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I'd like to change the basic grey floor coverings to black colour .. I'm not talking about carpet mats, but the actual covers over the floor. Has anyone done this or know a place in Sydney that will do a half decent job ?

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hm didn't think you'd need to take the seats out .. there's some sort of padding under the floor covering, is it part of the stock carpet or just a insulator that stays there?

I'm gonna ask the trimmer tommorow how much to change it to a black carpet .. would suit the car much better as I plan on getting some sort of black sear covers. Speaking of which, anyone know any decent leather/cloth mix seat covers for R34's ? something that fits nice and tight?

this stuff looks pretty good

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Seat-Covers-NISSAN-...080611133a22334

anyone used 'nylex' covers? I reckon it's atleast $200-300 on top to get it professionally fitted so could be a bit exxy in the end. :P

hm didn't think you'd need to take the seats out .. there's some sort of padding under the floor covering, is it part of the stock carpet or just a insulator that stays there?

Of course you need to take seats out! Probably even the rear bum section. Possibly even some of the centre console, door trims, etc. There is one moulded piece of carpet in your car, which goes from your front foot wells, all through the car, up to under the rear seat. There is NO way to remove and replace that without taking seats out!

I see ... I was just at a motor trimmer's who said he can't get the mould for the skyline so according to him I'd probably need to import it, hm ok.

Anyway, that made me think ..hold on a sec, I don't need new carpets, I just need the colour changed. Ya reckon the grey factory carpets could be dyed black ? I don't see why not but I've no idea who does that sort of thing.

I really doubt it .. every single R34 GTT I've seen has the same (grey) seats and presumably the same grey carpets to match. I probably wouldn't even be thinking about doing this if the nismo mats I ordered (got GTR instead of GTT ones) didn't leave a big gap on the driver's side exposing the grey carpet underneath :(

But anyway, I reckon black carpets would spice up the car real nice since it's got a whole black theme going (dark indicators, plates and soon car seats hopefully).

Edited by Delta Force
this stuff looks pretty good

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Seat-Covers-NISSAN-...080611133a22334

anyone used 'nylex' covers? I reckon it's atleast $200-300 on top to get it professionally fitted so could be a bit exxy in the end. :P

yeah that's max.. he leatherette or "german leather".. not the real stuff but he says he can do leather too.. ask if he still does.. i got them from him.. great seats.. and you fit them yourself..

Edited by .:: GimpS-R34 ::.

this leatherette stuff actually sounds better than leather ... leather without the downsides/hassles of real leather! :thumbsup:

How hard was it to replace the original covers? I had no idea the original seat covers were actually removable in the first place lol. How long did it take you to replace fronts and back ?

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