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gldgti
04-04-2007, 10:54 PM
hey dudes,

well the lead up to the 'nats has made me go a little silly and i thought i'd cut up an old carpet i had... for the good of all ofcourse.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/DSCF0434-2.jpg

what you do is lay the carpet down, and cut lines in it suc hthat it will lie flat to the ground.... this gives you a "net" - remember from primary school?

you'll find that the cuts you need to make happen on diagonals and end up making little v shapes once the carpet is flat. you may also need to cut right through some sections and have a totally disconnected flap.. this is ok.

once your net is done, lay it upside down ontop of your upside down new piece of carpet. you can mark out with a marker where you need to cut. also mark out specially where you have cut the original carpet, so you know where to jointhe new one.

cut out your new "net" with a good sharp razor blade knife - use a cheap one, with the snap off blade but extend it out to a few inches or you'll be cutting carpet forever :-)

once you net is cut out, you can begin "stitching" it together at the cut places. this will form the shape of the carpet. i've used zip ties because they are quick and easy, and this is an experiment. you may be able to improve on this with some colour matched embroidery thread and a nice big needle. i doubt it would take much longer to do it that way.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/DSCF0446-2.jpg

you can stitch the whole thing.... make sure you stitch it on the underside silly!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/DSCF0447-2.jpg

when you've done stitching, flip it over...

gldgti
04-04-2007, 10:55 PM
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/DSCF0449-2.jpg

magic! new deep pile carpet... cost me about 2 hours and some zip ties, the carpet is an offcut.

brackie
05-04-2007, 07:06 AM
Mate, you missed your vocation! Probably not quite as good as moulded but at least you can get the colour, pile and fabric that you desire. Well done!

gpk_gti
05-04-2007, 07:28 AM
mate,always a pleasure to see your DIYs!!! keep it up!!!!
you coming to the nats right??

GoLfMan
05-04-2007, 02:13 PM
good one :) plush!

phaeton
05-04-2007, 04:58 PM
Nicely Done :D

Your very resourceful :)

gldgti
05-04-2007, 07:03 PM
i'll be at the 'nats, and the carpets in the car now, so you'll get to see it.... brackie, i'll post pics for you next week ;-)

Golf Loon
05-04-2007, 11:11 PM
Sweet Nice Write Up.

brackie
06-04-2007, 10:56 AM
i've used zip ties because they are quick and easy, and this is an experiment. you may be able to improve on this with some colour matched embroidery thread and a nice big needle.


If you wanted a more permanent join, you can use a curved needle (similar to the suture needle used by surgeons) or iron-on fabric tape. I would use both if I wanted the joins to last ;)

gldgti
11-04-2007, 07:48 PM
cheers brackie, thats the kind of needle i was thinking of...

also note everyone, you cant even really see the joins since the pile is so deep the join is beneath the surface... :-)

gldgti
25-04-2007, 11:14 PM
i don't know about you guys but i reckon this is pretty cool yeah?

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/interior-3.jpg

GoLfMan
26-04-2007, 07:24 AM
looks pretty plush to me mate!!! great job :D

gldgti
09-05-2007, 09:11 AM
not bad!

all the joins are intact, surprising me. the carpet fit is exceptionally good, just looks right everywhere. the deep pile seems to get a bit messy easily, and the part where my heel rests on the floor under the accelerator pedal has lots its texture and kind of looks like where your couch sits on the carpet in your house.

i'll be making one for the new LS pretty soon i think.

thanks for the compliments and support guys

aydan

Preen59
10-12-2007, 07:40 PM
Gotta say dude, you use your head! although i think i'll pay 120 bucks for some cut pile moulded carpet...

VW VR6
10-05-2010, 10:27 PM
Nice looking carpet mate.
Well done.

mikinoz
11-05-2010, 08:17 AM
I must have missed this originally, that is some resourcefulness there.

No shag pile? HAHA.