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Auto
Replacement Molded Carpet
ACC molded carpet is designed to fit the floor pan of your vehicle so there are
no pockets of loose fitting carpet. We designed our molded carpet from the original
floor pans and having the carpet laid upon the pans with a backing in between. We
offer two types of backings, poly backing and mass backing. Mass backing is the
original type of backing in most newer cars. It's thicker and more rubber
like than poly backing. Poly backing is lighter and more mesh like than mass backing.
Some molded carpets come with jute backing
where your feet rest on the floor pans. This helps prevent the carpet from wearing
out prematurely because the major of the wear is obviously where your feet contact
the carpet. The jute padding also helps prevent mildew which was more of a problem
in older leaking cars than the modern cars.
People restoring classic cars will often freshen up the interior
by putting in new
carpet to cover new floor pans. When they do replace the carpet in their cars they
have quite a few options in molded carpet. Here at Auto Custom Carpets we specialize
in replacement molded carpets. There are several styles of molded carpet that include 80-20
loop, cutpile, nylon and essex. There are others but those are the most popular.
The majority of cars from the 1940s to the mid 1970s used 80-20 loop in their cars.
Most automobiles made after 1974 used cut pile. 80-20 loop has a texture similar
to berber house carpet. Cut pile is what you see in modern cars. Essex is a longer
more plush version of cut pile carpet. It's softer to the touch than cut pile and
80-20 loop. It's also more expensive than the others.
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