Hi

Does anyone have rubber car mats in their L405? If so do they go underneath the pedals? The carpet in front of my standard car mat is already looking a bit worn and so I'd like something to protect it, at least over the winter. If not any other ideas?

Thanks

I have the OEM rubber mat set. The driver’s mat does not go under the pedals, as it used to on the L322, but it doesn’t need to. It’s oblong and sits neatly in the floor area over the rubber wear pad, and comes to the top of the little ramp – i.e. stops level with the bottom of the rubber left foot rest. It replaces the carpet mat which is there on delivery, and hooks on using the same rubber toggle things on the floor. I recommend it – collects a lot of dirt and saves the carpet from heel wear, and I don’t see the uncovered area getting significant wear and tear. I think a lot of manufacturers stopped putting mats under the pedals because of problems with them riding up and interfering with the pedals – may even be a legal requirement in some countries.

I guess you could easily put down something like the clear plastic sticky backed stuff (the removable sort which decorators use) on the uncovered part under the pedals if you wanted to protect the carpet there. Norman

Current LR: L405 Vogue TDV6 (MY 2014) Aintree Green/ Ivory interior
Past LR: L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 (2002); Discovery series1 V8 (1995)

Thanks. Shame it still leaves some carper unprotected though - maybe I rest my feet in an unusual position but I can see the bit of carpet just in front of the mat needing replacement in a year or two. Not cheap I suspect - I'm not hugely keen on putting plastic down though as I think even worn carpet would look nicer.

With muddy boots it gets filthy. I cut a piece of thin rubber matting to fit, and Scotchguard'd the sides too.......