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kingston · #1 Post by **kingston** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:53 am

does anybody have any blue carpet set(s)for a mk1,or does mk2 sets fit? if i have to buy new does anyone know of agood supplier

#2 Post by **Clifford Pope** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:20 pm

I wanted to ask that very question myself. 
a) does the commonly advertised set fit Mark 1 as well? (Rimmers, plus several others in SixAppeal) 
 
b) Does the full carpet set normally include the separate bit that is
glued along the inner sill, and also the bits on the outer sides of the
footwells? 
Or does carpet just mean the bit on the floor plus transmission tunnel?

#3 Post by **Poole_A** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:35 pm

I have temporarily fitted a MK2 carpet set into a MK1. Only difference I noticed was around the dip switch.

#4 Post by **sahtuning2000** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:38 pm

also most times if you get a mk2 set the seatbelt buckles are on the tunnel,most mk1s are on the rear footwell

Andy Thompson · #5 Post by **Andy Thompson** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:55 am

Rimmers Mk1 carpets are rubbish... Jimmy Elliott fitted a \"free\" set to his Mk1 ... not very impressive I\'m afraid

#6 Post by **Clifford Pope** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:21 pm

So who is a good supplier? And what is included?

#7 Post by **Brian** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:35 pm

Hello all
I too found Rimmers carpets to be rubbish when I put them in my MK2.
Very thin and chunks of material soon came off

#8 Post by **David Withers** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:48 am

As well as the useless stainless steel exhaust that I recently wrote about, I also bought a carpet set from Rimmers for my Mk II in 1998.  I think \'rubbish\' is too kind a description!

#9 Post by **sahtuning2000** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:41 pm

so rimmers carpets are rubbish!!i can tell you that the chap i bought my 64 mk1 from,got a stainless exhaust from rimmers,he had a nightmare with the fit,also its well loud,he found that annoying aswell!!

Andy Thompson · #10 Post by **Andy Thompson** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:54 pm

It\'s very sad but the almost complete unity on the subject of Rimmers quality control is not really a surprise.
I\'m sure we all have our gripes with many suppliers but the Rimmers sub standard theme seems constant... it\'s not as if they are cheap!!!
Amusingly.. almost... a few years ago I turned up there in my brothers Stag.. I really was just passing.. and needed a electric window switch.. I called in and bought one and asked the obvious ... will it fit? They assured me it would.. so I went outside and tried to fit it... obviously it wouldn\'t fit and when I went back inside and complained there was a look of almost horror that I had actually turned up in a Triumph (it was snowing as it does in Lincolnshire)... They apologised and spent a good half hour filing the switch and lubing it with WD40 until I had a still poor fitting but operable switch... it was very sticky though..<IMG>
Another classic Rimmers moment was ordering a recon rack for my younger  brothers Dolly 1500HL (MOT failure).. a new rack promptly arrived... for a TR7!!!  This was the correct rack they insisted..it came from the right stock bin... I could go on but for the most part I have stopped using Rimmers  <IMG>