Even with weathertech mats I get mud, ricks, and assorted crap in the carpet. Should got the delete. Might be the only thing I would have done differently,

 

Personally if I'm looking at a used lariat and opened the door and saw an ugly black floor I'll be passing in a heart beat. Looks XL all the way.

 

I though the point of vinyl would be too skip the mats? Most vinyl floor trucks I see don’t have mats and are wore down where the driver pivots their foot. Lots of them have wrinkles in the vinyl where it seems to stretch with age too. Maybe there’s different quality levels of vinyl, I don’t know.

I guess I’m just a pavement pounder guy who does construction, lives in Amish country on a dirt road, and prefers carpet.

 

The "use a truck like a truck" line is about the most ignorant statement I read on this site. Lots of people pull boats, campers, etc. without going down muddy roads. Are they not using their truck like a truck? I would venture to say that those that pull heavy but stay on pavement are using their trucks more like a truck than anyone else. If you are just transporting people down a muddy road you could get by with a Subaru Forester.

I hunt and fish quite a bit and mud gets tracked into my truck all the time. But 90% of it stays on the carpeted mats and I clean the rest of it off the carpet as soon as I can. No stains or smells after 14 years.

To each their own but the vinyl floor looks cheap in my opinion.

 

Put rubber mats on the carpet. The carpet will never wear out.

 

Really, bring your Suby along and prove it... sorry carpet in trucks only became cool when all the city boys thought trucks were cool! Trucks yes trucks you know the the things that the city boys looked down on because they were driven by hillbillies and rednecks.... yeah they never had carpet ... mainly because if you spilt your beer your wife/cousin would know you were drinking again😉

 

It's a safe bet not to ask shortbed or long then.

 

Spilt beer odor is a great reason, although my kids would take advantage of that more than me.

 

Haha, another reason is if your father chews Copenhagen and spits between the door sill.... was always great seeing dad pull up and the door opens and then all his Copenhagen spit came rolling out.... don’t think that’s a thing anymore, but when I was a kid can’t remember how many trucks were spit stained at the door sill...

 

I guess when you grow up poor and you swept bare plywood floors putting vinyl on vinyl was never questioned... I’ve truly never seen a vinyl truck without floor mats... it must be a location thing... it the end it’s all preference, but stale beer in carpet is still gross....

 

I always seem to get mud behind the floor mat and it turns into a grind that never comes out. What i did on my last couple trucks is take the carpet mats out while new and put rubber ones in. Then throw the factory carpet ones in at sell. Granted the carpet is still messed up and nasty behind the mat.

I work on construction sites, sometimes the homeless use them for restrooms, condom disposal sites, or drug use areas. Not to mention the neighbors walking their dogs around there, get so much dog **** in my tires treads I need a pressure washer.


Brings back some memories. Spitting on the door sill while shifting 3 on the tree.

 

Haha, yes it does; use to go elk hunting with my great uncle. Driving up to camp in the old Chevy, Hamms between his leg, chew in his lip, cigar in right hand.... Sequence was spit, drink, shift, smoke then repeat.... will never forget it!

 

I was a little apprehensive about my XL having the vinyl floor but after almost a year of the vinyl floor w ford all weather floor mats...I will not buy another truck with carpet. So easy to clean.

 

I'm almost embarrassed by the cheap carpet that's in my Platinum. Even when it's clean it doesn't look that good to me. If I ever order a truck it will have the vinyl floor. Easier to clean out the dog hair and at least it's not pretending to be something it's not.

 

Thats why you put mats. I have weathertech in mine but guess Im retarded.