Tim Bancroft Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Hi all, in an attempt to civilise the GT6, I want to replace the carpet set in the GT6.Normal or moulded?Newton Commercial???Comments welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 No experience, sorry but will read the replies with interest as I have a similar plan myself!Moulded if available will be better (but more expensive) I would think, Newton Commercial seem to be the market leader and have a reputation for a good product.At the lower end of the market, there is a chap near me who trades on Ebay (tripar?) selling new Triumph carpet sets, again no first hand experience myself. However he is Terry Murphy who used to own the Chelmsford Triumph breaker "Triumphspares". Decent enough chap to deal with but his ethos was always buy cheap/sell dear - he made a serious amount of money from it before retiring (expensive house, big new Merc etc), so I suspect he has found a very cheap source of foreign(?) supply for these carpet sets, as I don't reckon he would be wasting his time dealing in them unless there was very good money in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cook1e Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I replaced mine with moulded a few years back, really good fit. Bought it from Paddocks as they had the best price by far at the time for a GT6 moulded set but Im pretty sure it was a Newton set, I think all the moulded sets come from there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Tim, for a car as good as yours. It has to be moulded.You would regret it for years if you fitted plain (sewn) carpets. :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Moulded is the best option, but beware of off-centred mouldings. It's been a theme of the last few sets I've worked with, excess carpet on one edge, too short on the opposite side/corner.If you have the luxury of time, check every piece in situ before trimming anything.Cheers,Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 The set I have in the car is Moulded, almost certain it is a Newton set.I want to fit a dark red set to the car, think it will give the car a nice look inside.Dave Pearson does'nt agree, but I think it would look good.The existing set ain't that bad, just needs cleaning. (Mike, if you are interested a deal could be done. The tailgater area carpet is shagged though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Moulded. No brainer!All are made by Newton Commercial.Buy at the best price from any supplier.Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 timbancroft61 wrote:The set I have in the car is Moulded, almost certain it is a Newton set.I want to fit a dark red set to the car, think it will give the car a nice look inside.Dave Pearson does'nt agree, but I think it would look good.Think I'd agree with Dave ......maybe dark blue but even that I'm not really convinced about.Yours is such a nice car be a shame to mess it up. But it's your car so if you like it......don't make you right though :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimtavies Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I tried to fit a none moulded set once and gave up, totally awful, worth the extra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 timbancroft61 wrote:I want to fit a dark red set to the car, think it will give the car a nice look inside.Dave Pearson does'nt agree, but I think it would look good.The existing set ain't that bad, just needs cleaning. (Mike, if you are interested a deal could be done. The tailgater area carpet is shagged though).Thanks Tim, my interior isn't in bad shape either - and may even be original - however you and I must have the same weird and wonderful taste as I have always thought mine would look awesome with a red interior also! I had in mind more bright red than dark though!For your colour of car I too would possibly have considered blue before red? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy66 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Another vote for moulded! Red would look good in a mk1 but not those frumpy mk2's ! ;D :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Alex,How can you dictate taste with those awful stripes over your car :PRoy,Frumpy: How rude!!! See you at the next bend?? :XThink I will def go for red. You'll see................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Tarts like red! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 How about light blue seats, door trim and carpets? :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Mmmmm red carpet! Never thought about it until I spotted this carhttp://www.autoscout24.nl/Details.aspx?id=236213453&asrc=st%7Csr&a=1Although I'm pretty sure it doesn't suit your car Tim.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 I would retain the black seats, door cards and armrest.Think all will be surprised.Alex,Is your car a AC Cobra.............Ha Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 timbancroft61 wrote:Alex,Is your car a AC Cobra.............Ha Ha!Shh! It's a secret ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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