replacing interior carpet

there are several options for replacement carpet for under or around $200. is this a good deal or are they cheap and should stay away? i'm pulling the seats out so figured i'd do the carpet while i'm at it. even LMC has carpet options for very affordable. have you done this before?

Here is a link to my build thread. I just tackled this project on my 2006 Tahoe in September 2015. Should be pretty close to the same removal and installation.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/fosscores-2006-tahoe-build-thread.65729/page-14

www.stockinteriors.com is where I got my carpet samples from and placed the order. Any other questions, just ask. Good luck.

awesome. thank you!

I also used www.stockinteriors.com for my '02 Denali. I suggest going with the mass backing option; it makes for a better fit as well as sound deadening. It took me an afternoon to complete. One other thing to consider is if you have other items that are carpeted (I have lower door panels, folding seat backs, console areas, etc.) then you might want to closely match the new carpet color to those items. I also opted for matching mats.

X2 what Red Rocket said. I actually hit him up as he had just done his before me. I did the mass backing and went a few shades darker (dark grey like he did) rather than really dark to try and keep the color theme with out too much contrast.

I also did my headliner as it was pretty nasty at the same time as all the trim pieces fit like a puzzle and it was a perfect opportunity while the interior was stripped.

I went a bit darker up top than the carpet and OEM color and it was worth it to me to do both.

The did the matching mats and they look great and stay in place perfectly.

Not trying to hijack the thread @Fosscore but how did you do your headliner and how difficult was it?

Red Rocket said:

Not trying to hijack the thread @Fosscore but how did you do your headliner and how difficult was it?

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@Red Rocket

Here's the link to my build thread with some pics and a write up when I replaced my carpet and headliner at the same time. Might help with seeing it torn apart and all the trim removed.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/replacing-interior-carpet.76744/#post-950683

I'll lay out a few more details here as well. Was a lot easier when I had the interior torn apart as all the bottom trim had already been removed for the carpet. Thankfully I decided to just do it at the same time and then I took all the rest of the trim off starting at the A pillar and removing the rest of the B, C and D pillars.

There are 6 Torx screws for each of the sun visors and the vanity mirror lights clips to undo. You have a Denali so you may have a few more electronics than I do. I cannot recall. The front overhead center console has that one long screw forward to drop it down and unhook the lights and A/C controls. The passenger overhead grab handle needs to come out, but this handle pushes thru the headliner and into the roof of the truck which gives it the strength to hold your co-pilot in her seat. Pics below of a spare I just happned to have in the house.

Pop out the two plugs and pull them out to loosen the handle a little bit. On the back side of the headliner, there are two black funky looking slide washers. You need to slide them to allow the grab handle to pull out. They do have a tendency to want to bend so be a little gentle when trying to get them to slide off. If you do not remove the A and B pillar trim pieces first, it might restrict being able to carefully pull the headliner down to release these slide washers to get the grab handle to release from the roof of the truck. You probably won't be able to remove the headliner if you don't remove the A and B pillar pieces anyways, so just make it easy on yourself and pull them out. There are some more details in my thread about he middle seat belt bolt removal. There is a bolt/screw that holds one of the A/C panels on the right hand side and another screw on the left hand side. Most of the panels are just the usual GM push and pull style pins, with that odd screw/bolt here and there.




There should be at least 3 plastic body panel plugs (2 middle and one rear) holding the overhead to the roof along with that overhead piece by the rear liftgate. The rear A/C ducting also pushes its way into the headliner from the right rear window as it distributes the air to all the rear vents. It just slides out of the headliner to allow the headliner to drop down. You just have to drop the left hand side of the headliner a bit to get that duct piece to slide out. Unclip the dome light plugs.

The most challenging part for me during removal and installation was the main wiring harness that runs down the drivers A pillar to behind the dash. This harness feeds the entire headliner and is hot glued to the headliner. Not wanting to cut anything, I carefully peeled the entire harness off and then hot glue gunned it back into its original location. A little extra time, but then no OEM wiring was cut during this change out.

That will release the last bit of tension and the headliner is pretty light. Just bulky due to the size. Watch the oddly cut corners (the B pillar pieces have little pointy bits as they wrap around that pillar) when you slide it out the back. They will want to bend over and try to crease. It was easiest to remove it at a 45 degree angle high and low.

At this point, I turned over the headliner to the upholstery shop pros. $250 and 1 day later they had removed the old material and glue, cleaned it and installed the new material (I went with a darker grey than the carpet and much darker than the OEM pewter) They also sorted out the 2 sun visors as well. IMO this was well worth the money to let the pros who do what they do every day knock it out without a hassle.

Hope that helps. I think it was a bit easier than tackling the carpet with mass backing and trimming out the necessary mounting points. Haha. Any other questions, just ask. Good luck. Made a world of difference and very happy I just did it at the same time. Made my interior look and smell great!! Very happy.

Thanks a lot Fosscore. I've had most of those pieces removed at one point or another but you answered the most important question- letting an upholstery shop do the actual recovering. Sounds like that's the way to go. I'm thinking I'll wait until Spring since my garage isn't big enough to work on my rig inside. My headliner just has a few smudges but the rest of my rig looks brand new so I'll probably do it.

No worries. Sometimes paying for the pros who do it everyday, their experience and having the tools at their disposal is worth having it done right. Glad I could help. You influenced me to go a few shades darker carpet, but not too dark and to get the carpeted mats as well. I had the bow tie added to the fronts and am pretty happy with that little touch. Yeah my interior is looking very nice after those upgrades.