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Car Floor Mats
Overview
What do you need to know about car floor mats? Or floor mats for your SUV, van or pickup which are typically sold along with car mats.
Well, I'm happy you asked that question. You need to know what car mats are made of, how they are constructed, who manufactures car mats and what kind of different mats does each manufacturer offer. And you need to know this stuff before you decide which set of mats to buy. So here's the info you need broken into two parts. The first section deals with how car mats are constructed while the second part is a listing of car floor mats by manufacturer with a link to detail pages for each manufacturers products.
How Car Floor Mats are Made
There are 4 basic types of car floor mats. Each has its own strength and weakness. Choose a mat which matches the weather you experience, your family requirements, and your personal sense of style and decor.
Rubber Car Floor Mats
are typically molded from a high quality rubber or rubberized material and have raised edges to contain water and dirt. They may be available in Black, Grey, Tan or Clear depending on manufacturer. Most are UV and stain resistant. Cleanup is quick with a damp cloth or hose but usually requires removal from the vehicle. This type of mat is great for kids and wet/muddy/dirty conditions but doesn’t effectively trap dust, so it’s not the best mat for use in very dry environments. Beware of water getting under the mat as the carpet may smell/rot.
Carpeted Car Floor Mats
are widely used in the automotive industry. A floor mat made of carpet can exactly match the existing carpet in your car or create a contrast, i.e., pink car mats on a purple carpet. Carpeted floor mats are typically constructed of a yarn (polypropylene, nylon or other synthetic yarn) woven into a carpet.
Quality depends on how thick/plush the carpet is, how high the pile is, the weave and the yarn material. The carpet may then be bonded to multiple layers of vinyl, rubberized materials, polypropylene mesh, acrylic or other materials to enhance its look and feel. Most
custom car mats
made of carpet and designed to be exact replacements for your vehicle are constructed in this manner. This type of mat is available in an incredibly wide range of materials and colors and as such is used by many manufacturers/distributors to produce their own line of designer car floor mats. While it is stain resistant, cleanup is not as simple as with rubber and usually requires removal from the vehicle. The nice thing about this type of mat is that it absorbs some of the water/mud/dust and doesn’t deposit it on your shoes like a rubber mat does. As with rubber, beware of water getting under the mat as the carpet may smell/rot.
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OK, more mat info coming up, but first - sometimes the hard part of making a decision about a new set of floor mats is in not knowing whether the new mats will fit or look nice or live up to your expectations. So amongst all the websites I’ve visited to glean information to build this site here’s the site that has the best consumer reviews for the products on this page. Just navigate to the product you are interested in and read the reviews. It usually helps me in my decision making process to see what others like or dislike about the product I’m interested in - I hope it helps you too. And, if you find sites with great reviews please share the info with me and other readers of this site by filling out a
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Ok, time to continue with Clear Mats ...
Clear Car Mats
are usually cut and precisely shaped from sheets of vinyl to the original mat specifications of your vehicle. They are used primarily to protect your cars carpeting and floor mats from wear and tear while still allowing the original carpet/mats to be visible. The clarity, thickness and feel of the vinyl are important considerations when choosing this type of mat. Cleanup is similar to rubber car mats. The vinyl mat doesn’t absorb water/mud and usually doesn’t have raised edges, so beware of water and mud getting under the mat as the carpet may smell/rot.
Universal Absorbent Car Floor Mats are constructed of a layer of highly absorbent polyethylene covered by cotton or other cloth. This type of mat is lightweight and is used to protect the carpeting and mats already in your car by absorbing excess water, gas, oil and dirt that you bring into the car on your shoes. Cleanup is simple – wash in the washer and dry in the dryer. This type of mat limits the amount of moisture and dirt that penetrates into your vehicles carpeting, helping to prevent a soggy carpet and bad smells. It reinforces your efforts to keep your car clean.
Manufacturers(Mfg) of Car Floor Mats
Many manufacturers of car floor mats also manufacture seat covers, car covers and other automotive accessories. I've listed the car mat manufacturers I am aware of below. If you know of other companies in the business, help us all out and use the Contact Us button on this page to let me know.
