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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Vinyl/rubber floor mats

I have some embroidered front floor mats that I would like to protect on rainy days. With the unusual shape of our floor pans I'd like to have a set made for the car. I use a set from GM for my 4th Gen firebirds but what is out there for the thirds?

Does anybody sell them? Pictures?

I posted the question on a turbotransam message board and one suggestion I got was to use a bathroom mat with rubber backing. I was considering that but with a vinyl/rubber mat I would be less likely to get mud/oil/grease from my shop floor on my precious cars interior.

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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

Just get a set of standard rear rubber mats and use them in the front.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

There are still lots of factory GM 3rd gen floor mats in the rubber. These are the factory ones as available when our cars were new, and molded to the shape of the foot well. Grey, black, tan, etc (all colors I think) but only the front ones, no rears. Anyways, just look around.. ask your GM dealer, they are like $40 for the pair.

What is hard to find are the original GM molded mats for our cars in the carpeted sets. I want them!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

you can also buy clear ones to use on top of the nice ones and you can see through them as well.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

Originally Posted by Dennis-Z28
There are still lots of factory GM 3rd gen floor mats in the rubber. These are the factory ones as available when our cars were new, and molded to the shape of the foot well. Grey, black, tan, etc (all colors I think) but only the front ones, no rears. Anyways, just look around.. ask your GM dealer, they are like $40 for the pair.

What is hard to find are the original GM molded mats for our cars in the carpeted sets. I want them!
Suprised to see this thread come back since march 07. Not only have I contacted my GM dealer but I the local GM dealer. I can't seem to find them. Back in April I found that GM still offered a tan rubber floormat and thought it would work out perfect. Once they showed up I found them to be just generic deep channel mats like you'd buy at Walmart.

I returned the GM mats I had ordered, I grabbed some black carpet rear floor mats out of a buick and tossed them on my floor. That doesn't really look right and I'd still like to find some vinyl ones. Seems like Hawk's or year one would have something like that. Let me know if you guys find something.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

http://www.iroczone.com/motorsports/

this link is for a site ran by jim85iroc. who is a moderator on this site. he has carpet and custom mats and other things of high quality on his site so check it out.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

I found these a while ago, they're supposed to be for thirdgens... might be what your looking for

http://www.moderndaymuscle.com/inc/sdetail/1075
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 08:19 AM
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Re: Vinyl/rubber floor mats

any updates?
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