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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:44 pm

any one got any good places or sites they know of to get good quality car mats i dont have any at the mo and dont really fancy paying stealer prices

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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:59 pm

I bought some from this seller:

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Really good quality and much better than anything else on ebay aside from maybe genuine ones. BMW don't sell RHD cab mats so I had to find an alternative. Do not buy anything other than Tufted mats, especially not rubber ones!
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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:01 pm

i did see them on ebay but with out looking at them you just never know do you
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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:02 pm

Yeah, I took a gamble and hoped for the best. when they arrived the underside was facing out and I thought they looked like rubbish quality, once I opened the pack I realised they a re very nice.

I'll try and get some pics tomorrow although they are hard to photograph. :)
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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:03 pm

ok cool cheers
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Post Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:23 pm

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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:27 am

Motormen are decent like oem quality
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:58 am

FinalD wrote:I bought some from this seller:

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I bought a set of those about 7 years ago. They're OK for the price but are nowhere near OE standard.

I had a set of Motormec mats in my old E46 and they were a big step up in quality and had a really nice fit and finish. I don't know if they still sell them as they're under different ownership now but they were well worth the money. When they were based in Lowestoft mats used to be their biggest selling item.
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:08 am

the motormec ones do
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:21 am

darkchild wrote: I bought a set of those about 7 years ago. They're OK for the price but are nowhere near OE standard.
The new OE ones I saw for the E30 looked awful, and I couldn't get them in RHD for the Cab. They were shiny and looked like the 'once size fits all' types you see in Halfords etc.
darkchild wrote:I had a set of Motormec mats in my old E46 and they were a big step up in quality and had a really nice fit and finish. I don't know if they still sell them as they're under different ownership now but they were well worth the money. When they were based in Lowestoft mats used to be their biggest selling item.
http://www.motormec.co.uk/carpet.html

Looks like they still do them, for E30s too. They don't appear to be much different to the tufted mats I have (and they are £15-£20 more) from the pictures, but as I said with mine, pictures are hard to see how much better they are than the non tufted cheap versions.
It'd be interesting to see what they are like in person though.
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Anyone got any pics of the Motormec ones?
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:56 am

I'd like to see some pics of different ones as I don't wanna spend loads of money then find there not up to scratch
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:38 am

Kedge wrote:Anyone got any pics of the Motormec ones?
I'm sure Ratch posted some pics a while back.
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:04 am

FinalD wrote:I bought some from this seller:

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Really good quality and much better than anything else on ebay aside from maybe genuine ones. BMW don't sell RHD cab mats so I had to find an alternative. Do not buy anything other than Tufted mats, especially not rubber ones!
Ahhh Cheers been looking for something similar :D
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:18 pm

Kedge wrote:Anyone got any pics of the Motormec ones?
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:35 pm

Those look great! How do you attach the clips? Do they just screw into the carpet?
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:42 pm

They as good as they look Kieran? No heel pad is a shame!
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:59 pm

They're good. I took a chance buying them blind but I was impressed.

They have the attachments included, you just screw them into the carpet like the OEM ones.
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:01 pm

yes the clips just screw in to carpet, decent quality

youd think bmw would re make them, theyd sell stacks and recently made some lhd m3 ones, so they can do it

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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:02 pm

not bad I like the look of them
thing is I've got black dash etc like normal black carpet but red leather seats do I go black mats black tufting of black mats red tufting to set the seats off or will that just look tacky ??
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:03 pm

halfords etc sell ones like that, will look tacky, black/black is the way to go
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:04 pm

that's what I thought black on black it is then
just got to make my mind up where to get them
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:39 pm

Autostyle mats are superb, but not cheap.

Justmatz are supposed to be good too.
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Post Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:50 pm

harry_p wrote:Autostyle mats are superb, but not cheap.

Justmatz are supposed to be good too.
Auto style are 60 quid that is abit much
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Post Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:02 pm

Got some pics of the ones I got from the Ebay seller I linked above for the cab....


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They didn't come with the screw in pegs but they fit brilliantly and don't appear to actually need them anyway. Also, only the driver's one has holes for the pegs.
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Post Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:21 pm

I think I'm gonna go with the motormec ones they look good
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Post Thu May 02, 2013 9:41 am

some news for ya guys motormec don't supply them no more so I've been told
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 3:04 am

I assume you have been told this by motormec?
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 6:09 am

Gavla wrote:I assume you have been told this by motormec?
I have indeed
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 11:07 am

What a pity, I was going to order some.
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 11:22 am

yeah I know I just ordered some from autostyle only ordered them yesterday and they turned up today
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 1:47 pm

What are they like...?
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 2:15 pm

really nice abit pricey they where 60 plus postage only bad bit is there's no locateing tags like Oem ones
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Post Fri May 03, 2013 2:20 pm

Need the locating tags, otherwise they shift about no?