Weathertech Digitalfit mats

[erik]

Manxman, unless I'm mistaken, yours are scheduled to arrive today. Are you going to share your initial impressions with us? :) I'm particularly interested in your assessment of the driver's mat and whether or not it mates up with the door sill properly. I read that some folks have had problems with it bowing inward in that area.

Anxiously awaiting your thoughts.....

[manxman]

Manxman, unless I'm mistaken, yours are scheduled to arrive today. Are you going to share your initial impressions with us? :) I'm particularly interested in your assessment of the driver's mat and whether or not it mates up with the door sill properly. I read that some folks have had problems with it bowing inward in that area.

Anxiously awaiting your thoughts.....
I will certainly share my impressions, but I misread my calendar. The due date is the 3rd, which isn't today after all. Any bowing problems will be fixed with a heat gun or hair dryer, so I'm not the least bit concerned about it. We aren't going to have warm enough daytime temperatures around here to soften the liners into shape for the next few months, so electrical devices will work fine for the purpose. You seem to be posting from an Eastern time zone, so you will have the same circumstances in fitment.

[erik]

Yep, I'm in central VA, so I'm preparing to deal with a hair dryer in the near future. My Weathertech's are supposed to show up tomorrow as well, so we'll be going through it together. :)

Oh, and the Elemmats were just dropped of by UPS, but I haven't even had a chance to open the box yet. Maybe I can sneak out to the car and play with them some time this afternoon.

[manxman]

Yep, I'm in central VA, so I'm preparing to deal with a hair dryer in the near future. My Weathertech's are supposed to show up tomorrow as well, so we'll be going through it together. :)

Oh, and the Elemmats were just dropped of by UPS, but I haven't even had a chance to open the box yet. Maybe I can sneak out to the car and play with them some time this afternoon.
You will receive your floor liners first then. Let all of us know what you think.

[fareastgq]

I have mine alrdy, installing tonight, soon as I get off work in about 2 hours :P black should look very nice

[manxman]

Congrats. to you! Please let us know how you feel about the quality and fit. I have the strong impression that all of us will be happy with these.

[erik]

Mine just showed up so I ran out to the car, threw them in and snapped a couple of pics.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/erikivy/Fit/IMG_7757.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/erikivy/Fit/IMG_7758.jpg

The driver's side has the slight gap next to the door sill that others have noticed. When I first slipped it in place, the fit was tight and perfect. However, after pressing down on the mat and pushing it all the way to the floor, the inward bow magically appeared. It's cool outside right now, so perhaps it will bit better after it warms up. I think I'll try a little industrial strength velcro for maybe some double-sided carpet tape and see if I can close the gap. I'm not sure heating and bending will help, but if Manxman has any luck trying this technique, I may try it as well. As I was typing, another idea occurred to me. Maybe putting some carpet padding under the mat will raise it enough so that when fully seated, the door sill fit will be tighter.

I think these are well-made and although a bit spendy, will be good for keeping dirt and grit out of the carpets.

[manxman]

Erik,
Those look absolutely great. If the gapping at the door area bugs me, I will use Industrial Strength Velcro to keep the sides snug against the door sill and trans. hump. What I dislike about all flat mats is the way that dirt and leaves fall off the sides and wind up surrounding the mat and even build up underneath. The raised walls around the Weathertech liners are what sold me on the design. Based on the shipping weight of 10 lb. for my front and back set, these liners can't be very thick or heavy, so the sides won't have much strength to stay vertical. I won't mind sticking them in place with Velcro.

Thanks for the photos! I'll add mine once my installation is complete. I keep the H.D. Velcro in stock always, so I am ready for this.

[manxman]

3:15 pm, still waiting for Fed Ex to show up with my stuff!

[erik]

Waiting sucks! :)

[manxman]

4:40- got 'em. I think that this product is perfect, and I couldn't be more pleased! No gapping on either of the front liners for me (yet-?), but if it happens, Velcro will fix it perfectly. I have a little bit of a gap showing on the sides of the rear 1-piece liner, but probably will not do anything about it. I rarely have rear passengers, and 90% of the time my rear seats are folded down. If I change my mind about fixing the gaps, Velcro will work great here too. Great product!!!!!

P.s. I will copy claymore's photo of his cargo area mat with the raised lip around the periphery, and send it in an email to Weathertech (MacNeil Automotive Products) and ask them to consider making a similar product for the Fit.

