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It's quite amazing how much interest these mats have had lol. They are dead easy to make and very cheap also. Originally I asked a company to make me some, but when I received the price of around £500 I fell off of my chair so decided to make them myself, they are a commodity after all. In terms of whether they slide around, they didn't really because the thin felt almost like carpet is glued to a 3mm rubber base. This base gives the mat durability and naturally allows it to "stick" to the tub's surface.

I did not want to glue them in, this would make a mess of the tub and it would be hard to remove them. I made a black set as well although I'm not fond of those and just ordered some yellow carpet so I will make a yellow version as well.

That said, I wasn't entirely happy with just the mats sitting there freely. So today, I just added some velcro tabs to secure them. So they definitely will not move now. This way I can easily add new colours and if I want to get rid of the mat's, I can just pull up the velcro tab no problem.

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Thanks Simon,

I think I'll do that to mine when it eventually arrives. Are they glued down or similar?

Thanks

[quote="stupot"]The 3.5 chassis should have the separate crutch strap mounts as I had them on my car.[/quote]
Odd, defo weren’t any on mine. Had to bolt them using the same bolt as the main belt.

Each one different I guess.


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Simon,

Please can I ask what the red is in you footwell?

Thanks
Andrew
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Andrew,

The red you can see are the floor mats I made to avoid small stones scratching the tub. Kids get in and out of my car so I would prefer to keep the tub looking nice. The carpet also looks cool I think and makes it much more comfortable when moving your feet around.


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Cheers
Simon

The 3.5 chassis should have the separate crutch strap mounts as I had them on my car.

Simon,

Please can I ask what the red is in you footwell?

Thanks
Andrew

That’s a handy improvement on the 3.5. On that you attached both straps to the same fixing.


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I was getting paranoid about my kids slipping out of the harnesses so this evening I fitted the crutch strap. Atom 4 has a separate pre-drilled and welded in nut for additional eye bolts so you can attach the crutch strap to which is nice.

Pretty pleased with this.
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