What's this for (on mat)?

ronwest · 19-10-2007, 03:18 PM

Anyone know what the metal shrouded hole in the mat is for?

I've got the same thing on my floor mats... obviously to hook onto something, but what?

jcxr · 19-10-2007, 03:23 PM

Mat locating screws.

ronwest · 19-10-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jcxr

Mat locating screws.

Any more info? Are the screws an item that can be purchased from Ford?

Bucknaked · 19-10-2007, 03:31 PM

They usually come with the mats. Just help in securing the mats to the floor so they don't slide

ronwest · 19-10-2007, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

They usually come with the mats. Just help in securing the mats to the floor so they don't slide

Sounds like a plan.

Just had a look and my passenger side mat doesn't have the holes and by the look of the mat it needs it more than the drivers side.

Bucknaked · 19-10-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ronwest

Sounds like a plan.

Just had a look and my passenger side mat doesn't have the holes and by the look of the mat it needs it more than the drivers side.

Mine are exactley the same. My mats are all bunch up at the top on the passengers side. Fortunate for me, I have a spare set at home, so once I wear through these, I'll have a spare.

GK · 19-10-2007, 03:51 PM

Ron,

Aunger have a mat locking kit for about $5 which will do the job for the front mats. It takes 5 minutes to do.

Kmart, Supercheap, Big W etc, etc will have them.

Cheers,

GK

ronwest · 19-10-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Mine are exactley the same. My mats are all bunch up at the top on the passengers side. Fortunate for me, I have a spare set at home, so once I wear through these, I'll have a spare.

If you promise not to laugh I'll take a photo of my solution to that problem ;)

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Originally Posted by GK

Aunger have a mat locking kit for about $5 which will do the job for the front mats. It takes 5 minutes to do.

Thanks George, I'll chase it up.

Bucknaked · 19-10-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ronwest

If you promise not to laugh I'll take a photo of my solution to that problem ;)

You obviously haven't seen my mods then :hihi:

I promise not to laugh

**DJM83** · 19-10-2007, 09:07 PM

Yeah mine have mat locators on both sides, although they arent really that useful

GK · 20-10-2007, 08:48 AM

I've had locking plugs in the SR since I bought it, no mat movement at all. Terrific!

The wagon didn't have them, mats going all over the shop, bunching up etc, etc; since I used the locking kit, no worries at all.

GK

ronwest · 20-10-2007, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

I promise not to laugh

We're off tomorrow for a week away.

Only just got back from swapping cars with someone who needs a few k's run up (don't ask what... it has embarrassment factor of 9.5) so didn't get a chance for a pic of mat mod, lol.

The passengers mat had a fold in about the centre. All I did was to get a 300mm x 300mm piece of masonite and glue it to the floor side of the mat (with contact adhesive). I then stuck a couple of strips of velcro (available in a roll from Bunnings etc) onto the masonite to hold the mat in place.

The humourous bit is that I couldn't find my saw so I just broke the masonite at the appropriate measurements. Unfortunately it looks as though a rat with a missing tooth has been at it...