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Old 02-11-2014, 08:14 PM
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Just throwing this out there, as you cant get a plush loyds mat with a logo yet - what I did is buy fender stingray emblems which must have a double back tape on it as I found out that it sticks really well to the carpet which surprised me, you can use a body shaver to cut down the mat. I suggest you keep pushing the emblem down to get an imprint over and over - helps you to know where you have to keep shaving - shaver did not work as well as I thought it would so takes some time to do this, but the amazing part is how well it stuck to the mat, thought I would have to glue - best option would be removing the carpet and getting down to backing and glue it proper but still works pretty nice, any thoughts would be great to hear, crap pictures off of phone.





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No thanks for me...and in a month or two , full of scratches....
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Actually where they are placed the foot really doesn't come near it.
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I like it good idea
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your foot will find it, it's a floor mat...


But try it for a while, and tell us what you find........
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I will Glen, as soon as the weather get better, pics do not do it justice looks great, the material its made out of does not look like scuffing will be an issue
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Very creative and original. I like this. Good taste rsvette12. Thank you for sharing.
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Hmmm. Not to bad. I wonder if the fish might look better close to the inner or outer edges of the mat as opposed to centered. Also, it's a shame you don't have a smaller fish. That emblem looks a bit large to me but maybe left or right justifying it would look better. Just a thought or two. I got my Lloyds yesterday and they are so much nicer than the factory mats.
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Thanks Guys - yes you could put them to the side as I had suggested to you - they actually do not look big in person like I thought they would
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Having said that, you really need to place the mats in the car and take the pictures in there. It's really hard to envision them sitting in the car with the tunnel and doors encapsulating them. I'm thinking they may just look great about an inch or so from the tunnel edge of the mats. If I wasn't typing this on my iPad, I'd photoshop it.
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Sell them to me...
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lol your the best George - pleasure my friend
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Thanks Guys - yes you could put them to the side as I had suggested to you - they actually do not look big in person like I thought they would
Not bad but I think the Stingray Crossed Flags might look better.
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I was thinking of crossed flag but a bit more money - I got stingrays off of ebay for about 32 dollars - good idea Hotrod - reading my mind

I could not find an embroided decent logo anywhere, I really wanted to do that and have them stitched in
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Way to think outside the box - will be interesting to hear how well it holds up.
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I got a set of OEM stingray emblems on Ebay. They were in GM packaging with the part #s but on the back of each one it says " Made in China"
That is just wrong.
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I am holding out for Lloyds with a C7 logo or Z51 logo. The Stingray logo is too dull for me.

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