Since the interior in my GTE is in very good condition, I’m trying to keep everything as original as I can. I have discovered that the carpet has a pull where one of the screws for the console snagged it. Does anyone know if something like that could be repaired and how you find someone to fix it?
Picture would help. My first thought on a “pull” was to just melt the thread…
Good point, I’ll get a picture. It’s a spot about 2 inches long where the material pulled out from being twisted around the screw.
I have seen that snag many times over the years, although it was always on a parts car so I did not care about the carpet as it was heading to the trash. My thought on a repair would be to perhaps cut a few strands of thread form a hidden area such as under the rear seat to somehow glue back into the damaged area.
Randy Goodling
CCOA #95
What color is your carpet? You might be able to
disguise it a bit with glueing in some strands. I personally got tires of seeing that in my car and put in the mass backed carpet from ACC. Real
Nice factory look and extra
Soundproofing. It’s what WCCC sells. If you ever do that, use a soldering iron to burn your holes in so you don’t end up with a snag and a run like your have now.
The carpet is black. I wouldn’t have a problem replacing it in another car, in fact I have a new one on the shelf. But aside from the snag, this carpet is perfectly fine. Seems a shame to take it out just for that. Though I wouldn’t be able to live with it as I see it every time I look in the car.
You might ask your local dealers if they use an interior repair specialist on their used cars. If so he would have a special velore material that he can uae to color match your carpet and glue it in the space. That’s probably your best bet to save it. The guy might charge you $50 bucks or so. High end used car dealers would have contact for such an individual…just an idea.
So… it might take some patience, and very careful application with a glue gun, but you might be able to put a small dab on each spot where it was originally connected to the backing material, fold the strand carefully and glue each “hoop” back into place. Maybe.
Don’t know about this particular situation but, I have in the past, I have taken a string of the carpet material from a non visible area and sewed the string back in. Got a very heavy duty needle and by hand sewed the loops back into the carpet backing and glued each loop from the underside and a touch of super glue at the base of each loop. It does work but there has to be material there to sew through.
This is the kind of thing I hoped could be done. It might take some practice…
From the sound of where your repair would be, I would practice as well. It is time consuming and I have to wear reading glasses but it does work if you have some backing to sew to.