how do you keep your floor mats in one place? - Honda Prelude Forum

petern101 · 08-01-2005, 12:20 PM

everytime i get back into my car i have to adjust my floormats (i have a lil ocd) and is there any cheap/easy fix to keeping the oem floormats in one place? i was about to nail them down the other day cause i was so pissed

95LudeS · 08-01-2005, 12:30 PM

if they're OEM, they should fit perfectly and stay in place. mine, at least, stay right in place because of the little cutout for the gas/trunk levers, and the spikes on the bottom.

petern101 · 08-01-2005, 01:11 PM

^^yeah i have those........but it just seems the spikes don't stay put.........

what the matt does is slide to the right so it bunched up on the tranny tunnel.........its really annoying cause then when i press down on the clutch, the top part of the matt hits the bottom of the pedal arg

red92si · 08-01-2005, 01:13 PM

Mine stay put with the traction spikes just fine. Never had a problem.

red92s · 08-01-2005, 02:30 PM

^^ Ditto

petern101 · 08-01-2005, 02:46 PM

dang yall....i'm gonna try to figure something out

lude4lifeh22 · 08-01-2005, 04:29 PM

Ya, I have the same prob. Keeps gettin pushed up towards the reanny pedals etc. Annoy as hell. Let me know if ya figure somethin out. I have an idea I might try at some point.

UWNTSUM · 08-01-2005, 05:00 PM

The problem lies between the STEERING WHEEL AND THE CHAIR. lolz... try a big safety pin?

95_5speed · 08-01-2005, 05:23 PM

if you dont have oe floor mats, then they may not stay, especially if you have diamond plate chrome alumminum mats they really dont stay put.. put some velcrow down some on the floor mat i mean the grippy side.. and that should help you out if u can get it to stick to the bottom of the mat?

4thGenReady2Go · 08-01-2005, 07:11 PM

^^ velcro is a great idea. I had wondered once upon a time if there was a hole in the floor/frame like on the 5th gens where you could install the mat anchors that come with them.

Lol, interesting little tidbit for the day: the "system" of metal rings and a hook that can be used on other hondas to hold the mat in place is referred to (by Honda) as a "positive retention floormat anchor" or something similar

TruNinja619 · 08-01-2005, 10:33 PM

duck tape is your best friend..

I'm having the same problem w/ "aftermarket" floor mats...

evan93si · 08-05-2005, 04:50 PM

you can just get the OEM "tie down". it's a clip u put in this cutout that oem carpets have, and it clips into ur floormat, like a large plastic spike

X01VTEC · 08-06-2005, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by petern101

^^yeah i have those........but it just seems the spikes don't stay put.........

what the matt does is slide to the right so it bunched up on the tranny tunnel.........its really annoying cause then when i press down on the clutch, the top part of the matt hits the bottom of the pedal arg

mine used to do that as well. and i agree, it became to be my greatest annoyance each time in got in my car. my solution came with 5th gen mats, they came with the hardware for the stay bracket. install was cake as the hole for the hardware was already where it should be and the carpet is even perforated there for ya.

95greenlude · 08-06-2005, 06:34 PM

i got so annoyed with my driverside moving around, i took it out....couldnt stand it

L-U-R-C-H · 08-08-2005, 09:41 AM

Got the same problem in my 1990 Civic Hatch....extremely annoying.

crdcz03 · 08-18-2005, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by petern101

^^yeah i have those........but it just seems the spikes don't stay put.........

what the matt does is slide to the right so it bunched up on the tranny tunnel.........its really annoying cause then when i press down on the clutch, the top part of the matt hits the bottom of the pedal arg

i have the same problem but i dont have ocd so i dont fix it everytime. when i move it back over i just take it out and shake it to get all the dirt out and kill two birds with one stone