carpet dye???

[ventrex]

I have a 1992 240SX coupe... and im sure alot of people will agree the rear seats are ugly the material. I was wondering if i could dye the rear seats black?? has anyone ever done this? if so... im not sure on what type/kind of dye i should buy for this... Also is this possible to do with the headliner as well? what type of dye would be necessary for that?

[Dearths240sx]

I am wondering the same exact thing. I want to dye the rear seats black, and possibly the carpet and headliner. Someone should do it. Searching isn't really helping at all. I'm sure there is a certain kind of die that would work for this. Somebody do it, or if you've done it, post pictures.

[ventrex]

thats exactly how i feel... im going to mabye experiment with this, i just bought black carpet... but i wanted to dye the headliner black and the rear seats defintily... its looking like ill neeed to get the rears rewrapped though...

[koukicody]

http://www.240sxforums.com/for...67967

this should be usefulall your questions im sure can be answered here

[180fan]

I've heard the stuff you can get at walgreens works pretty good. Regardless, you should probably try checking out results on some samples in some hidden spots.

[ventrex]

somebody try that and let me know how it goes lol

[89_240SXKA]

I did the rear carpet and it looks a lot better then before but it kind comes off.There is a company that can dye carpets >>>> AutoQual.com

[topairhead]

hey i always wanted to do this. but has anyone put custom carpet in their car?i want to try it and post some pics up.

[ventrex]

yeah ive down custom carpet... it was reallyyy tough, cutting the material i ordreed was hell. it was work but came out VERY nice my cars in the shop now but when i get it back i can take pics of it,theres a few things i havent finished touching up on the edges on the passenger side.

[thomasjamal]

zerothread/197247

This thread has pics of both my headliner and carpet done with fabric/vinyl spray paint.

Don't think this would work for the seat if anybody is actually going to sit in it.

[topairhead]

i think i rather just go with the custom since my carpet is ripped and its nasty. so how much would a carpet usually cost for that size?post any pics anybody with custom carpet in their car.

[ventrex]

i forget where i bought mine.... but it came out goood, ill post pics when i can just know its really hard and a pain in the ***

[pr0tus]

alright, first off, the RIT dyes that are sold everywhere (wal-mart- grocery store etc) don't hold up very well to sunlight. If you dye your seats, or anything else, they can get a kinda purple look to them, and after time it doesn't get better. Second, the ONLY way to get it to actually work is with very hot water. Shooting boiling hot dye out of a spray bottle, or gun will cool it off too much to do anything in my experience. If you still want to try this out, the seat material comes off the back seat foam/steel support very easily. All you have to do is clip the metal wires that hold it to the support with a pair of dikes, these can be replaced with small zip ties when you put it back on. After you have it off you should be able to throw it into your washing machine, on the hottest setting with a bunch of dye. This will give you the best results that you can get, I would use more dye than the call for, its cheap as hell. This doesn't hurt your washing machine, I was worried it would leave a mess. It cleans out fine after you run another wash cycle.