Floor Mats thread continued........................

[DanThe]

At last, real mats!

[Royalratch]

Are you in Dan? C'mon this might even make that dubious chariot of yours half respectable.

[DanThe]

I may be, but TBH the mats I have are pretty much mint anyway

[Royalratch]

There's mint - and theres box fresh!

Like when you opened your first pair of Air Jordans and the smell of fresh nubuck, polyurethane and a hint of far eastern child labour washed over you, filling your olfactory bits to bursting.

I said GODDAM!

Thats how fresh matsz is gonna be innitz.

[bss325i]

Ratch don't forget there would also be s good market for selling just the heel pads for £20 each say , for people to replace old ones , there are plenty of mats about with split ones

Great idea.

It is a good idea as the plastic heel pad is prone to wearing out long before the rest of the mat and also lifting on the corners where a heel gets dragged across it.

[Royalratch]

And child labour is less of a joke than 9/11

Just saying

Err, its a dig at the manufacturer's immoral practices so yes it kind of is very different. Maybe you didn't see that because the humour is what is known as 'subtle' and not something you'd really understand.

Not the same as wading in with random and irrelevant 9/11 jokes aimed at someone of Arab origin. Nice try tho. Not.

@Rav - I just don't know what to say to / about you anymore...

As a minority you should know better than to insult someone on that level. But showing off in front of Kos is all you have I guess.

[polsta]

Great idea.

It is a good idea as the plastic heel pad is prone to wearing out long before the rest of the mat and also lifting on the corners where a heel gets dragged across it.

Defibatky , I've been through a pile of maybe 20 sets of mats at adit's on a couple of occasions and picked out the best , most with heel pads were split , most often the split and wear was in the central Bmw logo area quite worn with a split in the middle , and the raised corners

I'd defo love to get my hands on a couple of heel pads

[Royalratch]

Mods - trying really hard to just be civil here - but these two pests just don't know when to stop.

Maybe delete this Kos Rav noise so we can focus on getting something done here...

[Monkey27]

Count me in for RHD grey mats or whatever shade of "grey" is close to factory grey sport carpet.

[Demlotcrew]

i've a factory black carpet in mine also

+1.

Also, regards orders ML would probably buy a batch of LHD city in anthracite.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but LHD matz are available from BMW.

[Kos]

i've a factory black carpet in mine also

+1.

Also, regards orders ML would probably buy a batch of LHD city in anthracite.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but LHD matz are available from BMW.

No need to correct you Dr Andrew

[Brianmoooore]

Would anyone not interested in buying or discussing mats kindly butt out of this thread! There won't be many more warnings.

[Royalratch]

I'm not 100% sure... but I think he might mean Kos and Rav.

[bss325i]

i've a factory black carpet in mine also

+1.

Also, regards orders ML would probably buy a batch of LHD city in anthracite.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but LHD matz are available from BMW.

Last i heard they are not and certainly not ones with the heel pad.

[BenHar]

Cabrio mats are different from saloons.

The rears are shorter and I think the fronts are narrower?

Need to take this into account, Ratch.

Ben

[BenHar]

1. Royalratch indigo city mat RHD
2. bss325i black city mat RHD
3.polsta City Matt black RHD + maybe anthracite City RHD
4. Diable, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD
5. ajay, black city mat RHD CAB + anthracite city LHD (if poss)
6. BenHar, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD. Grey City mat for a convertible. RHD

[Simon13]

indeed the cab mats are different but the 2dr, 4dr and touring are all the same yes? As the carpet is so i guess the mats are

1. Royalratch indigo city mat RHD
2. bss325i black city mat RHD
3.polsta City Matt black RHD + maybe anthracite City RHD
4. Diable, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD
5. ajay, black city mat RHD CAB + anthracite city LHD (if poss)
6. Gert - indigo city
7. BenHar, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD. Grey City mat for a convertible. RHD
8. Simon 13 black city RHD

In all honesty grey carpet is by far the most popular fitted to E30's by a long long margin from my experience

[Simon13]

We can now safely continue this thread which should now be safe due to the Gestapo coming in and mass banning of the boring squad. Phew,

[Duke137]

How much are these per set?