Auto Custom Carpets Inc
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats
- Mfg of replacement carpeting for most vehicles made since mid 1940's
Avery's Car Mats
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats
- Carpeted mats, logo and embroidered mats, berber, stain resistant mats
- Models include; Luxury Touring, Select Touring, Grand Touring, Touring,
Luxury Sport
Cannon Automotive Ltd
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats, commercial truck mats
- Rubber floor mats for many American, European and Asian vehicles
- Models include; Profile III, 4x4, Tradesman 4x4, Boot Protector
Coverking
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats
- Mfg of car/vehicle cover and seat covers
- Carpeted mats, clear vinyl mats
DeeZee Inc
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats
- Rubber car and truck floor mats
Ebco Inc
- Mfg of custom molded rubber mats
ExactMats Inc
- Mfg of clear vinyl floor mats for cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans
Fan Mats LLC
(Millennium Mat Company)
- Mfg of custom printed and licensed logo car floor mats
- Chromojet color collegiate, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and military mats
G.G. Bailey LLC
(Racemark International)
- Mfg of luxury carpeted car floor mats
- Models include; Car Couture and Design Your Mats
- Ultra plush 50 oz and 72 oz carpet, custom colors and designs
Global Accessories
(Covercraft Inc)
- Mfg of car floor mats
- Carpeted mats, universal fit and custom cut/fit
- Logos and monograms available on both custom fit and universal mats
Highland USA
- Mfg of car and pickup truck floor mats
- Semi custom fit rubber mats
Husky Liners
(Winfield Consumer Products)
- Mfg of car and pickup truck floor mats
- Custom fit rubberized floor liners
- Custom fit durable thermpoplastic heavy duty floor mats
Intro-Tech Automotive
- Mfg of car, pickup, SUV and van floor mats and covers
- Hexomat, Clear Vinyl, carpeted, rubber, berber, coco, sisal, leather mats
- Models include; Hexomat, Protect-a-Mat, Diamond Plate, Designer, Super
Plushmat, Berber, Coco, Sisal, Oriental, Safari, Fashion,
Leather, Rhino, Spaghetti
Kraco Enterprises
- Mfg of floor mats and seat covers for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs
- Rubber, carpeted and rubber/carpeted mats
- Models include; Premium, Eco-Essential, Mossy Oak, Goodyear
- Auto Expressions line of Logo Floor Mats and Seat Covers
Lloyd Mats
- Mfg of floor mats for cars and trucks
- Rubber, clear vinyl and rubber mats. Logos and Embroidery
- Models include; Luxe, Ultimat, Heavy Plush, Velourtex, Rubbertite,
Protector
Martinson Nicholls Inc
- Mfg of heated car mats
- Reversible mat, carpet on one side, rubber on other side
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Matworks Ltd
- Mfg of floor mats for cars, boats, RVs, trucks, vans, SUVs
- Custom fit carpeted mats
Newark Auto Products
- Mfg of replacement rubber and carpet flooring for vehicles 1948+
- Mfg of rubber floor mats for Class 8 trucks
Nifty
(Lund International)
- Mfg of car floor mats, pickup truck floor mats
- Mfg of replacement carpeting for most vehicles
- Models include; Catch-It, Catch-All, Cargo Logic, Catch-All Xtreme, Elite,
Pro-Line
Owens Products Inc
- Mfg of diamondplate aluminum floor mats for car and pickups
Plasticolor Inc
- Mfg of universal fit, logo floormats for cars, pickups, vans and SUVs
- Mfg of logo seat covers for cars, pickups, vans and SUVs
Pretty Products LLC
- Mfg of rubber/carpeted car mats for Honda, Subaru, Toyota and Hyundai
- Models include; Colony II, Edge, All Weather TPE
- Acoustic floor mats
Superior Mats
- Mfg of custom carpeted floor mats for cars, pickups, vans and SUVs
Viam Manufacturing Inc
- Mfg of rubber/carpeted car mats for Honda, Subaru, Toyota, Nissan,
Mazda, Kia, Nummi, Ford, GMSPO, Costco, Chrysler, Mitsubishi
and Suzuki
- Acoustic floor mats, all weather mats, trunk & cargo mats
WeatherTech
(MacNeil Automotive Products Ltd)
- Mfg of all weather rubber floor mats and floor liners for car and trucks
- Models include; WeatherTech All-Weather and FloorLiner DigitalFit
Yes Essentials (Sage Automotive)
- Mfg of carpet and carpeted floor mats for cars, vans, pickups and SUVs
- carpeting is stain resistant, anti-microbial, antistatic
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