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zoti
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 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 9:18 pm Post subject: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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I’m bringing my 62 back to life and decided to go with rubber mats like the original. Unfortunately, no one has the rear rubber mats in gray so I will need to find an alternative until I hopefully find one.
I have the old original which is all torn up and nasty. I might just tape it up for now but it kind of ruins it all when I put all
That effort to make the car nice.
Any ideas?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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Have you tried deep cleaning the mat using steam and/or some citrus-based cleaner? It looks to still be in pretty good shape and that one big tear will be mostly hidden down between the tunnel and the seat.
Maybe a set of coco or sisal mats can help hide the damage and protect the front mat as well.
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zoti
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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Have you tried deep cleaning the mat using steam and/or some citrus-based cleaner? It looks to still be in pretty good shape and that one big tear will be mostly hidden down between the tunnel and the seat.
Maybe a set of coco or sisal mats can help hide the damage and protect the front mat as well.
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It’s completely torn up to 3 pieces.
I am thinking of getting some cheap gray carpet from Home Depot and tracing the shape of the mat on it so I can use that temporarily.
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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A scrub brush and some 409 cleaner may make that matt look much better.
then put some carpets over it to protect it. orignal is always cool.
Nice car!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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| zoti wrote: |
Unfortunately, no one has the rear rubber mats in gray so I will need to find an alternative until I hopefully find one.
I have the old original which is all torn up and nasty. I might just tape it up for now but it kind of ruins it all when I put all
That effort to make the car nice.
Any ideas? |
Buy a second set of front mats in gray and use the old rear mats as a template to cut a piece for the rear out of the new front mats. Color and texture will then match the front.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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I've had good results using lexol vinylex on rubber mats after a good clean. it makes them supple again. other rubber cleaners and rejuvenators are available
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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Im guessing your front is from WW. Maybe clean, and run your og rear til WW gets the rears back in stock. Then at least they would match down the road.
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zoti
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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| zoti wrote: |
Unfortunately, no one has the rear rubber mats in gray so I will need to find an alternative until I hopefully find one.
I have the old original which is all torn up and nasty. I might just tape it up for now but it kind of ruins it all when I put all
That effort to make the car nice.
Any ideas? |
Buy a second set of front mats in gray and use the old rear mats as a template to cut a piece for the rear out of the new front mats. Color and texture will then match the front. |
That's actually not a bad idea.
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zoti
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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I decided for now to just get some cheap floor mat from Home Depot and use my old rubber mat as a template to cut the mat.
Worked really nice. Simple solution for now.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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Nice!!!! looks swell!!!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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| zoti wrote: |
I decided for now to just get some cheap floor mat from Home Depot and use my old rubber mat as a template to cut the mat.
Worked really nice. Simple solution for now.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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That looks great.
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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This thread has brought up a very good idea. One can get a very nice carpet with some inexpensive carpet and some brains and elbow grease to cut it into a nice shape
I wager that this carpet cost very little compare to a ready made one.
And it looks great too.
Fixing the Bug nicely need not break the bank.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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| Nice solution even if only temporary. Maybe use that as padding under the grey mat when it eventually is available. |
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zoti
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2025 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Rear rubber mat alternative? |
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| zerotofifty wrote: |
This thread has brought up a very good idea. One can get a very nice carpet with some inexpensive carpet and some brains and elbow grease to cut it into a nice shape
I wager that this carpet cost very little compare to a ready made one.
And it looks great too.
Fixing the Bug nicely need not break the bank. |
It was $27.50 at Home Depot but it’s much thinner than the ones I got from WW.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMaster-Unbound-.../202800194
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