turbo carpet

[esty]

what color carpet was originally in the white turbo....does anyone have a good pic of an original turbo carpet color

also i believe it has been determined that square weave was not original to the o2's

[JackF]

I'll look around for some of the pre-resto pics. It came with a one piece black carpet in my Chamonix car. Pretty small tight weave. Your carpet sets look really nice on those I've seen. I guess a one piece is about out of the question, but I wish I could have found one. I'm not sure how carpet is formed. Get a junquer and use the baes as a mold. Years ago I bought the one piece from Bav Auto and by the time I got it untied out of the box it was time to put it back in the box. It wouldn't go. Shipping a one piece would be difficult. If you can figure out the production and shipping I suspect there is a pretty good market for it. Good luck with it.

[esty]

thanks for the info jack..unless they've drop'd it from their line, Auto Custom Carpet in alabama sells a moulded set for the o2...i used one of their sets in my 76 years ago but the last one i bought in 05 didn't work...it was way too bulky and try as i may, i could not get it to lay flat

[c.d.iesel]

from the sales brochure :

looks like salt n' pepper

[Emyers]

thanks for the info jack..unless they've drop'd it from their line, Auto Custom Carpet in alabama sells a moulded set for the o2...i used one of their sets in my 76 years ago but the last one i bought in 05 didn't work...it was way too bulky and try as i may, i could not get it to lay flat

Esty,

Would that be the outfit located in Anniston?

Earl

74 02Lux

02 M Roadster

72 Volvo 19800ES

[esty]

Auto Custom Carpet in alabama {/quote]

Esty,

Would that be the outfit located in Anniston?

Earl

earl...without checking, i believe they are in anniston...you can confirm with google

[02Les]

Esty,

Here's a few pics of different Turbos with (I think) original carpets.

They all look to be grey-black (salt-pepper).

[esty]

you're the man les....thanks a bunch

[LarsAlpina]

Hi esty,

I can confirm from several original turbo´s I´ve seen at meetings here in Germany: They originally have the late standard one-piece carpet for black interior cars. The grey one on the photos above.

Best regards, Lars.

[m6smitten]

I am resurrecting this thread by asking someone to share a close-up pic of their Turbo carpet. Specifically I am curious about the coloring and loop.

The higher the resolution the better.

 

Etsy graciously provided some samples so I just need a reference point.

vielen Dank

[Preyupy]

Mine unfortunately did not have the original carpets in it when I bought the car.  I have one of Esty's kits waiting to go in.  When I restored it I could not find any decent salt and pepper sets and had not found out about Esty yet.  We were able to find some good material and she made up the set for me,  I just have not had the time to get them installed yet.  I spent the winter working on the other '02 and the M5 so the turbo got ignored.  A really good quality molded salt and pepper would be correct but I don't know of any being made. 

[Conserv]

I suspect the turbo utilized the same one-piece salt-and-pepper carpet used in all other 2002s, ca. '74-'75, having black interiors. Stated differently, I don't believe BMW upgraded the carpet for the turbo model, despite the substantial upgrade of the seats. You might, thus, be able to expand your search for good photos of original carpet to include all black-interior '02s from '74-'75 (and I wouldn't be surprised if you could throw '76 into that mix: I've never noted a difference between '75 and '76 carpets).

Beware: carpets fade even on consistently-garaged cars. The carpets on my '76 -- always garaged -- are original but I know they are at least "2 steps" lighter than they were in '76! My interior is Marine Blue with blue multi-color carpets so that certainly won't help you from a color perspective, but I suspect the style and texture of this typical '76 carpet match the style and texture of a turbo's carpet. The first photo is current; the second photo, admittedly on a darker day, was taken in 1983.

Good luck,

Steve

Edited March 11, 2014 by Conserv

[m6smitten]

Great suggestion.