Carpet and Upholstery lasted nearly 30 years. Decided to undertake replacing the carpet as it had started to pull up in a couple areas. My research for the best carpet pointed me to Bass Cat.
They were terrific to work with and only charged $1.00 for shipping. 25 feet did my entire boat with extended deck and also had enough for the two rod lockers. I carefully placed all my old carpet pieces onto the new carpet and traced the shapes. 22 pieces in all. Also called Ranger Parts and ordered rivets and screws where needed. Ordered new pedestals and seats and picked out the fabrics and color for everything. They were great to work with. Had new vinyl skins made for the bench seat and had a professional shop re-wrap my existing bench with the original foam. They used all stainless steel staples and hardware. I will continue to post pics and a video or two of the project. It was a lot of work but the pride in doing it was so rewarding.
I asked ranger for a picture of bench so I could color it the way I wanted my new skins to look.
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These are the Before and After of the actual Bench
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The new Pedestal and Sitting Chair with the matching color scheme. Took couple months but worth the wait. I was removing carpet and scraping glue.
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Took my time and started at the bow of boat removing carpet. Getting Old Glue off was the hardest part and took the most time. Anvil Brand scraper from Home Depot worked the best.
Had to Remove the edge carpet trim first. Needed to pull out the center rubber that fit into channel then drill off the heads of the rivets. I reused the strip and insert, But ordered the special sized rivets from Ranger.
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