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  • Cant decide which floormats I like better

    Taking out my stock mats that were in my truck. I will probably put them back in next winter but wanted your opinion on which of these two I should use, I bought both since I could not decide. One is rubber and the other is carpet.








    Which do you prefer and why?
    Nick
    Tucker's Detailing Services
    815-954-0773
    2012 Ford Transit Connect

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    Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

    Rubber mats are for winter, go with the carpet ones until then.

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    • #3
      Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

      Obviously the rubber floormats would clean up easy, So would the carpet ones as long as no major staining occurs. I might have to play with both sets, see which one I like better.
      Nick
      Tucker's Detailing Services
      815-954-0773
      2012 Ford Transit Connect

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      • #4
        Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

        I like the carpeted one's at least for the summer.
        quality creates its own demand

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        • #5
          Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

          I personally like carpeted matts better because it just detracts less from the interior. The rubber just sticks out to me. However, since Im in Texas and they are impractical for me if you have harsh winters and because you have both maybe do carpet for now and switch out to rubber when it is muddy and stuff?

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          • #6
            Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

            just switch em out every time you detail your truck!
            - Markito -

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            • #7
              Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

              Yeah, I'll try the carpet ones first. Might go see how the rubber ones look with some M40 on and excess wiped off.
              Nick
              Tucker's Detailing Services
              815-954-0773
              2012 Ford Transit Connect

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              • #8
                Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                Tough Choice...Both sets are really nice.

                I'd just switch 'em around every time one set needs cleaned and have them ready for the next time.

                TOP

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                • #9
                  Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                  I like the rubber ones better. They look better (to me) and they clean up easier. Just my two cents.
                  Shane
                  1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL

                  If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away. - Aaron Tippin

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                  • #10
                    Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                    Carpet for the summer, spring, fall

                    Rubber (All Weather) for the winter
                    Matt

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                    • #11
                      Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                      I like carpet, though I should probably get some rubber or plastic ones for the winter. I need to find a way not to drive this winter, I don't want to mess up my beautiful car.
                      James - 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais
                      Calais Auto Detailing
                      CalaisDetails@aim.com
                      www.calaisdetailing.com (under construction)

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                      • #12
                        Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                        Leave the stock ones in... I hate modifications to a vehicle. Stock is the way they should be left.
                        2007 Dodge Nitro SLT

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                        • #13
                          Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                          I actually buy carpet samples from a retail carpet store for about $1 a sample and sometime they don't even charge me. Plus I put two up front since there is more area to keep covers, plus another over the hump in the backseat floor to keep that all clean as well.

                          Maybe if I was in a more forgiving climate I would have something decorative, but with all the salt in the winters it's the carpet sample for me. Plus you can get colors to match your exterior to give some color to an interior.
                          "Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week." Jay-Z

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                          • #14
                            Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                            I like rubber just because of how easy the are to maintain. Don't put M40 on them unless you want your feet sliding around on them or on your pedals.

                            I once put swirls in my paint just to see what it looked like.

                            I don't always detail cars, but when I do, I prefer Meguiar's.
                            Remove swirls my friends.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Cant decide which floormats I like better

                              Originally posted by Andrew C. View Post
                              I like rubber just because of how easy the are to maintain. Don't put M40 on them unless you want your feet sliding around on them or on your pedals.
                              With all rubber floormats I clean up. I always use APC+ then shine them with Supreme Shine Protectant. It gives them a really nice shine. It's actually not as greasy as you guys may think.
                              Matt

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