Well, whenever I go wheeling, the back if full of boxes and stuff. I still have the rear OEM carpet, but it is starting to show age a bit, notably where it's over the bolts that hold the tie down. It's still in great shape but I don't want it to get worse.
So I looked for a way to get a decent looking custom rear floor covering. Wanted that inexpensive of course. I think I found something OK.
Floor tiles from Costco. These are intended to be used for softer floor covering. They are made of a semi-solid foam. Picture something halfway between hard rubber and pipe insulation. Or a fairly stiff neoprene suit. Beauty of it is that they are modular and cheap ($14 for 8 2'x2' with borders thrown in).
So I did the entire rear of the 80. Used only 6 out of the 8. Came out reasonable I think.
The good:
- price
- ease to work with, can be cut with scissors
- modular, remove or add at will for whatever reason.
- pieces cut cleanly can be reinstalled as cover for holes (see middle row seat tie down)
- easy to take the old carpet and trace over the foam and then cut
- will protect OEM carpet if put on top or can be used by itself.
- easy to replace a piece if it gets damaged
- the border pieces make it look a bit better.
- easy to trim around stuff and into curvy areas, will fit under side panels.
- not slippery
- great color match for the gray trucks. They also come in various funky colors (blue, red etc) for the daring ones.
the bad:
- a bit softer than I would have liked and maybe not that durable if you're careless with plopping down sharp metal stuff on them.
- took something like 3 hours to measure, cut, and put in (I'm slow)
- thin enough that without the carpet, the seat bracket bolts stick out a bit. (I will put in round heads soon.)
about 3/8" thick or so
the holes I cut in the back are not big enough for the rear seats holddowns, but easy to cut out bigger if I ever put the seats back in. I use these brackets as tiedowns for cargo for now.
here are some pics:
So I looked for a way to get a decent looking custom rear floor covering. Wanted that inexpensive of course. I think I found something OK.
Floor tiles from Costco. These are intended to be used for softer floor covering. They are made of a semi-solid foam. Picture something halfway between hard rubber and pipe insulation. Or a fairly stiff neoprene suit. Beauty of it is that they are modular and cheap ($14 for 8 2'x2' with borders thrown in).
So I did the entire rear of the 80. Used only 6 out of the 8. Came out reasonable I think.
The good:
- price
- ease to work with, can be cut with scissors
- modular, remove or add at will for whatever reason.
- pieces cut cleanly can be reinstalled as cover for holes (see middle row seat tie down)
- easy to take the old carpet and trace over the foam and then cut
- will protect OEM carpet if put on top or can be used by itself.
- easy to replace a piece if it gets damaged
- the border pieces make it look a bit better.
- easy to trim around stuff and into curvy areas, will fit under side panels.
- not slippery
- great color match for the gray trucks. They also come in various funky colors (blue, red etc) for the daring ones.
the bad:
- a bit softer than I would have liked and maybe not that durable if you're careless with plopping down sharp metal stuff on them.
- took something like 3 hours to measure, cut, and put in (I'm slow)
- thin enough that without the carpet, the seat bracket bolts stick out a bit. (I will put in round heads soon.)
about 3/8" thick or so
the holes I cut in the back are not big enough for the rear seats holddowns, but easy to cut out bigger if I ever put the seats back in. I use these brackets as tiedowns for cargo for now.
here are some pics:
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