In a message dated 6/16/05 11:19:27 AM, j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM writes: << looks very, very nice. We especially like the café curtains! >> I guess I'll have to be the lone voice of dissent (surprised?) on this number. I think it looks like . . . gotta be careful here . . . well, like what it is - dreck. It's a result of the same mentality which gives us those RV's outfitted like Mediterranean styled (excuse me while I puke) rolling bordellos. Just like shag carpeting, cheap phenolic laminates on chipped wood substrates have no place in a proper car regardless of what the boyz at West Coast Customs say. That flooring is known as a "floating" floor system for a reason: it sucks up humidity like a sponge so if it can't float, it heaves. And, I bet that stuff is just peachy keen to tread upon whenever you have some snow or whatever surprise your dog left in your yard sticking in your Vibrams. Other than for Soccer Mom service, I think that carpeting in a van also sucks. Over the past 16 years I have chosen to go with rubber matting in four vans and I could not be happier with the performance or the aesthetics. My current matting was cut from a 6' X 8' foot utility mat which is just like the pickup truck bedliner made by a company in Ohio. Counting the ribbing on the front and the drainage tits on the back, it is about 3/8" thick and tougher than the doornails of hell. I have the stuff custom fitted to the front, middle and rear. Since I didn't have to glue and screw it in place, I can pop it out, blast it off and then it is like new. Cafe curtains? What can I say? George |
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