Orange Floor Mats for Orange 181 Thing

[ericbaisch]

When I purchased my 74 Thing it had vintage coco floor mats that were faded and falling apart. I wanted to replace them and I found that The Thing Shop sells replacements but colors available are gold and red, no orange. I found another supplier making custom mats with orange available but price was many time higher and they needed me to send them a templates even thought they showed pictures of Thing mats on their web site and advertised that they had 100's of patterns. I decided to try dyeing Thing Shop gold mats with orange die. The mats turned out great! The dye came from Amazon.

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74 Thing
06 Golf TDI
88 16V Scirocco, sold
82 Diesel Rabbit, sold

[GI Joe]

That looks great!! Good one ya for thinking out of the box!
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[rrankin]

Agreed! Looks awesome! What did you dye them in? How big was the tub?
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'74 Thing [Fritz]
Austin, TX

[ericbaisch]

I used a metal mortar pan as a dye tub. The mats were actually a bit smaller than the pan, but I moved them back and forth so they stayed saturated with the dye solution. I imagine that a wheel barrow would work as well. Best to stay out our the laundry sink.....
Eric
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74 Thing
06 Golf TDI
88 16V Scirocco, sold
82 Diesel Rabbit, sold