DIY carpet mats

[Shern]

I just cannot bring myself to spend $280 on coco mats (for reference:that’s a complete new set of bilstein HDs).

Has anyone come up with a viable alternative? I’ve found a pretty decent looking instructables tutorial on cutting your own. Considerig giving it a crack...

Easy Way to Customize Floor Mats for Your Car or Truck: 13 Steps

[Shern]

Not a single person has tried this?
Perhaps I should start looking for used coco mats...

[BillGrissom]

What does "coco" mean?
No, I just buy floor mats at Big Lots, cheap and easy.

My 1985 300D has the factory floor mats (loose, sit on top of the clipped-in carpet). I am guessing that was a $400 option. The OE ran to the dealer for every little thing (bad LED segment in radio, ...), so the M-B was sucking her dry, but I digress. Anyway, the factory floor mats are a poor design. The driver's mat has a strip which is supposed to sit on the slanted foot-rest, but it always flops onto the floor. They are also way to purty for a floor mat, unless you always remove your shoes and drive w/ socks.

[Shern]

“Coco mats” (google, first result), are probably the nicest, most robust mats you can buy. There are many references to them throughout the archives, and many happy owners -I however cannot justify the price

[tyl604]

That floppy strip is supposed to be held to the foot rest with velcro. Does yours not have velcro?

[shertex]

I couldn't justify the price either...then my kids gave a set for my birthday. They are really nice.

[Zulfiqar]

I had some leftover carpet from my home remodel after the flood. I cut one for my beater camry. The only problematic part is having it rug locked from the edges which was done by a person whom my carpet vendor told me of, this person did the stitch job from his garage.

He also gave me a scrap piece of a rug holder that makes rugs stay put on carpets. total cost was 10 dollars as it took him under 5 minutes to do this.

but - I would use a rough use carpet next time, plush home carpet sure feels nice in a car but it wears too quick. Mine looks beat to hell and back after 3 months.

[Shern]

That's an excellent point. The carpet binding is fairly easy to DIY. I bought a roll of instabind and a glue gun on amazon. The trick is of course finding rough/marine carpet remnants at home depot.

[BillGrissom]

Originally Posted by tyl604

That floppy strip is supposed to be held to the foot rest with velcro. Does yours not have velcro?

No Velcro when I got the car. I did try stick-on Velcro once but it didn't stay on long. I'll try again using Gorilla Glue. I cover the factory mats w/ cheap plastic ones, kind of like buying a new couch and keeping clear plastic on to protect the purty fabric.

[BillGrissom]

Originally Posted by Shern

“Coco mats” (google, first result) ...

Sorry, I assumed "coco" referred to a material. Misspelled - should be "Coco" (yes, gamers - proper nouns still capitalized), though it does use coconut fibers. Link https://www.cocomats.com/coco/ .
I could see Tesla-ites springing $650 for a complete set, since they are already out there.

[Shern]

Originally Posted by BillGrissom

should be "Coco" (yes, gamers - proper nouns still capitalized).

I appreciate this

[steamboatsykes]

I put a set of these in my car;

Coco Mats - Custom Car, Truck, Van Floor Mats

Good quality, not quite as much as the others.

[Simpler=Better]

I'm a fan of rubber mats and no carpet

[Maxbumpo]

I like the idea, looks very do-able.

[party]

Lloyds and Avery mats are a lot cheaper than Cocos. They start around $100 for a set of four.

I'd like to see a decent pic of the DIY mats. The completed photos in the link are not they.