So i got an RS carpet kit...

nkotselas · nkotselas's Garage

I know about half the answers will be "do a search" but i havent found exactly what i needed. The kit covers a lot more than i expected. Just some questions i have.

1. Do I need to remove the rear shelf, seats and rear side panels for the kit?
2. If i do remove these are they easy to put back in later?
3. I haven't seen, in person, an RS interior, do all of you think its better or worse than the original setup?
4. Should i just put in part of the kit on the floor to replace my faded carpet instead?

Thanks guys

70SC · 70SC's Garage

1) yes 2) yes 3) better 4) No / Depends . Clean & lighter without the rear seats / BS.

mnewport · mnewport's Garage

I'm just about finished with my interior, including an RS carpet kit. There are photos in the thread.
Interior overhaul

porschenut · 06-01-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by nkotselas

1. Do I need to remove the rear shelf, seats and rear side panels for the kit?
2. If i do remove these are they easy to put back in later?
3. I haven't seen, in person, an RS interior, do all of you think its better or worse than the original setup?
4. Should i just put in part of the kit on the floor to replace my faded carpet instead?

1. Yes, everything has to come out.
2. Yes, but it means pulling those carpet pieces out. The RS carpet kit replaces the rear shelf and side panels. If you want to put the old pieces back in you will have to reverse what you did.
3. It is neither better nor worse; it is different and a matter of taste.
4. Again, personal taste, but if it were me I would do all of it.

nkotselas · nkotselas's Garage

Thanks, im actually really into saving weight now but I've got my dad who doesn't like changing things on cars, will this pass his inspection?
What's the total weight savings here?

LJ851 · 06-01-2011, 07:45 PM

Whose car is it?

nkotselas · nkotselas's Garage

Its mine but hes watching me it like a hawk! it was his for the last 20 years so its understandable

tobluforu · tobluforu's Garage

Remove/Install what you like. I took the rear seats out, etc.. but I did not replace the side panels in the back with carpet because I wanted it to match the door panels.
Your dad will probably not like removing the seats. I found the drivers side piece of carpet (the piece under your feet) to be flimsy as all hell. I guess it might depend on what material you went with?

will hung · 06-02-2011, 03:41 AM

The RS carpet itself is considerably lighter than the factory carpet. Also, the sound pad under the back seat is like 35 pounds. As far as the interior quarter panels and rear shelf go, as others said, the RS kit replaces those items, but you can put them back in. I don't mind the look of the RS carpet kit, but I hate the look of the back seats in our cars, so I figured I'd get the best of both worlds. I replaced my carpet with the RS carpet and reinstalled my interior quarter panels and parcel shelf.

cole930 · 06-02-2011, 04:09 AM

fred cook · fred cook's Garage

I just put a set of RS carpets in my SC. I was also wanting to save weight so I deleted the rear seats, package tray shelf, insulation and padding, etc. One the insulation and sound materials were removed, I covered the entire floor and back seat area with Dynomat. I decided to leave the rear side panels as leather (rather than removing the leather and glueing in carpet panels). I made a panel out of some peg board that I had on hand to fit the rear window shelf to glue that piece of carpet on so that it would be flat and smooth. I used two existing brackets in the rear window shelf to bolt the panel to using two 5mm bolts. The rear speaker boxes are in turn bolted to the shelf. That way, everything is solidly in place so there won't be any UFOs that could come flying forward in case of a collision. I also cut off the center pivot for the rear seats to make a smoother surface for the new carpets. Here is a picture of the rear seat area.

kiwiokie · 06-02-2011, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by will hung

The RS carpet itself is considerably lighter than the factory carpet. Also, the sound pad under the back seat is like 35 pounds. As far as the interior quarter panels and rear shelf go, as others said, the RS kit replaces those items, but you can put them back in. I don't mind the look of the RS carpet kit, but I hate the look of the back seats in our cars, so I figured I'd get the best of both worlds. I replaced my carpet with the RS carpet and reinstalled my interior quarter panels and parcel shelf.

Nice interior Will! Love the black watch plaid.

will hung · 06-02-2011, 05:12 AM

Thank you Kiwiokie, I was going to do it in Houndstooth, then I saw your brilliant interior and didn't want to copy it, so I had to go back to the creative Porsche OEM interior drawing board. I plan on having the seat centers done to match this winter.

nkotselas · nkotselas's Garage

I also like that interior, it looks good. Keeps my favorite parts and removes my least favorite parts.
Thanks.

You didn't reinstall the pad under the shelf right? did you use any other sound proofing because i took mine out last night without the pad and it is quite loud

fred cook · fred cook's Garage

You will need to put some kind of sound deadener back into the rear window/seat area. I found the Dynamat to be reasonably easy to use, just be prepared to cut several pieces to make it form fit to the curves of the rear seat area.

will hung · 06-02-2011, 12:07 PM

Thank you. I put nothing back. The sound pad is still under the hood against the firewall. I don't find the glorious sounds of an air cooled flat 6 too intrusive. Having said that, I plan on pulling the engine sound pad out this winter and then offsetting that by adding dynamat to the interior portion.

One thing to keep in mind, that pad under the back seat is not just a sound pad, it's also a heat resistance pad. You don't notice it driving around, but if you are setting in traffic with the heater off, the heat for your heater will radiate upward and onto the floor of the back seat area, so it will start to get hot. So I also plan on throwing down a layer of dynaliner over the dynamat.

myamoto1 · myamoto1's Garage

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Originally Posted by will hung

Thank you Kiwiokie, I was going to do it in Houndstooth, then I saw your brilliant interior and didn't want to copy it, so I had to go back to the creative Porsche OEM interior drawing board. I plan on having the seat centers done to match this winter.

That's my plan as well. I'm keeping the rear seats, but eliminating the rear shelf and putting in RS carpet over the rest. The centers of the rear seats along with the SRDs will be black watch. Bolsters on both will be black leather.

will hung · 06-02-2011, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by myamoto1

That's my plan as well. I'm keeping the rear seats, but eliminating the rear shelf and putting in RS carpet over the rest. The centers of the rear seats along with the SRDs will be black watch. Bolsters on both will be black leather.

It looks good in person and people always complement it. My only problem is the black carpet. It looks fantastic, but it's a pain to keep clean.

spence88mph · 06-02-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cole930

Super clean Cole, very impressive. I think 90% of people run those gear knobs around the wrong way, I have never been able to work out why, I've driven a car with one turned around that wasy and the sharp bit goes into your palm! Is there any reason you run it that way, I'm intrigued!

Anyway, looks perfect, white 930, black interior, shut the gate.