The joys of being in a car club

[Don M]

Most of you know that my Camaro has 166,100 miles on it. One of the things that has really taken a beating is my driver's side floor mat. Being a manual transmission, that means A LOT of clutch work with my left foot, which = A huge hole in the mat ... at least it hasn't affected the actual CARPETING at all yet.

A new set of factory mats, run $72 (for 2), not including shipping or tax, more than I want to spend. So I posted a picture of the mat on the Fackbook page of the club and asked for help. Two days later, another member said he had a set of front floor mats for a 5th gen Camaro, STILL IN THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC, and would take $30 for them. The only 'catch' was that I had to drive an hour to his town to pick them up ... I was on the road before my computer finished shutting down!

So I braved midday traffic and arrived at the meeting location. We traded mats for cash, and I opened the plastic to find they were an EXACT MATCH for my stock mats

I haven't put them in yet, because I still have to shampoo the floors up front (can't have brand new mats on a dirty floor now, can we?).

Here's a few pics:

[Klasse Act]

That's a great find! You could always get some WeatherTechs Another idea is one of those cool looking SS plates to affix to the area that gets "worked"

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[Klasse Act]

I had a pair made for my EN but without the logo because I didn't need it to say N, inplace it just continues like the other rows

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[PA DETAILER]

Nice find on the mats. I still have my carpeted mats brand new in the plastic. Agree. WEATHERTECHS are the best alternative.

[Don M]

That's a great find! You could always get some WeatherTechs Another idea is one of those cool looking SS plates to affix to the area that gets "worked"

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I had a pair made for my EN but without the logo because I didn't need it to say N, inplace it just continues like the other rows

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Nice find on the mats. I still have my carpeted mats brand new in the plastic. Agree. WEATHERTECHS are the best alternative.

I HAD thought of Weathertech mats, but at $125+ they are out of the question.

[Klasse Act]

I HAD thought of Weathertech mats, but at $125+ they are out of the question.

Quality doesn't cost, it pays

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[Silly Rabbit]

Well you made it 160+ miles on the original mats, if you can get that on these you'll be fine.

[Don M]

Quality doesn't cost, it pays

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Tell THAT to my WIFE! But then again SHE wants to save up for Weathertechs for HER car (in all fairness though, she does haul the dogs around in her car and it gets pretty nasty in there).

[Klasse Act]

Tell THAT to my WIFE! But then again SHE wants to save up for Weathertechs for HER car (in all fairness though, she does haul the dogs around in her car and it gets pretty nasty in there).

There you have it

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