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Old 03-13-2013, 01:03 PM
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I'm going to get a set of Lloyds floor mats very soon, and just wondered if anyone had any experience with putting black mats in a V with grey interior. My idea is to pick up the black dash and trim pieces. I'm just not sure if "ebony" or "black" would be better matches. I'm going with the Ultimat, if that matters at all...

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Originally Posted by wes8398
I'm going to get a set of Lloyds floor mats very soon, and just wondered if anyone had any experience with putting black mats in a V with grey interior. My idea is to pick up the black dash and trim pieces. I'm just not sure if "ebony" or "black" would be better matches. I'm going with the Ultimat, if that matters at all...

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I have a gray interior, and my ebony mats arrived last night. I haven't unboxed them yet. If you can hold off till tomorrow morning, I'll let you know and post pics of how they look.
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IDK about a grey interior but I ended up getting black mats for my black interior and I wish I went with ebony...Black does not match at all and is too dark...Over the last year they have faded out a tad but are still much darker. Just thought id throw it out there
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Thanks guys. Waiting on DACTARI's pics before I order.
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Here you go. I think they look GREAT. Ebony is def the way to go, because the rest of the black accents in the car are all textured and reflects light to some extent, making it appear lighter than deep black. Go with ebony.

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that looks ******* handsome.
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very nice...

It would be sweeet if the seat inserts were ebony aswell
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Originally Posted by kl2onik
IDK about a grey interior but I ended up getting black mats for my black interior and I wish I went with ebony...Black does not match at all and is too dark...Over the last year they have faded out a tad but are still much darker. Just thought id throw it out there
If it's any consolation - I received my mats as a Christmas gift, which were ordered as Ebony for an Ebony interior and I'm convinced that they are just BLACK rather than a very dark grey. They don't match very well, at least not as well as I would expect for $120 for two front mats. I didn't call them and complain, although I should have ... you'd have to really stare at them to see that they don't match.
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Originally Posted by RADEoN
that looks ******* handsome.
jeah!
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Originally Posted by kl2onik
I ended up getting black mats for my black interior and I wish I went with ebony...
Originally Posted by pimpin_one
If it's any consolation - I received my mats as a Christmas gift, which were ordered as Ebony for an Ebony interior and I'm convinced that they are just BLACK rather than a very dark grey. They don't match very well, at least not as well as I would expect for $120 for two front mats.
swapsies?
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That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks a bunch!! Looks great! I was thinking of going with the "sideways" emblem, mainly to get it out of the line of fire for dirty shoes, etc ... But those centred emblems look really good too. Who'd a thunk there'd be so many decisions to make about floor mats?!?!
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FWIW, I wear a size 12 shoe and my heel is about an inch and a half forward of the emblem.

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Man, you're just full of valuable information! Haha Thanks! I think that decides it for me. Putting the order in tomorrow.
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BTW - did you get em from autopride with the free shipping coupon?
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For what it's worth, here's the difference between the Velourex and Ultimat fabric.



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Originally Posted by wes8398
Man, you're just full of valuable information! Haha Thanks! I think that decides it for me. Putting the order in tomorrow.
Lol, we both happen to be tinkering around te margins right now.

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BTW - did you get em from autopride with the free shipping coupon?
Will send a PM



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