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Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? #544178
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One of my winter projects is new carpet for the Vert and I'm looking for opinions on the best carpet for fit and finish. I'm not too concerned about the cost, I just want it to be right and fit the first time . Thanks in advance.

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: Classof70Chally] #544179
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Motor Parts South. Best carpet you can buy, and they are the company that had it developed. 704-435-2692 Geoff, Bill or Dennis.

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: Classof70Chally] #544180
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I allways recommend ACC carpet,....although I recommend you order it in high cut pile, while it may not be ""original"" it looks and feels fantastic, plus being a special order, it's made "fresh", so even if it's rolled up in the box for the trip, it just a few days, .....I've never ordered anything but for my cars,...the loop pile 80/20's look like Grandmas throw rug in your car compared to High cut pile,....plus the loop pile fades in the sun, esp vertibles,....the 1st High cut pile I ordered 30 years ago in my Challenger from ACC still looks like I bought it yesterday .....once you go High cut pile, you'll never go back to "stock" carpets

Mike

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: DAYCLONA] #544181
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Got any pics of the cut pile. I like your reasoning, but I'm concerned what the texture is like. Anything I can compare it to at HD or a carpet store.

Do you recommend the MAS backing they offer?

Thx

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: BDW] #544182
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Yeah, I'd be interested in seeing a pic also. I'm not too concerned with authenticity, although I do show the car it will never see the Nats or anything like that. I'd rather have quality and longevity.

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: Classof70Chally] #544183
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Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: Culvers] #544184
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Sorry, couldn't even get through the 1st page of that link, deteriorated pretty fast.

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: BDW] #544185
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Quote:

Got any pics of the cut pile. I like your reasoning, but I'm concerned what the texture is like. Anything I can compare it to at HD or a carpet store.

Do you recommend the MAS backing they offer?

Thx








Texture,....Hmmm, could best be described as velvet as far as the feel, a black colored rug is very dark, if that makes since, you see no grain, texture, pattern, nothing, just black!....I only have some pics of my Daytona with the cut pile,...Black of course,....but HIGH cut pile in any color is just that color, no shadeing, texture, etc,....kind of hard to describe,....but I'd never go back to loop pile, no matter how original the car is

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I usually don't focus the picture on carpet ,.....about the best shots I have,...if you do decide to order it specify HIGH cut pile,...not just cut pile, High cut pile's nap is about 1/2" tall,....don't worry it not shag carpeting! .....FYI if your doing a B body w/console ACC also offers the console carpet kit in High pile as seen here

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: BDW] #544187
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Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #544188
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Thx Mike,

What about dirt/vacuuming for a car that's driven? Does it hold the dirt? When you say "high" I worrying about the long term up-keep for a daily driver.

Appreciate the help.

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: BDW] #544189
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Quote:

Thx Mike,

What about dirt/vacuuming for a car that's driven? Does it hold the dirt? When you say "high" I worrying about the long term up-keep for a daily driver.

Appreciate the help.








Wilson, I actually find the cut pile easier to clean, in fact I rarely vacumm it, just use a stiff straw wisk brush, and brush the dirt and sand out, and I do drive my cars, no trailer queens, and I'm all for having a nice car, but hate cleaning them

Mike

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #544190
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ECS







ECS Doesn't make carpet, Dave purchases carpet fron ACC, and has it shipped flat in his bulk containers, to be shipped flat to his customers who are "worried" about a carpet being folded into a 1'X1'X30" box....adds about $150 to the ACC carpet price for the O/S shipping

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: DAYCLONA] #544191
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Looks like what I'm after. Who is 'ACC' ? Do they have a web site? Thanks

Re: Who's Got the Best Quality Carpet for a 70 Challenger ? [Re: Classof70Chally] #544192
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I am fully aware that ECS doesn't manufacture carpet, but he does add a valuable service in having it specially handled and shipped, and it DOES make a HUGE difference in the finished product.

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Looks like what I'm after. Who is 'ACC' ? Do they have a web site? Thanks




You can order it through RockAuto, best prices I've found so far.

Still undecided on the plush. I just got done vacuuming my 06 Mustang, and if that's what plush is, I think I'll order it for the Challenger. Much nicer than the loop.

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I'm liking what Dayclona is saying. I'm going to use it from now on. The loop resto carpet you get these days, especially black, fades. The carpet I put in is in my 'vert and the black faded to reddish and looks like crap after about a year. Don't know why, but the OEM carpet can go 30 years and stay nice and black, but the replacement rugs look great when you first put them in but fade something terrible.
-dulcich

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Looks like what I'm after. Who is 'ACC' ? Do they have a web site? Thanks







ACC,...is Auto Custom Carpet,.....I usually go thru Legendary for my purchases, that way the box that shows up drop shipped from ACC is an ACC carpet,.....dealing with ACC direct, is like dealing with Wheels Vintique direct, they prefer you don't,...you get a better "discounted" price going thru one of their prefered vendors

Mike

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I am fully aware that ECS doesn't manufacture carpet, but he does add a valuable service in having it specially handled and shipped, and it DOES make a HUGE difference in the finished product.






That's fine if your buying the standard loop pile carpet, this way you know your getting a fresh carpet from DW at ECS,....as most of the stock loop piles are premade, boxed, then sit in storage, or stocked in vendors storage for who knows how long, only to take on a wrinkled set thats hard to remove, sometines impossible,

but if your ordering a custom made carpet, ACC does many different mat'ls on request, even fur!...so if it's been just made, squeezed into a box, Im sure it will survive 3-5 days rolled up,...now if the buyer leaves it like that for months or years, until he's ready to use it,...has nobody to blame but himself

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Still undecided on the plush. I just got done vacuuming my 06 Mustang, and if that's what plush is, I think I'll order it for the Challenger. Much nicer than the loop.







Pretty much all vehicles produced today have various grades/cut heights of cut pile carpeting,......loop is a thing of the past

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