[Royalratch]

Looks like they'll be around £80ish for leatherette edged premium carpet with locking pins and heelpad.

Around £90 for the same but with woven edging a lá correct hOEMo finish.

Won't be 100% sure until final mould estimate.

You can knock £15 off either if you got the cheaper carpet - but the good stuff feels pretty good.

CABRIO mats are different but shouldn't be a problem.

[pony]

I would be quite interested to see what these are like and will hold fire from an order. ATM I have cheap poor fitting Halfords floor mats. I have a replica floor mats from MotorMec which are box fresh in unopened packet which I have yet to use. I will also see what BMW say about getting New Genuine BMW floor mats reproduced as an alternative solution.

[ajay]

[Royalratch]

@Pony - BMW are not going to do this unless there are hundreds of orders and even then it will be 1 colour and a tweaked version of what they currently offer. I'd love it if they did but I'm not waiting around. Names into a UK dealer isn't the way if do it. Formal requests via BMWCC on both sides if the atlantic directly to some heritage exec in Munich is the way to go.

@Diable - I think they have Cabrio templates.

[suchy]

This way, the mats for Zoners / early adopters could be capped at £80. Maybe less.

I'd probably order 30 Black, 20 Grey and 10 Indigo.

Beige was / is big in the U.S. There's also some red deviants out there.

Is red an option then? I don't know if there were two options originally for Crimson/Cardinal? Any one (Barry?) know??

[dsiingh]

1. Royalratch indigo city mat RHD
2. bss325i black city mat RHD
3.polsta City Matt black RHD + maybe anthracite City RHD
4. Diable, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD
5. ajay, black city mat RHD CAB + anthracite city LHD (if poss)
6. Gert - indigo city
7. BenHar, Indigo City mat for a convertible. RHD. Grey City mat for a convertible. RHD
8. Simon 13 black city RHD
9. dsiingh -Grey City matt RHD

[pacerpete]

This way, the mats for Zoners / early adopters could be capped at £80. Maybe less.

I'd probably order 30 Black, 20 Grey and 10 Indigo.

Beige was / is big in the U.S. There's also some red deviants out there.

Is red an option then? I don't know if there were two options originally for Crimson/Cardinal? Any one (Barry?) know??

There were both pearl beige and natural beige mats available and crimson and cardinal. At this stage, I would imagine the demand for these colours would be miniscule.

[pony]

Does anyone have any photographs from brochures of the Genuine BMW floor mats and all the different colours and specs ?

[Royalratch]

Regardless of whether the demand is high or low - it should not, CANNOT be serviced.




I'll ask the supplier. Also need to check with the moulder of switching colours is a no cost option.

[suchy]

Is red an option then? I don't know if there were two options originally for Crimson/Cardinal? Any one (Barry?) know??

There were both pearl beige and natural beige mats available and crimson and cardinal. At this stage, I would imagine the demand for these colours would be miniscule.

I too imagine a rather small minority for either red!

I'll add cardinal mats to my wish list of matching carpet/shelf/blind/premiums...

[Demlotcrew]

Just looked through my 1991 Homo accessories brochure and I found these rather tasty E30 mat options......







The above mats are way sicker than whats been shown so far, I think you could easily serve these up + save on the production costs. Even if you your CNC man can make a mould cheap, If I open a door of a car and see plastic heel sections, I think cheap!

[rh306]

I want the furry seat covers...........

+1 I wanted a set of these for my 6er

[Royalratch]

I don't know if Demlot is being sarky or not - but those mats are seriously whack. Not even questionable. Just plain nasty. Plus they are also still available from some deviant outlets in the USA.

I know what I'd rather have - I hope enough zoners share my abnormally high level of good taste.

Anyone swayed?

[JungleGus]

I'd be down for an Indigo set - or whatever the blue is. I have a set of the coarse hair blue ones now...they are in OK nick but would love a newer set