[EXWRX]

Hope to see pictures soon. Just what I need. One more thing to spend my money on. . .:p

[manxman]

Hope to see pictures soon. Just what I need. One more thing to spend my money on. . .:p
Sorry Jeff, there isn't enough light for good photos now- I'll get some up tomorrow. Erik's photos of the front liners are perfect. He may not have bought the rear one-piece floor cover. MacNeil has a price reduction if you buy both sets at once.

The nice thing about owning my two new Fits is that I have seen some great new products come on the market that are made exclusively, and perfectly, for both generations of this car. 1. Progress RSB's, 2. Weathertech Digital-fit Floor Liners, 3. PRM Jet Stream Intake System.

The not-nice thing is, I had to wait months and months for those products to be released for sale.

[manxman]

Crap!! I just tried to order a set of the floor liners for my wife's '06 Scion XB, but they only make the generic mats cut to fit the XB, not the Digitalfit Floor Liners. Oh well, her generic mats from Costco fit well enough. I would certainly buy the floor liners if they made them to fit.

[manxman]

The Weathertech Digitalfit Floor Liners are not mats at all. They are actually thin wall shallow buckets that duplicate the exact dimensions of your floor.

Erik's photos of the front Floor Liners were perfect. I only shot a few more of mine to show that I have absolutely no gap between the vertical wall of the mats and the door sill area. I don't know if erik bought the rear mat set, but I did and I am glad that I did. This is not two separate mats- it is one wall-to-wall floor cover that fits right up against the front center console, and goes back under the rear seats to touch the rear wall of the foot wells. I highly recommend buying the full set, because there is a discount- costs less than buying the rear cover singly.

Driver's side front- no gap along the left edge at all--
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8869/imgp1240.th.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/imgp1240.jpg/)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9601/imgp1239.th.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/imgp1239.jpg/)

Passenger side front- no gap here either---

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9499/imgp1241.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/imgp1241.jpg/)
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2742/imgp1242.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/imgp1242.jpg/)

Rear floor liner- floor edge view--------
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7034/imgp1243.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/imgp1243.jpg/)

Liner fit at back of center console-----
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3880/imgp1245.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/imgp1245.jpg/)
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4196/imgp1245a.th.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/imgp1245a.jpg/)

[erik]

Thanks for taking up my slack, Dave. :) I didn't bother to take pics of the rear mat. I was at work and had to sneak out so time was a bit short.

On another topic, is there any particular reason you don't just include the image code in your posts? I've always assumed it's easier for the reader not to have to click on anything and just have the image show up in the thread, but if by doing so I'm violating some guideline, I'll be happy to do it the same way you do.

[manxman]

Thanks for taking up my slack, Dave. :) I didn't bother to take pics of the rear mat. I was at work and had to sneak out so time was a bit short.

On another topic, is there any particular reason you don't just include the image code in your posts? I've always assumed it's easier for the reader not to have to click on anything and just have the image show up in the thread, but if by doing so I'm violating some guideline, I'll be happy to do it the same way you do.
Erik,

This is just the way that I learned to do it years ago, and I usually put up a lot of views of the same thing. The thumbnails let the viewer scan quickly through the images, don't take up much bandwidth, an let the viewer enlarge whatever he wants. By contrast, many forum photos are posted too big and take longer to load, and push the page borders out of shape so that you have to scan from side to side to read any text posted with the photos.

Your photos have been fine! And, I'm glad to hear that you got the rear floor liner too.

[manxman]

More photos to come--- it didn't even occur to me to set the rear seats into "Tall Mode" to show the complete protection of the rear floor liners. Will do that tomorrow!

[fareastgq]

my liners are great too, I won't post pics cause it's snowing here now, I got them just in time...no gap, I have 1 issue with them though, I wish the rear mats would extend further into the floor of the driver and passegerside seats. seems like it's cutting it a bit short, sometimes ppl stick their feet under those areas..

[manxman]

my liners are great too, I won't post pics cause it's snowing here now, I got them just in time...no gap, I have 1 issue with them though, I wish the rear mats would extend further into the floor of the driver and passegerside seats. seems like it's cutting it a bit short, sometimes ppl stick their feet under those areas..
Yeah, I guess if I wanted to reach for a complaint, that would be my issue also, but I rarely carry rear seat passengers, so the short mats don't bug me much.. Good that you got yours before the snow. We expect snow here in my area if CA over the next few days too, but it won't stick around long. The ground doesn't stay frozen long enough to retain snow and ice. Good thing- the people around here can't drive worth a crap in dry weather.

