Carpets for chim

[HaywooS]

I am looking at replacing all the carpets in my 96 Chimaera and have received a quote of £600 for fitting which I think is rather steep. I can get the carpets for between £350 & £400 depending on quality which I am OK with but as I don't have the time to fit them I will have to pay. Can anyone recommend anyone who will either fit the carpets or supply and fit at a reasonable price. I live in East Yorkshire but can deliver the car and leave it for a week or so if it's within a sensible distance. HELP PLEASE.

[HaywooS]

I was selling up due to being over the retirement age but wifey persuaded me to keep the car, plus staying on at work helps pay the bills so the car will get the treatment it deserves.

Do you have "dave the trimmers" phone number and location?

[HaywooS]

The costs were £450 for the carpets and £600 for fitting, plus carriage for the carpets and glue etc. All this plus VAT so it would work out at approx £1400 which is rather steep. The current carpets aren't too bad it was just a change of colour from black to deep burgundy which would have highlighted the seal grey leather seats and new walnut veneered dash. It's not a case of having to have them changed cos they're badly worn, more a case of enhancing the interior so £1400 is a lot of money for something basically not required.
Does anyone know of a fitter in the yorkshire area as both Milton Keynes & Blackpool are a 3-4hr drive from where I live.

[HaywooS]

I can get a set from Coverdale for about £350 but where can I get them fitted locally for a couple of hundred?

[HaywooS]

I would quite happily pay £300 to have the carpets fitted, what price I pay for the carpets themselves depends on the quality I choose. I suspect the carpets on Ebay for £210 won't be as good a quality as the £540 ones from Coverdale, so that is my choice, but £600 for fitting has nothing to do with the quality of the carpets, I suspect it would be the same whatever the quality of the carpets, but I am not paying £600 for fitting even though I can afford it.

[HaywooS]

I would love to do it all myself but age, I'm 68, and the fact that I work away up in Aberdeen for 5 days each week means I haven't got the time to do the job. I used to do virtually all the work on my previous cars including rebuilding a Formula Jumior engine which was fitted in a frog eye sprite and masses of work on a TR3A and a TR6 but those days are over, body won't bend into the same positions as it was when I was younger. but I have always yearned after a TVR and when I finally got one I want to cherish it.
So paying for work is now what happens and as usual there have been some great comments from you TVR nuts with the concensus of opinion that £600 for fitting is too high so I will be looking at all the possibilities including long journeys to get the work done.

Thanks guys your input has been invaluable.