carpet removal

[NC325iC]

how do you do it, im sure take out the seats and the door sills(in cabrios atleast) and center consoles but from there how do you do it?

maybe this should be a DIY

[s0urce]

Did this over the weekend on my 325. You got it for the most part. Seats, Door Sills, clutch bumper, accelerator pedal bumper (plastic hat around it), Center Console. From there, if you're really needing to remove it outside of the car, I'd suggest just cutting it up high under the dash area to get around the heater core and shit. Maybe someone else can chime in on a way to do it without cutting.

As for getting around the pedal, its not too bad, just remove the linkage on the top of the pedal and shimmy the carpet up and over it.

[1991 318is]

Agree on cutting around heater. The gas pedal pops up and out.

[NC325iC]

now if i cut it would i be able to reuse it without seeing where i cut? im planning on taking it out and having it dyed since its very faded.

[s0urce]

yup, just cut well above where the center console leaves its marks on the carpet.

[Avus E30]

yup, just cut well above where the center console leaves its marks on the carpet.

when I did my carpet switches I had to do that and as long as its unter that center consol part near the heater core its fine no visible damage.

[Sean]

Cut it as close to the heater box as possible, and it'll be fine. Did that when I switched my carpet, and I can't see the old carpet anymore. ;)

[Kip]

Also, perfect time to run speaker wires, RCA's for amps, and Sat Radio wires. While carpet is out, you will have a chance to inspect floor pans and seams for corrosion. Clean up old fries and pennies from under rear seat.

When removing sills, be careful. I broke one, and alot of the clips stayed in car, not on sill. They are cheap, order new ones. I believe I used 7 per sill, but you can do 4-5 and be OK.

Kick panels that cover speakers up front also need to come out. Good time to upgrade speakers. On driver's side, two bolts for hood release.

Source light bulbs for rear and front ashtray, change while you have it apart. Screw on front of console, pass side, is a bugger.

Have fun!

[NC325iC]

Also, perfect time to run speaker wires, RCA's for amps, and Sat Radio wires. While carpet is out, you will have a chance to inspect floor pans and seams for corrosion. Clean up old fries and pennies from under rear seat.

When removing sills, be careful. I broke one, and alot of the clips stayed in car, not on sill. They are cheap, order new ones. I believe I used 7 per sill, but you can do 4-5 and be OK.

Kick panels that cover speakers up front also need to come out. Good time to upgrade speakers. On driver's side, two bolts for hood release.

Source light bulbs for rear and front ashtray, change while you have it apart. Screw on front of console, pass side, is a bugger.

Have fun!

ive taken the sills etc out before, not that hard, i also take the rear side panels out which arent that hard either, and i was thinkin the same thing witht he wires.

now to the point

Where can i get some good dye for my carpet.

[Morrison]

I'm planning on taking the carpet out this weekend, in order to clean it up really good and then put it back in. I'm going to take the carpeting to the local coin operated car wash and use the high pressure there to really power out the stains. I've done this before on other cars, and I've seen it remove everything except brake/clutch fluid which stains the carpet, and nothing could be done about that.

To the point, everything looks pretty straightforward, but I wanted to ask about the side sills. It looks like there are 3 plastic pins on the inside edge that need to be pryed out, and then I would guess that you pull them upward and break them free from some blind clips that hold them vertically down to the car. Is this about right or am I missing something?

[NC325iC]

i dont know if you have a coupe/sedan or a conv but in convs you pry out the center of the clips then the outsides just kinda pop out then (you need to remove the kick panels first) then they just come right off.

[Morrison]

Alright, its done. Just thought I'd share my results for the rest of you. No pictures yet though. There were two clips near where the seatbelts go through the sills, that weren't apparent at first, but just took my a few minutes to figure out why they weren't coming free. The carpet was much much heavier than I thought it would be. At least compared to a Talon anyway. The foam is 4 inches thick in spots. I guess BMW was just trying to cut down on raod noise, but it seems like way overkill to me. After shampooing and pressure washing, it weighed nearly 100 lbs, and I could barely lug it around. Took about 3 days to dry. I'm happy with the results though, since the cost was nearly free, and it looks like new.