Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: thelews on February 05, 2021, 02:24:03
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When I bought my car 14 years ago, these mats came with the car, velour carpet with foam backing. I immediately ordered a full set (not rear tray) of black w/red dot cocomats from cocomats.com. I stored these mats well in a dry environment in bags. Fast forward to this fall, i got to thinking about them again. The cocomats are great, very practical, look great, but these are very unique and period. The previous owner bought them in the very early 70's. When I retrieved them, they were stiff, brittle and useless. I played with them a bit and with a scraper, removed all of the brittle foam backing from the mats (big mess). Then I removed all the stitching on the cracked vinyl binding and pulled it all off.
Put in a call to cocomats.com to ask if they could put the rubber backing of the cocomats on these and bind. They weren't sure, said to send them. I did, they glued to the rubber backing just fine, were bound and now I have "like new" vintage, unique floor mats for a 113 that have weight and stay put better than ever.
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Very nice job. I collected several sets (and thrown some, too) over the years and was always wondering if it would be possible to do something with them and use them again.
Good idea which I will pursue for mine. Thanks.
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Nicely done!
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They are a great company. When I bought a mat for the cargo area behind the seats, it was slightly oversized. They asked me to give them a template where it needed to be trimmed and quickly cut it to size. Very pleased with the result.