Re: West Coast Metric. (carpet kits)

[Shawn Meze <Trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com>]

At 02:21 PM 11/2/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
> First of all, the original carpet that came with 75-81 Sciroccos had
>either 4 pieces, or 5, depending on if the main floor carpet was one piece
>or two.
>
> The West Coast Metric carpet has about 9 pieces. The front carpet goes
>across the front floor in one piece that does not go up under the dash far
>enough, and does not reach the doors with enough slack to press the carpet
>fully to the floor.
>
> The back carpet is a Joke. There are seperate pieces for each side with
>both a center piece, that is supposed to cover the gap in between, and a
>longer piece that is supposed to go up against the bottom of the rear
>seat.
>
> There are no directions or recomendations on how to install the carpet,
>nor will the peices ever stay where you put them. The kit looks like s***
>and I can't believe they still sell it. 
>
> Do NOT buy this kit! 


Sounds like poor R&D on thier part. It seems to me it would be easier to
make it out of one piece of carpet for the front and one for tha back. I
have gone out and bought carpet from a store and used the origional carpet
as my template. I cut it with about 3" added to the size of the carpet to
allow for bends and stretching ect. After about a month, the carpet was
molded and fits great. (This wasnt in my Scirocco, unfortunately.) I did
have to cut and sew in a few places but done right, you cant tell its been
cut. I think I paid $20 for 6'X6' of carpet. 


Shawn

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