Carpet how hard is it to remove?

[dann944]

right well as some of you will know im having my sills done ive decided to get both sides done and save my self a heap of money in a few years.
To save money i thought i would strip the interior and just have the drivers seat in place just wondered how hard this job is....

ta Dann

 

[944 man]

Not particularly hard. Youll need to remove the seat obviously and thisll need a slender 10mm socket. Where it appears not to fit slide it in from the end of the runner, whichll just wide enough. Youll also need to remove the centre console: when this is out the front and rear carpet sections will lift out without too much trouble (seat belts will need removing on the sill and centre console on an early car). The sound deadening pads underneath should just lift out. While its out itd be a good time to fit the superior carpets from a series two car. The value is in the 'boot' carpet, so these should be extremely cheap if bought alone: if you buy the whole lot then Id expect to pay about £35-£50 for a really good set.

I hope that I havent missed anything: Im rushing because I should be packing...


Simon

 

[dann944]

thanks simon, i have a carpet set to go in the car from car carpets

Fun Fun Fun

Dann

 

[944 man]

For some reason Id thought that yours was a series one, but from the windscreen it looks like a series two? Later type carpets are split under the centre console, but its still usually better/easier to remove it. The vertical pieces under the rear seat squab are blued onto flaps of material thats joined to the seat squab, so youll need to take these off with care.

Simon

 

[dann944]

yeah mine is an 87 2.5

 

[Neil Haughey]

I believe the centre section on my S2 had been re-fitted as it was glued down everywhere and turned out to be a real struggle to remove without tearing [This is the one piece section that goes over the transmission tunnel and starts more or less under the front of the seats]. It took me about 2 hours. As Simon says the front footwell carpets are a doddle, they pretty much lift out, same for the soft pads underneath them. It was the same story again in my 968 as I decided to do a carpet swap and put the perfect condition front carpets from my S2 into the 968. This time the centre section didn't look like it had been removed but it was another nightmare. The glue Porsche used in those years is unbelievable, not only is it very strong it strings out up to 3 foot long and literally sticks to everything, luckily I don't think they used this glue on 944's. It took me over 2 hours of heaving to get that one section of carpet out and at the end I was shattered. Basically it took me something like 4 or 5 hours to swap the carpets over but I couldn't do the rear of the car as they are different on 968's.

Again as Simon indicates you need to be very careful with the 2 sections of carpet one on each A pillar down by your right ankle. These have a slither of fabric that slips under the door seal and tears very easily, again its a similar story with the 2 small sections one of each in front of each seat bucket. The fabric that slips under the seat base tears off very easily. Others have told me this fabric falls apart anyway and the best thing is to stitch some new fabric onto these carpet sections prior to refitting. I have to do this on mine.

IMHO someone who is experienced with car interiors should be able to completely strip the carpets and trim in a day without destroying it all.

 

[944 man]

Have I mixed up early and late there? Is it late carpets that are all one piece? Sorry if so. 968 carpet can seldom be removed because its so well glued in: Kev always send the shells to be dipped with it still in place...

 

[Neil Haughey]

I can see why now, getting that centre section out was absolutely shattering. On late cars the centre section is definitely one piece over the transmission tunnel. The carpets from the rear seat forwards are identical on the 968 and late 944 (as I have my S2 carpets in the 968). The rear carpet and rear wheel arch carpets in the 968 are different in a number of subtle ways.

Another reason to dip the shell with the carpet in place is because the glue is an absolute nightmare. Its almost impossible removing it from a 968, and of course with no carpet on anything and everything will stick to the floor of the car like the proverbial. Lucky for us with 944's the glue is nothing like as bad.