One last upgrade before I went on vacation. We decided we needed to u[pgrade the mat system in the van - that PEI sand goes everywhere.! I stripped out the van (including seats) to fit a new mat. I wanted to leave enough room as well around the doghouse as it tends to get taken off quite a bit. I found the original mats a pain when taking it off.

I went to the local rubber shop, got 2 3' wide sections of rubber sheeting that has square grooves on one side. I got 2 12' long sections and 12 feet of 4" wide rubber strip to glue them together (its about 1/16 inch thick). I picked up some rubber glue from them but I think contact cement would work as well. I flipped the sheets over, put them together, sanded the area on each edge for gluing (and hte strip) I applied glue and let it tack up. I then weighted down the whole joint with boards and bricks and let it sit for 24 hrs.

I had pics of this but my e-cam batteries died. Here is a sectio of the rubber sheet looks like.

I then made a paper template for the van to get it to fit right. I used dollar store brown wrapping paper. The panelling is almost all gone now BTW.

I transferred the template to the sheeting and trimmed to fit (I still have the template if anyone wants it)

I used a cutter punch (Princess Auto) to punch out the holes for seat, etc..Ok I’m really not that burnt.

After final trimming it fit great..here is a shot around drivers area. I trimmed the old mat to slightly overlap the new one. I also fixed the old mat as much as possible – it had a few tears – I glued strips on the back to reinforce and I put a few gobs of seam sealer to hold in place. I also cut out small mats for the step plate and secured with a few gobs of seam sealer.

Here is a shot of the passenger side. I left clearance around the doghouse as I mentioned before.

Looks fantastic!

Awesome job Randy... Looks great.

Greart jod. Looks good.
Did it keep the road sound out?

Randy, Your mat looks great!!! nice drink holder on the passenger side too!! Rick

Rick..Great to hear from you! How is it going? Hope all is well with you.
Those drink holders are great! We use them all the time.

Randy

What's holding that drink holder in place?