Any of you dye your 02 carpets before?

[RenaissanceMan]

Searched and didn't find any threads directly related, so I'll ask here. My original carpet is in excellent condition, but has fading from the sun. Was curious if any of you have restored your carpet's original color using carpet dye or anything else similar? Looking for excellent results and will replace carpet altogether if it's the only way to correct, but starting with this inquiry to see what y'all have done... Thanks!

[jp5Touring]

I used SEM interior paint, can be used on carpet.  I did just a few spots in black on my e39 touring that were bad . Turned out great and still looks good from a year ago.

Edited May 13, 2019 by jp5Touring

[Leland]

I had good luck dyeing my sunbleached carpet too.  I was able to match a spray-canned dye with my original blue, BUT I took the carpet out to do the job and, retrospectively, the prudent thing to do would have been just to bite the bullet and install new carpet.

[RenaissanceMan]

16 minutes ago, Leland said:

I had good luck dyeing my sunbleached carpet too.  I was able to match a spray-canned dye with my original blue, BUT I took the carpet out to do the job and, retrospectively, the prudent thing to do would have been just to bite the bullet and install new carpet.

 

Do you remember what specific brand/color blue you used?

[John_in_VA]

I've used SEM & Duplicolor with good color results, but the carpet gets stiff vs. plush.

[Leland]

The color was called Navy Blue, but I don't remember where I got it.  Sorry---not much help, huh?  I do remember that it took 3 aerosol cans though, at about ten bucks per can.  I own my car to drive, not worship, so the results were perfectly acceptable, but if you are creating a 100-point car, I don't think it would be up to your standards.  Good luck!