Correct Tan Carpet Color

[goingkomando]

Hey everyone. I’m currently restoring an ‘87 SpoTruck with a tan interior. I am in the process of redoing the interior and I am having trouble figuring out which carpet color to get. When I bought my truck, there was no carpet, so I have nothing to compare. stockinteriors.com has several different shades of beige and tan, so I was wondering if anybody could provide some input as to what color I need to purchase for my tan interior. Thank you all in advance.

[eaglescout526]

87 had one tan. It should be of the lighter tans. The other tan was honey and that is darker. Course you can always roll with whatever carpet color you want really. 

[goingkomando]

1 hour ago, eaglescout526 said:

87 had one tan. It should be of the lighter tans. The other tan was honey and that is darker. Course you can always roll with whatever carpet color you want really. 

Thank you. Part of my issue is that none of the tans really seem to match my interior directly on the website. I saw someone recommend a color called buckskin on stockinteriors.com, but it seemed a little too dark to me. Do you happen to any recommendations of what specific color or website to buy from? 

[eaglescout526]

Well even the charcoal carpet is darker than the rest of the interior. Youre gonna want to have your carpet be slightly darker than the rest of the plastics. Hell if you want to really go nuts, look at how much darker your dash is compared to the rest of the interior, it won't be the same shade as the rest of the plastics and your seats. 

 

Does stockinteriors use SEM color names?

[goingkomando]

I don’t think so, but that would be nice since I’m repainting my interior trim with SEM Camel. But if the carpet is intended to be darker, then perhaps the buckskin color is my best bet 

[eaglescout526]

Can you post a link of what youre looking at? I am curious and I can look at the others and give a better opinion for ya.

[goingkomando]

Here is the link

 

I'm just looking at the normal plush cut pile

[eaglescout526]

If I had to say

8835

8295

851?

or 8251. Honestly it’s tough to say without a sample

[fiatslug87]

Everyone sells carpets made by ACC so you probably won’t find any other colors. I know they will send headliner samples, contact them for carpet samples.

[goingkomando]

Just ordered some samples of  830, 8295, 851, 8835, 8251

 

Hopefully one of those will work well

[fiatslug87]

When you get them please post a picture with them next to each other and their numerical codes. Thanks

[goingkomando]

Will do!