Interior: Custom floor mat heel plate.
06-15-2007, 10:28 PM
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Custom floor mat heel plate.
Like most of us, my driver side floor mat is taking a pounding from my heel digging into the mat. I looked at the Momo plate, but it wasn't shaped correctly for our mats. So I decided just to make one myself. I started with a simple cutting template.
It's trimmed to just a bit inside of the edge stitching of the mat itself. Mark which side is up. Then I cut the plate. Now careful here, make sure you use that "this side up" mark, or you could end up cutting it backwards.
Now you have to bend it to fit properly on the floor of the car. There are two bends. Here is the first.
Use a solid edge, line it up right along the cut at the bottom as shown, and just bend it over with your hands. You don't need or want a crisp line, just a shallow round bend, so hands work nicely.
The second bend is under the accelerator. There is a slight dip in the floor right there. Hard to get a good picture, here's the best I got.
At this point, your plate should fit nicely. But it will slide around. You need to fasten it to the mat somehow. I chose snaps. If you do as well, you will need a snap fastening tool. Plan your holes close to edges, as the tool jaws are very shallow. I started with the plate.
This hole ended up close to a diamond, and the snap won't fit flush against it, so I ground it down.
As this point, lay the plate over the mat and drill right through the mat so the holes line up. Then install the snap.
Snap is done.
Plate is done.
On to the mat, do all the same stuff.
Finished product.
Installed.
It's trimmed to just a bit inside of the edge stitching of the mat itself. Mark which side is up. Then I cut the plate. Now careful here, make sure you use that "this side up" mark, or you could end up cutting it backwards.
Now you have to bend it to fit properly on the floor of the car. There are two bends. Here is the first.
Use a solid edge, line it up right along the cut at the bottom as shown, and just bend it over with your hands. You don't need or want a crisp line, just a shallow round bend, so hands work nicely.
The second bend is under the accelerator. There is a slight dip in the floor right there. Hard to get a good picture, here's the best I got.
At this point, your plate should fit nicely. But it will slide around. You need to fasten it to the mat somehow. I chose snaps. If you do as well, you will need a snap fastening tool. Plan your holes close to edges, as the tool jaws are very shallow. I started with the plate.
This hole ended up close to a diamond, and the snap won't fit flush against it, so I ground it down.
As this point, lay the plate over the mat and drill right through the mat so the holes line up. Then install the snap.
Snap is done.
Plate is done.
On to the mat, do all the same stuff.
Finished product.
Installed.
Last edited by TommyP; 10-03-2012 at 10:28 AM.
06-21-2007, 10:42 AM
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06-21-2007, 10:44 AM
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Dude, looks amazing. Wish I had thought about this a month ago. I wore a hole straight through my mat. Ordered the GM rubber mats, but these def look Awesome. Great job!
07-23-2007, 12:48 AM
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how much was the diamond plated steel sheet? iv looked around and the only one i found was for 49.99 for a peice 24x24 inches. im just curious if its that rate everywhere. thanks man
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07-23-2007, 11:48 AM
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Oh wow I didn't pay nearly that much. I think was like 10 bucks at my local Ace hardware.
As for wet feet, it hasn't been bad actually. I did consider drilling 1" holes uniformly through the plate for drainage, but so far haven't needed to. Maybe in the winter, I could still do it if I needed to.
As for wet feet, it hasn't been bad actually. I did consider drilling 1" holes uniformly through the plate for drainage, but so far haven't needed to. Maybe in the winter, I could still do it if I needed to.
06-09-2008, 07:02 PM
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i made one but i made the whole sheet but made for temp im gonna order the set from cobalt-addiction sooner or later 
its black diamond plate amulinum i found at pep boys for like 20 bucks enough for 2 of these
its black diamond plate amulinum i found at pep boys for like 20 bucks enough for 2 of these
06-12-2008, 06:41 AM
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06-12-2008, 12:25 PM
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Actually if read the thread, you would see that I addressed the "wet" issue earlier. It's actually not bad at all. Especially since its just a heel plate, the first half of the mat still can absorb any run-off. What I posted earlier was how I could have drilled the plate for drainage, but I haven't had the need.
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