[claymore]

What's snow?? :rolleyes:

[manxman]

Surely your New England winters are not so far behind you that you forgot-----?:confused:

[fareastgq]

wonder if those mats can take the 12 ft snow drifts we are supposed to get tomorrow...

[manxman]

wonder if those mats can take the 12 ft snow drifts we are supposed to get tomorrow...
Well, shovel one into your Fit and let us know!

[claymore]

Jeeze don't remind me I still have nightmares about being out in a blizzard at an accident scene with 12' snow drifts surrounding me.

[manxman]

OK, the driver-side floor liner has finally started to show the "infamous gap syndrome" on my GE8. Fortunately, 2" wide Industrial Strength Velcro is the perfect cure. The side of the floor liner, where the gap at the door jamb occurs, has a curved lip at the top of the gap. This leaves plenty of room for a wide piece of hook Velcro stuck to the side of the floor liner, and a wide patch of the loop side Velcro stuck to the side of the door jamb. Because of the curved lip at the top of the floor liner that hides the Velcro under the curve, you can't see the double-thickness of the Velcro patches that hold the side of the liner to the side of the door jamb. To clean the liner, just un-stick the Velcro and lift the liner out for washing.

[claymore]

Nice neat cheap and simple. That's how we like or problems solved. Good one.

[fareastgq]

well guys, I can happily say these mats can survive wisconsin winters and they are just awesome, pulled the mats out, pressure washed at car wash, there was almost no dirt on my interior... some gravel and that was it. Def worth the money.

[jd636]

Mine arrived Friday and I put them in today :D I feel like a kid with a new toy, these are the coolest mats ever :D

[manxman]

Yes, they are great. But like other buyers, I wish that they had made the sides with a bit of outward bow and more stiffness. This would give the "buckets" a spring/interference fit that would eliminate the gap at the door thresholds. Other than the standard gripe, they are much better than any flat mat.

[litterfisher]

I have not had a problem getting the perfect color for all my vehicles with weathertech cargo liners (http://www.carmatdirect.com/). just the best liners.

[sooznd]

I just noticed the carpet on the driver side by the console hump is worn. :(
Only 11K miles on my Fit. My 16 year old Subaru with over 153K miles shows almost no carpet wear.

I brought the car to my dealer this afternoon and they are going to replace the carpet under warranty. :)

I do not want this to happen again. It must be the way I rest my foot when I drive on the cheap material.
1. What is the best place to order these high rise moulded weathertech mats from?
2. The other option would be to affix some metal or rubber there-but I have no idea what to use to make it stick.

Thanks Guys!

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/sooznd/Honda%20Fit/th_P4150097.jpg (http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/sooznd/Honda%20Fit/?action=view&current=P4150097.jpg)

[manxman]

www.autosportcatalog.com, or weathertech.com. Same price. I ordered from weathertech. The sides of the liners will form a small gap at the driver's side door threshold (at the black plastic strip along the bottom of the door). No cure that I know of- Velcro doesn't work. I will be trying leather snaps in the next week or so, and will post a DIY if they work. You can get snaps cheaply on eBay, but you also have to buy the setting tools to fasten them to the liners. At the very least, these liners will solve your "carpet" wear problems on the trans. hump. If Honda had used REAL carpet, your trans hump nakedness would have taken years longer to show up. The "carpet" is the worst "cheap-out" that Honda made on the Fit. They should fire the design employee who made that decision.

Coincidentally, the word "shoddy" has come to mean "cheap/low quality". The word actually comes from a type of cloth that was made during the Civil War by war profiteers. It was wool fibers mixed with glue and then pressed into a felt type of cloth (called "shoddy" by the makers). Then it was cut and sewn into uniforms for the Southern Army. During the first rainstorm, the glue would dissolve and the uniforms would literally fall off of the soldiers.

Honda Fit Carpet = "shoddy"!!!

[claymore]

What I did to prevent wear on Mrs. claymores side of the car was to get a cheapo universal floor mat set that was just thin rubber. I then held it up near where I wanted to protect (even in the vertical part like yours) then marked it and cut it up. To hold it in place I just stuffed it up between the old rug and the plastic of the front part of the console and it stays because it is really very light and the is no pressure on it it just hangs there.