Changing The Carpet In A Fd

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07-17-2003, 01:36 PM

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JaySpec7

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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Jul 17 2003, 01:16 PM

[quote name='JaySpec7' date='Jul 17 2003, 10:13 AM'] [quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Jul 17 2003, 01:10 PM'] [quote name='JaySpec7' date='Jul 16 2003, 07:07 PM'] great job!! you think that was a bitch.. i took everything out also, and right before i was going to start taking the dash out... I looked at the new carpet I bought... it was for the Spirit R... so it doesn't fit... i had to put everything back... bah

It's really nice though... RED carpet...

Ahh man that sucks!!

The carpet was backwards right?

I feel for you. [/quote]

yeah... well... Mazda has to pick up the carpet and try to locate a US spec red carpet... i dunno.. well see [/quote]

So you bought the carpet from Mazda? [/quote]

well.. I called Mazda to order the red carpet that comes stock in some silver touring FDs... they said they had one in stock, but then they said later when I was ready that it wasn't... I then got a call back saying that Mazda Japan would make one for my FD... pretty cool... but then, they ended up sending me one for the Japan Spec FD... lol...

I should sell it for millions on ebay... it's JDM.. hahaha

I also thought of trying to fit it anyway.. but there is a bulge on the passenger side, plust the hole for the hatch release and a couple other misc things under the dash where the carpet ends... I just don't feel like hacking it up...

08-01-2003, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Jul 13 2003, 10:46 PM

Did you know that your dash is only held in by nine 10mm bolts?

just removed mine..

it wasnt the nine that was a pita...

all the harness attachments and connections were the killers

08-01-2003, 07:40 PM

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sandmans7

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I feel alot of respect for anyone that does that job. I have just finished re-wiring my entire car, I had to remove my fenders, front bumper to replace for a new one, dash and all interior panels came off too. It took me 2 weeks of labor after coming home from work and alot of bruises and scratches.

I dont think I'll ever do it again.

So I say.

08-01-2003, 08:34 PM

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http://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.ph...threadid=210150

i guess malloy mazda has a red one in stock call em and check it out

08-02-2003, 12:46 PM

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nice dave

11-16-2003, 09:56 PM

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volley1

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So, back to the top again. My black carpet is arriving tomorrow. Dave, is there a good pic of where the 9 10mm bolts that hold the dash on are? Also, any tips or things to watch out for when taking the dash off? Another question; is there anything that I should replace while I have the dash off? Hoses to the heater core or something?

Thanks for the help guys. I want to try to make this as painless as possible.