Automotive Floor Mats

The main purpose of automotive floor mats is to shield your car´s original carpet from water, dirt, salt, and normal wear and tear caused by rubbing shoes.

Automotive floor mats will also protect your car´s original carpet against food or drink spills as well as any other harmful substance.

Automotive mats are available in all weather and regular carpet floor mats, with the all weather mats being more resistant to the elements.  Other types of floor mats are rubber and tough and husky floor mats.

Your choice of mats can depend on what part of the country you live in, but you can also have two sets of floor mats. One for the winter driving season and the other set for the summer months.

Along with the protective functions of normal automotive floor mats, custom mats offer added personalization. Unlike regular automotive floor mats, custom floor mats are made to ensure a perfect fit to the make, year and car model of your car.

With a custom floor mat you choose from an array of colors, logos and other options to help make your custom mats unique.  There is even the possibility of personalizing your floor mat.

Automotive floor mats come in several different types of materials, but the most common are:

• 24 oz carpet - This is the more economically priced type of automotive floor mat. It is a lightweight nylon carpet and is usually available in a very large selection of colors.
• 36 oz carpet - This type of floor mat is made of a softer, more resistant nylon carpet. While of better quality, the color selection is more limited.
• 48 oz carpet - This is the top of the line floor mat carpet. It is mostly used by premium manufacturer Berber. The carpet is very densely looped and is very durable. The color selection is also much more limited.
• Rubber floor mats - Usually the all weather automotive floor mats are made of rubber. Very resistant to wear, soil, salt, water and oils. Very stain resistant and easy to clean.
• Vinyl automotive floor mats - Made of a clear plastic, also very resistant to the elements but let the original car carpet show through.
  

In order to ensure a long life, it is recommended that you regularly vacuum your floor mats. Automotive floor mats can also be soap washed with warm water and a mild soap and then hung dried.

You should always avoid machine washing your floor mats due to the damage that can be caused by the washing machine.

Over all, automotive floor mats are a great investment in the long run. They look good, wear great and will protect your car.

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