Citabria New carpet for my 7GCBC

[David Pontiff]

Available carpets from American Champion’s vendor does match the interior in my plane! Any recommendations for other vendors?
Dave

 

[Bartman]

Airtex near Philadelphia? Do Wagaero or Univair sell carpets? Not sure who else other than custom shops.

 

[Bob Turner]

Just pulled mine out. Going with black floorboards coated with Defthane. We'll see. Not even using heel plates for now.

A big caution: Cub guys are freaky about data plates. If one goes missing, the popular opinion is that you no longer have an aircraft, and a replacement, if it can be done at all, is thousands of dollars. Worse, if you are caught with a repro, the penalty is not much lighter than Murder 2.

So today as I was screwing my gorgeous black refinished plywood in place, I spotted that all-important data tag in the soon-to-be-trashed rug! Moral of the story: be careful when messing with rugs and data plates. A mistake can be catastrophic!

Speaking of screwing - throw away those crazy clips, and use #8 stainless B-type sheet metal screws (3/4") and Tinnerman nuts. Simply elegant! And Goodyear's mechanic says to put vibration dampening tape on the cross tubes under the floorboards. Too late for me . . .

 

[Goodyear]

Don’t put in carpet. Save 6-7 lbs. varnish or paint looks great.

 

[Bob Turner]

I just pulled the carpet forward of the rear seat. I bet it was ten pounds. Data tag and front seat are in - all i need now is a forward stick boot. No, I am not goiing to buy one for eleventy ten dollars. I shall make one, and stick the old one in there temporarily.