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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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I have a 86 vert, and the interior is black, but the carpet was died by the prior owner, and the front is starting to fade.
Back still looks fine.

What years will interchange with the fronts?

I'm Guessing 84-89 is all the same. Can anyone confirm, and/or explain the diffrences?
Besides for the door panels and sills, will later years work?

Thanks for all your help

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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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'84-'87 carpet sets are interchangeable, and '88-'96 are interchangable.

The only difference between the coupe and the convertible is the back hatch carpets. You can't interchange those.

I bought my carpet from Corvette America, here's a link to their carpet listings so you'll see where I got my info from;
http://www.corvetteamerica.com/cf/le...h+Catalog.y=52

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Yes they are all the same except for the door sills in which you described. However there were some interior differences that I'm aware of for the rear carpeting on the verts. The speaker locations were in different areas. Someone posted several pics before on the differences throughout the years.
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greetings,
i was going to pick up a spare carpet set for my 88 and after contacting either ecklers or mid america, was told the the 90 or above would not fit my 88 coup.carpet
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Originally Posted by Da Mail Man
greetings,
i was going to pick up a spare carpet set for my 88 and after contacting either ecklers or mid america, was told the the 90 or above would not fit my 88 coup.carpet

Thats because the 90 and up vettes have a completely different interior so the carpet is cut different and It will not fit you need to get 89 or earlier to fit your car
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Originally Posted by phrogs
Thats because the 90 and up vettes have a completely different interior so the carpet is cut different and It will not fit you need to get 89 or earlier to fit your car
oh yea. i realized that and did my research before i "shifted gears".
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