Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: mauro12 on October 26, 2017, 12:19:02
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Hi everyone, I need to replace my front carpet ( driver and passenger) but I only found on sale the entire set and I don’t need because mine is still in good conditions apart from this 2 pieces. Do you have any advice? Thank you 😉
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I´ve bought new original carpets from Hermann Mayer, se below. The price was 255 EUR including VAT and Freight to Sweden;
All the best,
Carlos
Klaus Hermann Mayer
Kraftfahrzeugtechnik GmbH
Berkheimer Str. 10-12
73734 Esslingen
Tel. 0049-(0)711/3579000
Fax 0049-(0)711/35790014
www.cabrio.de
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In this website they propose only the entire set. Maybe I have to contact them by email and ask in detail yes?
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How old is your current carpet set? I would be concerned about matching. Carpet quality, color, weave/loop density have slightly changed over the years.
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Just a point of note - the 250 SL should have rubber mats in the foot wells, not carpet.
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Just a point of note - the 250 SL should have rubber mats in the foot wells, not carpet
Thanks Jonny, ;)
Fully agree with your note here.
230ies and 250ies SLs exclusively had square weave carpets with rubber mats in the foot wells, but never carpeting. 8)
If you today find carpeting there, it is not original, or aftermarket or both. ???
If those mats perfectly match your remaining carpet set you can be assured that your carpet set was replaced once in the past.
Original square weave carpet was made of wool and goat hair ... and that stuff ages with the decades. Just like your woolen clothing, e.g. pullovers...., those also do not show that perfect integrity any more after 50 years...
Even almost perfectly preserved original untouched cars have partly (strongly) aged square weave carpet with damages - likes Tempur's phantastic 25'000 miles original-untouched 230.
So, if your carpet is "almost" perfect it is utmost likely aftermarket anyway.
If aftermarket - it doesn't matter if you now solely change the "footwell carpets" then.
My advice is this:
1) Get the original rubber mats - available factory or aftermarket.
Then get non-original carpet on top (like ribbed mats or coco mats) or not - your preference.
or
2) Get new footwell square weave carpets from a supplier,
but first collect samples in your color - as many as you can get - from as many suppliers as possible.
You will be surprised how many different sizes and colors are available from the different carpet (interior) suppliers.
I would (and did in my case) go with the 1st choice - because that is the most authenitc one.
Just my 2 cents ... ;)
Achim[/size]
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I still have the rubber mats but I have always left the carpets up. The problems is that especially from the back side they are starting to lose pieces and creating dirtiness all inside the car, but to replace in quite expensive I see...