lloydpiestate Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 hi all,i, like alot of you are in need of quality carpet sets for my cars, so i got in touch with aldridge and they are willing to do them for us.i will need a set of nos or very good s/h ones so they have templates.anyone interested and anyone have the above so i can get us all a price ??lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi LLoydThere are already three suppliers out there doing carpet sets - I do not include the brothers in this as I had a set of their estate rear compartment and they were 'orrible! Also I have not had good experiences of Aldridge with their service with ignored phone calls and e-mails.Coverdale have been used by a number of people that I know with good reports - and I have a set of their carpets in the Mk1 PI estate and the front of Woody and they are good.There are also a couple of others listing on ebay (made to order in 2-3 weeks) but I do not know their quality.I personally would not want to order from Aldridge without seeing their product (is it better than Coverdale) and knowing they were reliable.MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 LloydI have recently fitted a set of Aldridge 2000 carpets to a customers car. We supplied the original set as patterns. For some reason they took it on themselves to add extra piping to areas where there would have orginally been none. Trying to fit it like that would have been difficult, but fortunately there was sufficient carpet (just) in those areas for me to carefully remove it, and fit as original.Also they made the rear main carpet in three sections despite having the original one piece as a template.Apart from that the quality of the carpet used far surpassed that of any other repro set I have seen in a 2000/2.5 in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieD Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I recently fitted a set of new carpets from Coverdale to my '78 Estate. Not the easy afternoon job it is on the Spitfire!Overall very impressed with the quality of the carpets from Coverdale - just take your time and work out the best order to fit them (especially in the rear load area) before you commit with the spray adhesive. Very good customer service from Coverdale who will send you lots of samples in varying degrees of quality of the carpet ( i went for the cheapest which are very good) and different colour combinations. Nicely bound edges where appropriate. They do take 2-3 weeks to arrive but worth the wait. You might find a little cheaper elsewhere but would they be as good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydpiestate Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 hi all and thanks for the replies.i made the posting as i hadnt heard anything negitive regarding aldridge"s items, hence why i contacted them, but after daves reply, it would seem i was wrong ?coverdales products, i hadnt heard good reports about, but again, it would seem that was wrong and i did make a prevous posting regarding the ebay sellers, and again, the result was so so.oh well, never mind :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Interesting.I have ordered a set of the 'best' quality carpets from Daventry Carpets who are an ebay shop, these are for my GT6. They are due before mid Jan and will let everyone know what they are like. The chap on the phone was very helpful. They can do big saloon carpets and would be prepared to offer sections as replacements, they cannot guarantee colour match.I have a set of Coverdale carpets in my Saloon and very good they are, lasted 10+ years so far, little bit of sun bleaching present now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 As far as the estate is concerned the really big problem is the rear wheel arch which requires a very large shaped section covering the complete inner bowl. Originally the factory made them as a moulded unit but limitations on the practicalities of re-manufacturing mean that it has to be made in stitched pieces which produces an acceptable result if done properly.This is what Coverdale do. I did ask all the suppliers about this a while ago (in the early days of the now defunct Spares Group) but none had the courtesy to reply apart from Coverdale. When in an emergency I bought a rear estate set for a show from Rimmers I could not believe that the carpet for the bowl was a flat piece of very stiff carpet with negligible give for moulding over the bowl even if cut into pieces - and they ignored my complaint. Alan Chatterton managed to re-colour the original sound but faded carpet in his estate but mine was completely US in one of my estates and needed replacement.If buying a set of carpets for the estate rear load area it is important to consider this point out. I would be very interested in seeing what Daventry are like though they were one of the people I asked (via ebay) about the wheel arch and had no reply.MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The carpet set for my GT6 has arrived from Danbury Carpets (not Daventry Carpets as I reported in reply 6).They seem well made and of a good quality. I bought the most expensive set that they make as well as an underlay set and I have high expectations.The chap I dealt with at Danbury was Terry Murphy, I wonder if that is the same Terry Murphy as 'Triumph Recycler'?Will report on the 'fit' as soon as I attempt what I always find to be an arduous task!By the way, anyone have an preferences about the type of adhesive to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Factory would have been a solvent based impact adhesivestill available as evostik Multi purpose or similarthe solvent free eveostik white stuff sold by many is ive found particularly uselessaerosols of carpet impact adhesive dont have the life in the glue, and when you cant see where youre spraying can make a right un cleanable messso I recken stick to the stringy snotty old stuff , and old stiff brush to apply, let it set and then attach, and its there for life.thixotropic versions gives some allowable slip and slide which can help when positioning things like wheel arch covers ,pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 timbancroft61 wrote:The chap I dealt with at Danbury was Terry Murphy, I wonder if that is the same Terry Murphy as 'Triumph Recycler'?Ring him up and ask him if he is driving a brand new top of the range Merc.He always did when he was flogging Triumph Parts from Beehive Lane.:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 peterhlewis wrote:Factory would have been a solvent based impact adhesivestill available as evostik Multi purpose or similarthe solvent free eveostik white stuff sold by many is ive found particularly uselessaerosols of carpet impact adhesive dont have the life in the glue, and when you cant see where youre spraying can make a right un cleanable messso I recken stick to the stringy snotty old stuff , and old stiff brush to apply, let it set and then attach, and its there for life.thixotropic versions gives some allowable slip and slide which can help when positioning things like wheel arch covers ,peteThanks Pete, movement is needed to aid final positioning, good advice, ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 peterhlewis wrote:the solvent free eveostik white stuff sold by many is ive found particularly uselessQuite agree, can't believe they have not been done under the trade descriptions act.Fortunately Robert Dyas down here sell the "proper stuff" Evostik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Trouble is I have inadvertatley bought the white stuff, before realising both the white and the snot are both marked Evostikthe Snotty gue is marker 'general purpose' the white is marked solvent freeway back we used to spray the solvent based to fix truck headlings , the guys on the cab line were normally as high as kiteSame as the screen wash neat and alcohol fornthe air brakesthey spoilt all the fun with making stuf friendly ah !Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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