by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 03/01/2017 at 15:35
by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 03/01/2017 at 15:35
Tags: Winter
STARS: 2
Many of us live in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere, meaning we live in the wonderful world of salt and snow. As such, a lot of us don’t bother cleaning our interiors until the salt and snow stop flying....not much of a point when things will be dirty again quickly!
So, my fellow Oppos, no matter where you are and your current climate situation....show us your footwells! :D
My drivers’ side footwell - the 3-pedals (#savethemanuals!) of my 2009 Hyundai Accent hatch, crappy but decently functional Canadian Tire plasti-rubber floor mats and a lot of salt and mud!
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
03/01/2017 at 15:38, STARS: 1
Now covered in rhinoliner at least.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 0
The Rhinoliner will help! What ride is this? So I spy much rust repairosity?
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
03/01/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 0
AW11. The rust has since won. Looking for a new shell.
"Danger" (dangerray)
03/01/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0
Colorado ski season footwell
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/01/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 0
Close Enough
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
03/01/2017 at 16:02, STARS: 0
I’ve only had it for two days and it’s already getting dirty. the snow is even gone here in Massachusetts.
"jasmits" (jasmits)
03/01/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 0
Yeah I should probably invest in some floor mats. The driver one that was in it when I got it didn’t fit properly and would bunch up places it shouldn’t
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
03/01/2017 at 16:08, STARS: 1
2001 Prelude. Removed floor mats and added overpriced Mugen pedals because racecar.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
03/01/2017 at 16:08, STARS: 0
the bug foot wells as of now. kinda grassy......
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
03/01/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
I have WeatherTech liners in my car. They’re a bit grody looking at the moment but I at least vacuum up the loose dirt and pebbles and whatnot. It’s just all the crusted up dirt and salt from when water pools up in them and then dries that looks gross.
I’ve thought about taking a wet towel or something to them to clean them out but it’s not exactly warm enough to take them out of the car and hose them off. Maybe I could maneuver them into my laundry sink. Not sure.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
Shame! Damn rust!!!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
Looks about right! :D
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:11, STARS: 1
Your feet go on your instrument cluster.....? :O The pedals....how do you operate them? :P
I spy dealer protective papers! :P
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:11, STARS: 0
!!! Somebody stole your pedals!!!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:12, STARS: 0
I had that issue with my current aftermarket one. It was actually up far enough behind the clutch pedal that I had to snip a little strip out at the end of it so the clutch could travel all the way through to its proper stop.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:13, STARS: 0
UMMM....what am I seeing here? Your floor is an engine? This going to be a drag car or something?
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:14, STARS: 0
I actually have my original floor mat UNDER the weather mat :P
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:15, STARS: 0
I often wait until the spring and put mine (the plastic ones of course) our in a strong rainstorm. Helps clean them up quite a bit after I knock all the loose dirt out first!
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/01/2017 at 17:19, STARS: 0
"nermal" (nermal)
03/01/2017 at 17:19, STARS: 0
Do you have two sets of floor mats there? Isn’t that how all of the Priii owners ended up untintendedly accelerating to their doom?
I have the Husky Liners in my truck. Bought them because they were on sale and $50 less than the Weathertech option. Overall they have been great. They keep all of the salt and crap off of the carpet, and are easy to clean.
My truck got a thorough spring cleaning last week with the warm weather. Looks good inside still, the outside is back to disaster levels though.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/01/2017 at 17:26, STARS: 0
Backward, of course! How it’s normally done!!!
Also, you’d think dealer protective papers, but they’re actually.....................................................Trash bags!!! I transferred my all weather mats over from the old car into the new one, but carpet was still exposed, so I McGyver’d up some extra protection!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 0
Kudos on the thoroughness! :P
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:32, STARS: 0
I do have two sets of mats, actually, yes. The stock ones, though, are quite thin, so the plastirubber ones fit on top of them as if the stock ones are almost not there at all. Also, these plastic ones have very nice “nubs” on the bottom that are quite long to dig into the stock floor carpet (in my case, original floor mats) so that they don’t move an inch. The pedals clear both mats just fine with no hint of the mats ever sliding around! Mats haven’t budged other than me physically removing them from the car in the 3 years I’ve owned it.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/01/2017 at 17:32, STARS: 0
Very clean! (Or is the low brightness hiding otherwise? :P)
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/01/2017 at 17:49, STARS: 1
It’s very clean. unlike the outside of the car. Mud/road grime after 2 months. And now it’s spring so the 4Runner will soon be yellow.
"jasmits" (jasmits)
03/01/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 0
My throttle hangs pretty low, so flooring it is actually flooring it and not hitting some stop. The mat would get bunched up under there enough to impede its progress and the absolute last thing a 2nd-gen 4Runner needs is a throttle that can’t unleash all 150 horsepower.
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
03/02/2017 at 09:13, STARS: 1
Crap! So that’s why I couldn’t make the car go anywhere!
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/02/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
Pretty amusing that it has 150hp. My Accent has 110hp and it’s a 1.6L 4-cyl......I imagine the 4Runner has many, many more torques though! :P
"jasmits" (jasmits)
03/02/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 1
180, so more but still not very impressive. This is with a 3.0 liter V6. The crazy thing, I found a Car and Driver comparison from back in the day(early 90s) with the 4Runner up against other SUVs and 150 was more or less par for the course.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
03/02/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
it will be a daily driver candidate. i am still working out how to get the planned floor to work. it is going to be the roof of another bug cut off, and flipped over, and put underneath as a belly pan. the transmission and frame and driveshaft will all be in the car with me. it is steady moving in the right direction. the inside of old reliable......
"Justino6969" (justino6969)
03/02/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 0
My Jeep? Essentially this.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/02/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 0
.....well then.
"Justino6969" (justino6969)
03/02/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 1
Yup. Already have some new pre-formed panels, just waiting for warmer weather to rip out the interior and weld them in.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
03/03/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 0
Late to the party but as you can tell I don’t vacuum these guys out very often. Or wash them.
The MJ:
And the Niva:
I’m not sure I want to know what the Jeep’s floorpan looks like under the carpet. I suspect “soft” would describe it well, based on what it looks like underneath. But I’m not Fred Flintstoning yet, so there’s that. There was one of those shitty tire type floor mats in it when I got it, but it never fit properly so I got rid of it.
The Lada has about 3/4" of horse-hair-looking fibreglass insulation under that rubber floor, with the factory rubber mat still there. The floor seems more solid than the Jeep’s but I can’t tell cause it takes so much more effort to get to it.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/03/2017 at 19:45, STARS: 0
The Niva’s mat looks like it fits pretty well!
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
03/03/2017 at 19:49, STARS: 0
It used to. But something about having a shorter person driving (and more importantly the seat slid forward) now it keeps creeping forward until it jams up under the clutch pedal.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/03/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 0
Err....not exactly helpful!