Be EZ. First post!

So I sold my DD 2003 Acura TL-S and managed to snag up a 2007 Rio AP2 (WoooT!). Luckily I forgot to include my OEM all weather floor mats from my Acura TL in the sale. After searching the forums/google for s2k all weather floor mats I was shocked to not find any alternatives that were worth the money.. (at least to me.)

So I put them up on the table to compare the two. (I don't have pics before cutting them because I wasn't sure how they would turn out. Sorry!)



Interesting enough they could be modified

Driver side:



Passenger side:



Tools needed: (Don't tell my wife I used her fillet knife to cut my rubber mats. )



And after very minimal cutting.. (Hint: Use the dimples on the reverse side of the rubber mats to help guide you in making a straight-ish line cut.)

Driver side ='s 1 cut


Passenger side ='s 3 cuts


Test fit.

Driver side:





Passenger side:





I personally can't complain since they were supposed to go with the sale of my Acura TL. So rather than throw them away, or get $20 on craigslist for them, I repurposed them.

*** This may not be everyone's cup of tea but its an alternative. ( and yes I am aware that the water on the mats can roll back onto the carpet since I cut the lip which held the water in the rubber mat. It's not an issue for me since it will rarely, if ever, see the rain. My main issue was the driver side wear from my left heel.) ***

Thanks for viewing. Hopefully it will inspire someone else.

Pic of the old TL and new (to me) Rio S2k.!

You shall be missed.


Maybe not..


Edit:
-Resized pictures. (my bad.)

 

$50.90 (US) on eBay at the moment.

New OEM 99-03 Acura TL / CL / Type S Black All Season Rubber Winter Floor Mats

 

That's not a bad idea!! I need to get me a set like that. I daily mine and I alway track dirt/mud into my S and get tired of cleaning/vacuuming the carpets every other day.

 

Has anyone ever bought these? http://moddiction.com/weathertech/we...i-1824930.aspx

I can't find anything about what they'll actually look like and how they'll fit. All I get are these generic photos of floor mats.

I tried searching the forum, all the threads I could find are about requesting Weathertech to make molded custom fit all weather floor mats but they wouldn't do it.

 

I had a factory rubber set from a 3rd gen TL - fits fine

because all I want to do is protect the orig S2000 mats and carpet - even covers / protects the hump

did not modify or cut