Interior questions..seats, n carpet?

[Swifty1638]

I plan on selling my front seats, and rear bench seat setup. I want to gut the car, and lay down a plain black carpet, from the front, to the trunk..all one piece. Where can I find a roll of black carpeting big enough for this car? I'd lay the old over it, and cut it out, then put it in. Also, how can I mount some black sparco speeds to the stock sliders? anyone ever mount seats before, and how was the height clearance? I wanna be able to fit my head and helmet inside the car too, so I am hoping it will all fit..

-A. Swift

P.S. - car is a 1992 eclipse GSX

[TheBlizzard]

The big question is how do you want the end result of the carpet to look. Because if you just put a piece of black carpet in it without it being molded its not going to look very good. All the stock carpet is shaped to fit snug in all the tight spots.

If you want it to look decent you might need special tools or a shop that does custom interior to do it.

[Goat Blower]

They do make a special carpet for cars that can be shaped to some degree, but it's probably just easier to take the stock carpet and rip the insulation from the back of it and glue it down.

You can mount Sparcos to the stock sliders, I just did it this year. But it's a bitch, and I ended up drilling new holes through the bottom of the seat, since the side mount holes would take way too much fabrication to make decent brackets for. Also it's tough mounting them with anything but the stock sliders because the seats actually sit over a part of the tranny tunnel, so you can't just bolt them to the floor or you'll be hugging the door panels.

[Swifty1638]

I was thinking of gluing the carpet down, once the wires where all run.

As far as the sliders, how hard is that to make?

-A. Swift

[Swifty1638]

I also decided against the sparcos, but to go with corbeau FX1's. I also wanna know what about harnesses? I really wanna make em legal, since I don't see how something safer then stock crappy sliders would be against the rules, unless installed wrong. So, what can I do? Where could you get them legalized?

-A. Swift

[niterydr]

It really depends upon what "legal" you are talking about.
Right now the stealth has a Momo Start seat in it, which is FIA approved. I also have a 5 point g-force pro-series camlock harness holding me in. I am using custom mounts (chrome moly) with momo sliders. My seat and harness are NHRA approved, but my harness isn't DOT legal.

[Swifty1638]

So, anotherwords, how can you get them legalized? I mean..say you got pulled over for speeding..how can you get it so that you won't also get a second ticket for the seatbelts, even though they are more safe then the originals? I thought there was a way to do this, but you had to carry some paper saying it was inspected n whatnot..

-A. Swift

[JET]

They do make replacement carpet for DSM's in various colors. I think it was in JC Whitney? I want to say it was around $200.

[Swifty1638]

on the carpet jet..you sure it's not to just replace the oem carpet? I want a single piece that runs the length of the interior..no seems..I want clean.

Also, I was looking for CF hoods, and I like the oem look. But, I also sorta liked this other hood. I don't know who makes it or where to find it, but I was hoping I could get help. It's got one vent where the turbo sits, and a smaller one to the passenger side, sorta for the bov/battery area? Who makes it, and where might one find it?

-A. Swift

[niterydr]

So, anotherwords, how can you get them legalized? I mean..say you got pulled over for speeding..how can you get it so that you won't also get a second ticket for the seatbelts, even though they are more safe then the originals? I thought there was a way to do this, but you had to carry some paper saying it was inspected n whatnot..

-A. Swift

Not that I know of. If the cop gives you a ticket for no seat belt instead of speeding, its cheaper :).
Plus he would be a prick if he saw you in a 5 pointharness. The real problem would be what other equipment violations do you have?