I'm embarking on a little experimental project creating a floor liner for my Passenger Metris out of 1/4" rubber flooring. My goal is to line the entire passenger area with one sheet of good quality flooring with minimal cutting.
Purchased a 4'X10' section off a roll from RubberCal.
This mat cost $95 out the door shipped to Seattle. Quite a durable material. I think it will be pretty good at discouraging dogs and weekend projects from destroying my new van.
I'll cut it to length - 100"
Width-wise it will fit nearly perfectly in the back; should tuck under the trim in the wheel wheel area just fine; will come up 1.25" too narrow at each sliding door; then again fit perfectly up near the front seats.
I'll cut rectangular areas out around the aluminum track at each seat mount and see if there's enough clearance for the front leg locking latches to operate unimpeded. If not then a little more cutting.
The 1.25" strips of exposed carpet along the sliding door areas are a bit of a puzzle. Maybe I'll just leave them, though it's a high traffic area. Maybe I'll line that area with some sort of thin, durable, non-slip plastic that will tuck under the step-well trim and rubber mat.
The little triangle of carpet where the middle tie-downs are located will be exposed too, but that's okay by me.
I'll post photos along the way so you can see the wisdom or folly of this DIY hack.
Hank
Purchased a 4'X10' section off a roll from RubberCal.
This mat cost $95 out the door shipped to Seattle. Quite a durable material. I think it will be pretty good at discouraging dogs and weekend projects from destroying my new van.
I'll cut it to length - 100"
Width-wise it will fit nearly perfectly in the back; should tuck under the trim in the wheel wheel area just fine; will come up 1.25" too narrow at each sliding door; then again fit perfectly up near the front seats.
I'll cut rectangular areas out around the aluminum track at each seat mount and see if there's enough clearance for the front leg locking latches to operate unimpeded. If not then a little more cutting.
The 1.25" strips of exposed carpet along the sliding door areas are a bit of a puzzle. Maybe I'll just leave them, though it's a high traffic area. Maybe I'll line that area with some sort of thin, durable, non-slip plastic that will tuck under the step-well trim and rubber mat.
The little triangle of carpet where the middle tie-downs are located will be exposed too, but that's okay by me.
I'll post photos along the way so you can see the wisdom or folly of this DIY hack.
Hank