Review: One year with TuxMats floormats

[Mark813]

I wanted to post about my experience with Tuxmat brand floormats in my MME. Not a paid endorsement, I paid full price for the front and rear set.

I've had them for a year and they've protected the floors that still look like new underneath.

I had to mess with my center console today so I took them out of the rear to get better access to the back of the console. I saw my clean floor underneath so I thought I'd mention my positive experience.

I think a lot of floor mats will keep your car floor looking new. But what I like is the "bucket" design of these that go up the sides of the footwell. This allows them to hold a spilled coke or cup of coffee without it going further and damaging the carpet.

The rear seat tuxmat is full left to right and also goes all the way up to the seats and so it protects the carpet going up the footwell from heel damage.

The mats themselves are cushioned a bit so if they're clean it's pretty comfortable to have your bare feet on them. Since I'm the driver it's only been once as a passenger but I've changed shoes in here while parked multiple times comfortably lol.

Speaking of cleaning, most weeks I just clean with a wet towel after vacuuming. But to get them looking new, they clean up great with a kitchen sponge and some dish soap. The driver's side mat could use that type of cleaning currently.

And separately, a quick clean from just popping out the driver's mat and shaking it out when it gets to much dirt in there during the week.

One negative I'll mention is that to secure the left and right sides of your mat to the front footwells (driver or passenger), you have to glue velcro pieces to your footwell wall and then the opposite velcro piece is fastened on the Tuxmat.

Our MME footwell walls are patterned plastic that doesn't hold these glued pieces too well. And when the glue dries up, these will come off after a while. Especially when you take your driver' side mat out often.

I tried Gorilla glue to re-secure them but it doesn't hold. And I've seen gorilla glue fail in multiple scenarios with other projects so they are off my list anyway.

I would prefer some kind of metal wire built into the mat edge that you can bend into shape which would possibly hold the shape. I may play with that myself and maybe duct tape thick bendable wire on the hidden back side?

Even without the velcro securing it, the sides stay pretty well in the shape and don't fold in on itself. You can see in the picture of the driver's side it curves in a bit.

Thanks for reading,

Mark

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[Mark813]

Couldn't get the pictures to attach correctly. So I attached here

 

[XGC75]

I had tuxmats in my G70 and absolutely loved them for 30k miles. I haven't gotten them for the Mach E just yet but it'll be a priority in the new year. They feel great under foot - unlike weather tech they're a bit squishy while also being waterproof.

 

[jefftuck]

Do they look and feel like carpet? I like my Ford all-weather mats because they just hose off when you get mud on them. I prefer this or a weather-tech style mats plastic or rubber. I’m not sure what finish these Tux mats have.

 

[highland58]

This is my second car with tuxmat. My previous Clarity had good places to put the clips on, but with the MME I had to use velcro pieces to attach some of the clips. I see yours has the same issue as mine, if I hit the tuxmat with my shoe it comes out and leaves a gap. That is my main issue with them, otherwise they work well.

 

[J5hort]

My Mach-e is a lease and came with Ford all weather mats. Much easier to clean by just pressure washing off. Last one we had included stock carpeted ones and were a paint to clean. I've added to my list of must-haves when acquiring a cars.

 

[Mark813]

Do they look and feel like carpet? I like my Ford all-weather mats because they just hose off when you get mud on them. I prefer this or a weather-tech style mats plastic or rubber. I’m not sure what finish these Tux mats have.

They are not trying to be carpet like but they feel soft unlike most all-weather rubber mats. They are not super cushioned it just has some cushioning in the ribbed sections if you can see in the pictures

Some kind of rubber or thin waterproof coating on these so you can hose them out or you can pull it out and dump it out since it has a full bucket shape up the sides of the footwells

 

[Mark813]

My Mach-e is a lease and came with Ford all weather mats. Much easier to clean by just pressure washing off. Last one we had included stock carpeted ones and were a paint to clean. I've added to my list of must-haves when acquiring a cars.

Definitely I've never had good luck with carpeted meds dirty you track it in mud and are a pain to clean

 

[Mark813]

This is my second car with tuxmat. My previous Clarity had good places to put the clips on, but with the MME I had to use velcro pieces to attach some of the clips. I see yours has the same issue as mine, if I hit the tuxmat with my shoe it comes out and leaves a gap. That is my main issue with them, otherwise they work well.

Yeah I did mention this in one option I'd like to see improved

I'm thinking a thicker bendable piece of wire duct taped on the backside of these could help keep shape

As it stands now I take them out when I clean the car and lay them on the ground face down to bend the sidewells outwards but naturally

 

[Keanen]

I was just thinking about how I didn't like having to tuck the rear mats under the seat and was looking up instructions for the Mach-E and ran into this post @Mark813 , from the pictures you shared, it looks like you also tucked them under the bench?

 

[Mark813]

I was just thinking about how I didn't like having to tuck the rear mats under the seat and was looking up instructions for the Mach-E and ran into this post @Mark813 , from the pictures you shared, it looks like you also tucked them under the bench?

Yes they fit pretty well under there I didn't have to glue or velcro anything lift up the seat a little and tuck them in.

I don't know if it was clear when I explained that that I do like that people's heels don't mark up your carpets or whatever because of that extra mat going up to the seats.

Also like the part where you could spill a full Coke in there and for the most part it won't get away from these bucket style mats.

Probably guilty of trying to over protect my car instead of enjoying it. Not quite like the people in New York who left the plastic on their couches for a year after buying them.

I'm going to say I'm being practical although probably still running part of my life as if the kids were small and going to mess up my car LOL

 

[Keanen]

Yeah, I like to protect my stuff as well. I was surprised they didn't have Velcro on them to stick to the carpet like the seatback covers. I love the mats, this is my second set as I have them in my Lightning as well!

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