New interior?

[fourtii]

I have a nice rear seat, (tobacco color) upper and lower (material only) along with matching 4 door cards and armrests for a '73 to make it period correct.

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[stricht8]

It's been a while and I'm revisiting this topic. Does anyone know if the carpet in my 73 2002 is German loop or square weave?

Also with a tan interior, what would the actual carpet color name be?

[esty]

It's been a while and I'm revisiting this topic. Does anyone know if the carpet in my 73 2002 is German loop or square weave?

Also with a tan interior, what would the actual carpet color name be?

loop...it's a fiction that square weave wool was used in any o2....unless of course, it was a fluke

[stricht8]

Thanks. It's really badly worn but kind of looks like a hybrid loop square weave. It's original to the car.

['76mintgrün'02]

looks like a hybrid loop square weave

 

 

 

Rectanguloop?

[LarsAlpina]

Hi,

 

if it´s a 73 it should have a brown interior and not what is generally referred to as tan in US. Should come close to this:

 

 

For real tan interiors in the square backlight cars the carpet came one-piece (OK, two with the bit below the backseat) from factory and was a bit lighter. Can only find a tan picture of an Euro spec Lux car at the moment, carpet is special Velours here but standard cars had the loop one.

 

 

Regards, Lars.

[stricht8]

Thanks. Well I guess it is kind of brown or a dark tan? It looks like the color in the top picture.

On another note, the carpet has a light gray binding. I spoke with World Upholstery the other day and they are not familiar with carpet bindings being of a different color as the carpet. They suggested that my carpet may have been a factory special order?

[esty]

i'd bet that the binding color was originally some shade of tan but the hard vinyl binding they used faded to grey after all these years,,,i've hada couple of old tan sets that appeared to have grey binding

 

but then...who knows what BMW did when they cranked up the sewing machine

[stricht8]

Thanks Esty. I will check the binding more thoroughly but it appears to be a consistent grey making me be skeptical about fading. Is this binding material available in grey should I want to duplicate this?

[LarsAlpina]

I´d agree to what Esty says with the binding (how couldn´t I BTW ).

 

It´s about the same with the original tissue for the seats from those brown interiors. People always ask me for "the white tissue to replace the worn one on my seats". But original color as new from factory wasn´t white, it was brown in a color very close to the vinyl. Just about no one today has ever seen an interior in still original conditions anymore because the process of fading was taking place very fast and already ten year old cars had their seats in perfect white back in the time.

 

Regards, Lars.

[stricht8]

So I'm still struggling trying to find the correct carpet for my car. I've attached several pics of what appears to be the original carpet. You can also see the mystery grey binding. I also attached a pic of a sample of German loop sent to me by World Upholstery. The stuff from Gahh appears very similar to the World stuff as well. Having looked at samples of Esty's stuff online, it doesn't appear to match what's in my car either.

The World stuff has larger, looser loops than what's in my car. It also has a more disorganized type of weave as well as two different shades of yarn woven into the carpet. My carpet has only one shade, has smaller loops arranged in a more grid like pattern. Not sure what to do at this point.

[esty]

 

 

 

So I'm still struggling trying to find the correct carpet for my car. I've attached several pics of what appears to be the original carpet. You can also see the mystery grey binding. I also attached a pic of a sample of German loop sent to me by World Upholstery. The stuff from Gahh appears very similar to the World stuff as well. Having looked at samples of Esty's stuff online, it doesn't appear to match what's in my car either.
The World stuff has larger, looser loops than what's in my car. It also has a more disorganized type of weave as well as two different shades of yarn woven into the carpet. My carpet has only one shade, has smaller loops arranged in a more grid like pattern. Not sure what to do at this point.

Sadly, after 40+ years it's unlikely that you'll ever find an exact match to original carpet used in any BMW from that vintage...a host of reasons can explain why you can't

 

i sell a carpet similar to your carpet but it's probably a lesser quality that what was originally used....as any carpet used today is perhaps a lesser quality...as manufacturers try to keep the prices down/stable they often tend "cheapen" or "lighten" the product

 

anyway here's what i can get in a host of colors and IMHO, your binding was originally a taupe/tan color, regardless of what color it appears to be after 40+ years of exposure to UV, chemicals, farts, and who knows what else

 

FWIW...there are only a small circle of manufacturers...one that manufactures the same square weave wool that's sold by GAHH, World Upholstery or any place else you find it...and a couple of others that manufacture the imported and domestic loop carpets (synthetic)....i'm referring strictly to the few carpets vendors that you've limited yourself to...they all get there materials from the same place

 

 

[stricht8]

Thanks Esty. I'm seeing that sourcing the correct material is becoming a challenge. I wanted to keep as much original carpet as possible and only replace the badly worn and or missing pieces. This may not be possible without being able to source the same material. Retaining some of the old is more about preserving originality rather than money saving.

[esty]

maybe a carpet store will have something that you can use

[jgerock]

Esty - do you have anything resembling the old carpet in my 69?  Looks kind of like an "oatmeal".  PM me to discuss my color combination - I'm sure you can suggest something for my car.

 

Very worn out passenger side carpet