Carpet resurrection?

Has anyone had any luck with re-dying their 348 carpet? My 90TS beige carpet is very faded and it's almost yellow in color. I looked around on the old Interwebz to see what people are doing. I already knew spray dye was a bad idea, but then I found Rit mentioned over and over. I've used it before in my youth with 80's tie-dye tee-shirts as well as dying lacrosse stick heads for years even into college.

I gave Rit a try on a piece of cotton and it looked close and so I then gave it a try on a random piece of carpet that was sitting behind the armrest. It had a clear fade line down it, but after sitting in a small pickle jar of water and dye mix for a few hours, it came out pretty close to the original color. I'm thinking about doing the rest of the carpet in the next few weeks.

Any constructive criticism?
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The shade is done by adding more or less water, so I'll need to get the percentage down before the rest of the carpet. I'm going to have a get a big tub to soak it all in, so I'll test with fabric before attempting the carpet. I'll have to make enough of it so that I can soak each piece in the same bath.

 

I tried to use a spray bottle and it didn't work, so it's the soak method.

I'm slowly mixing the dye and water together in a big tub to get it close to the factory color.

I'm not sure what the deal is with the passenger side carpet, but it looks like something or someone died in the car...
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I'm not opposed to replacing the carpet at all. And it's really only 13 pieces of flatish carpet too.

However, if $5 worth of dye brings the color back close to original, it's worth it to me to try.

 

Well, for $5 it was worth it. The carpet isn't perfect as the color isn't uniform all throughout, but it's not yellow anymore.

I'll probably end up replacing the carpet next year when I pull the mouse belts out completely. For my car, the carpet is a bunch of individual flat pieces cut and glued down.
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It's actually a lot better than it was, but yeah, I'll replace them in the future.

 

Much better before and after photos:
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For $5 it was worth dying the carpet. It looks a lot better than it did.

That being said, I will be replacing the carpet in the future. I plan on removing the mouse belts, and to do so, th e carpet needs to be replaced. I'll remove the mouse belts after I get all of the pieces together for a conversion to the 1989 style shoulder location.

 

I planned to go to his gathering/show last year, but I had the motor out at the time. I'll be there this year.