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I took my rear seat for a home depot run and realized how much more practical it was to keep it out. But now I'd like to get a mat (hopefully with matching pair with front) that covers the entire cargo area.
Does anyone know who sells or would have the pattern to make a set ?
Thanks
I have a rubber truck bed liner in mine.
I know there's been some threads on the subject. I'll post links if I can find them.
Here's a link to the best one I've seen. This guy used Hexomat and it turned out great (IMHO).
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...hlight=Hexomat
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...m/IMG_0589.JPG
for best modQuote:
Originally Posted by vt_maverick
Post from Oct:
If you happen to see any at Costco let me know --and I may have to pick up a roll myself to do the rest of the floor and the driveline hump. Carpet is too "domestic" rather have all diamondplate flooring. Here is another source:
http://www.ironcompany.com/diamondpl...ngand8482.aspx
Scroll down and you'll see they used it for a vehicle as well!
The link is bad...Quote:
Originally Posted by wekilled
I just took a large piece of dynamatt and used a cardboard cutout template I made and cut to size works great.
I was hoping to get carpet with matching front mats
I'm going to be using that material on my truck this weekend. Should turn out great.Quote:
Originally Posted by wekilled
A good auto trim shop should be able to make a set of mats for you. They take automotive carpet,sew it to a rubber mat for backing, then bind the edges together. You can even get the carpet embroidered with a VX logo. The downside is the expense. Any custom work like this is likely to cost hundreds of dollars. The chance that some aftermarket MFGs make a back carpet for the few people who remove their seat is unlikely.
I have removed my back seat [and am trying to sell it] and am contemplating making a mat set as described. I have removed the seatbelts and all seat related hardware. I am also looking at boxing in the rear foot well area and creating a hidden storage while leveling out the floor. I have many projects going for my VX at present and when and if I ever do this I post pix.
Seems that the practicality you liked for your Home Depot run would be ill-served by a carpet "mat" - as janodes indicates above it will likely be expensive and wear out fairly quickly depending on how often you use it for cargo.Quote:
Originally Posted by mdf
Most all-weather mat companies offer matching mats for the cargo, rear seat, and front seat areas. The Hexomat material that I mentioned earlier can also be purchased for the front seats so everything would match front to back.
Just my $.02.
That's the truth if I ever heard it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by janodes
I like the rubber diamond-plate as well as the hexomat. One of our members even used the rubber diamond-plate for a headliner. I think these would be more functional than carpet, as stuff wouldn't slide around as much, and you can always keep the carpet as the mats up front. I don't see a problem with the front seat carpet not matching the cargo area, but hopefully we've given you some good ideas.
Try this (updated) link. It shows an install in a vehicle towards the bottom. The company sells stuff for gyms. I plan on doing this to the cargo area and working my way forward when I have time. Pretty cheap for a roll. I already used it for my seat backs.
http://www.ironcompany.com/diamondpl...ngand8482.aspx
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...s/PA270316.JPG
I used that stuff to replace my carpet just yesterday. Works GREAT!
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...=15254&page=33
Check out the pics from the install, maybe it will help you decide.
And you can finance it today!!
Looks sharp! I may do a separate center hump overlapping the two separate side (driver/passenger) pieces and one back section. I did this about 15 years ago on my 77 celica liftback that I turned into a mini-Mad Max replica. Wanted to do it to the VX next. You beat me to it, but it looks MUCH better than carpeting.
I was at a Sports Authority over the weekend, and they carried a light gray rubber diamond plate. It was $20 for a 4'x8' sheet.
If it came in black I'd be all over it!
I picked up a roll of charcoal gray, 1/4" diamond tread foam pad at Biglots. It is 48" x96" for 18 bucks!! I am going to try that for the front/rear seat area. I will leave the rear as herculine since that is where the cargo gets pulled in and out. Even if it doesn't work out, I can put it in the garage, or worst case, it was only 18 bucks.
Looking forward to seeing your work when it gets completed. Between that and the cargo area mods it should look really sharp.
Ha! You might be the first person to say something nice about it::)Quote:
Originally Posted by wekilled
I will post up pics when I am done. Hopefully I can do this tomorrow. I am still debating whether or not to leave the old carpet under it?
That was always my conundrum. I was worried about moisture getting trapped under it. I think to remedy that I was going to leave open areas under the center console where moisture could evap out.
Other thought, was if all the carpet is out it will be pretty noisy. I thought about getting some house carpeting cushion material for sound deadening.
Last vehicle I took the carpeting out altogether though.
I am way beyond the noise issue, with mudders, rattling exhaust and tools, I found the perfect sound deadening device, the volume knob:)Quote:
Originally Posted by wekilled
I think I am going to head to sports authority today to see what they currently have, plus I have a gift card for there, and they just emailed me a 25% off coupon this morning, but this item looks promising if that is a bust:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=AR1XNW36G4B79
I went to sports authority today and they had a 46" x 93" roll of foam diamond plate flooring for $29.99. Very tempting, but I needed some new shoes so I used the 25% off one single item this week coupon and then a gift card and got some $85 shoes for $20 :-)
I might go back and get that flooring if I don't find anything else soon though.