [@Lith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lith)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/15 "2007-04-25T17:04:26Z")
wouldn’t the car smell after all that vinyl dye ? i.e. you passing out while driving because of fumes 🙂
Also, isn’t it possible to buy a new carpet? It really can’t cost that much
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### Author:  [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/16 "2007-04-25T17:23:23Z")
JDM black carpet FTW
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### Author:  [@killa\_snake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/killa_snake)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/17 "2007-04-26T11:29:42Z")
I heard these come off after a while… start to fade n shit.
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### Author:  [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/18 "2007-04-26T11:30:15Z")
you can use the SEM stuff but it was liek $24 a can haha or somthign stupid i forget, works awesoem tho, i used it for platic panels and you can never teall that the hatch area of my beater s12 was ever grey. even when u scratch it it’s still black haha… it suppose to do fabric too but i wouldn’t want to pay for it
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### Author:  [@Jesse\_Jericho](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesse_Jericho)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/19 "2007-05-09T10:57:56Z")
> [@The DaVinci Code. 5/19](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-davinci-code-5-19/11698/17):
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> wouldn’t the car smell after all that vinyl dye ? i.e. you passing out while driving because of fumes 🙂
>
> Also, isn’t it possible to buy a new carpet? It really can’t cost that much
Just went in to my local Nissan dealer, and not only is S13 carpet completely sold out and unavailable, if it were in stock, it would cost… **$850**.
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### Author:  [@mr200](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mr200)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carpet-dye/105888/20 "2007-05-09T14:12:09Z")
Don’t know if this link will work
[http://66.45.76.155/index.php?SESSIONID=QMV3LGVLV3GQSSYQKKV1NIQ&JCWRETURN=www.jcwhitney.com&process=cart\_items&yr=1989&make=NISSAN&moldNum=449&prodType=8&model=240SX+-+NISSAN+240SX+COUPE+ONLY+NO+HATCHBACK&id=628&x=57&y=14&color=801](http://66.45.76.155/index.php?SESSIONID=QMV3LGVLV3GQSSYQKKV1NIQ&JCWRETURN=www.jcwhitney.com&process=cart_items&yr=1989&make=NISSAN&moldNum=449&prodType=8&model=240SX+-+NISSAN+240SX+COUPE+ONLY+NO+HATCHBACK&id=628&x=57&y=14&color=801)
But JC Whitney has new replacement carpet listed for under $200 in your choice of color.
That’s S13 … didn’t bother checking 14
Paint won’t stick unless whatever you are painting is really clean.
For seats and carpeting, take it out, clean it, then stick it in your laundry sink with RIT fabric dye and let that shit soak for a couple days.
I think they even sell it at LOEB for like $1.99.