Non ix carpet in an ix

[Kershaw]

Anyone done this? My rallyx carpet was cut up for rust repair and unfortunately not cut around the heater core. I'm curious to see how much of a difference the transfercase bump makes.

Also, its for a race car, I don't care that much about fitment. But it has to fit, obviously.

[nando]

I think it will fit for the most part, it just might get weird around the transmission tunnel.

[madman23]

The transfer case bump may not let it fit correctly. That is why there is a bend on the seat adjuster on the IX models.

[ziazhp]

It fits fine. Today I swapped out my old OEM carpet for a used one from a 318. The 318 has a nicer weave to it and it was much lighter and easier to fit,perhaps it was from a later model? I recommend this weave if you can get it.
Unless you remove the heater box, you'll have to trim your replacement to fit correctly, but nobody will see it.

[Kershaw]

Thanks for the input.

[muuris]

Good to know, I'm also about to swap non-iX carpet in mine tomorrow. Didn't realize the carpet has different pn for iX when I bought it. Nevertheless, as finding a decent carpet (on sale) from any E30 model isn't easy, finding decent iX one will be very hard.

[muuris]

Here is rwd 2d facelift carpet in prefacelift iX. I added quite a bit of sound deadening on tranny/tc tunnel under the factory carpet, which makes it worse. Doesn't fit 100% right between gas pedal and front seat, but it's not very noticeable compared to original. Too bad I didn't take a pic before fitting the seat..