[EdwardsSS]

Who is making the best carpet for the money from the experience of Steve's members? PUI, ACC, Cars Inc., Stock Interiors, etc.? In doing shopping on the ol' Interweb, I'm seeing prices from 100.00 to close to 300.00. What is your experience?

I need to replace the carpet in my '63 Nova hardtop. Thanks for your suggestions.

-Ed

 

[ramportin1]

Very curious to see the responses here

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[Alf]

There was a real good thread on carpet here a couple months ago.
ACC, in my view, is a very marginal product. It has numerious problems including their mold not following the contours of the floor pan, excess material in some areas and too little in others.
Something I could not work-around is the thin yarn count. Look at the picture below. The white specs you see in the rocker area is not my dandruff, its the carpet back you see when the carpet is rolled over a contour.
All that said, if i were to do it over I'd get prices from an upholstry shop for custom rugs.

 

[CdnL79 Registry]

I think this is the thread you're referring to.

ACC Carpet Kit is JUNK

I am so fed up with reproduction parts not even coming close to fitting. When I did my 70 396 Automatic 3 1/2 years ago no problem. Ever since they bought Trim parts they suck. I am now working on a 68 Nova with factory bucket seats and the brackets are completely different then 69-71 so the...

www.stevesnovasite.com

Bob

 

[EdwardsSS]

There was a real good thread on carpet here a couple months ago.
ACC, in my view, is a very marginal product. It has numerious problems including their mold not following the contours of the floor pan, excess material in some areas and too little in others.
Something I could not work-around is the thin yarn count. Look at the picture below. The white specs you see in the rocker area is not my dandruff, its the carpet back you see when the carpet is rolled over a contour.
All that said, if i were to do it over I'd get prices from an upholstry shop for custom rugs.
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Thanks for the heads up on those problems, Ed

 

[kimmer71]

The information in this topic is not making me look forward to dealing with this project in the future. Found this on Classic Industries...for a gen 3. Looks decent by the ad.

1974 Chevrolet Nova Parts | *53149974 | 1968-79 Nova 2 Or 4 Door Without Console Doeskin Molded Cut Pile Carpet And Underlay Kit | Classic Industries

When it comes to quality, OER® is the most trusted name in the restoration parts industry. Each product is manufactured and designed to replicate the or

www.classicindustries.com

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[Rush]

Who is making the best carpet for the money from the experience of Steve's members? PUI, ACC, Cars Inc., Stock Interiors, etc.? In doing shopping on the ol' Interweb, I'm seeing prices from 100.00 to close to 300.00. What is your experience?

I need to replace the carpet in my '63 Nova hardtop. Thanks for your suggestions.

-Ed

I bought PUI carpet, and it went in easy and fit nice. This was my first time installing carpet and it turned out great.

 

[EdwardsSS]

Thanks for your recommendations.

 

[amatojm]

The last carpet I got was from Stock Interiors. I had to install in the early spring time with the car outside in the northwest, so it wasn't really warm enough to let the carpet relax. It didn't seem overly terrible, but I wasn't very impressed either. There was a carpet change for the '74 model year and I didn't know. Ended up with that God awful long pile that just collects everything.

I also have a trans tunnel mod for the tremec, so I, too am researching this and not looking forward to that part of my project this summer.