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Originally Posted by tommy583
What color carpet paint did you use? I think it looks great! I have the same carpet color and would like to do this as well as the seats like you did in the other thread. Thanks.
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tommy583,
I used dupli color red - if you're going to do the carpets, make sure you get their paint for Fabric And Vinyl. Also, extremely important to remove all oil and dirt from the carpets before painting - I vacuumed twice and then rubbed the carpets down with paper towels and rubbing alcohol - it will remove dirt and oil from your carpets. Once dry, you can paint, but keep a couple of things in mind. The paint will make your carpet feel a little more stiff than normal. The other thing is there are a lot of videos on youtube of guys painting carpets and they recommend rubbing it in with a brush - Don't. I tried a test spot under my seats first and the brush clumped up the wet carpet fibers and they stayed clumped and when dried it stayed that way. So I would recommend against it as the fibers in porsche carpet are very fine.
For the seats I got my stuff from leatherworldtech.com - I used their automotive chart to find my seat color by year (mine's a '97) boxster red - for me it matched perfectly, but another forum member told me he tried same website for his seats but the dye didn't quite match for him, so maybe consider having some place do a color match for your leather. For me, their boxster red dye worked fine and matched my seats without a problem.
Good luck, I'd be glad to help if you have any questions.