MB-BOB

Here's the Dead Pedal for my C320. It's made from scraps from the McNeal Mats, hot glued to a piece of cheap floor mat from Wal-Mart...

KJ-TypeR

Oh god, why?

Just get the Evolution floor mats which will cover that part of your car.

lastmafio

WOW.... That is special. There has to be an explanation following that.

MB-BOB

I did this before we learned of the Evolution Floor mats. I'm not sure the Evolution mats come in Java, and I'm further not sure why the Evolutions don't come on the car as standard equipment, instead of the standard floor mats which do not have a dead pedal strip. For that matter, I don't know why MB doesn't have a proper Dead Pedal that doesn't require a Rube Goldberg solution!

timorgan

Looks like a clean install! Good work!

DtS

The all weather mats in my car surely covers the dead pedal. The are made of black rubber and has the MB-star on them + the clips to nail it to the floor on the drivers side. Don't know if these mats are some special item for swedish cars, but they are made in Sweden anyway. Mabye you can order them thru a european (swedish?) dealer??? I'll try to post pics soon.

young

mat boy here... nope, evo mats do not come in java, afaik (only black and grey). kleemann mats are also black. i was told by kleemann that in europe, people only get black mats b/c it hides stains. so there you have it.

hmmm, Dts' mats sound promising...

Jedi-T

can't believe it!!!.... it's a over $35,000 car....please get something that is better.... I am having something made out metal in the next few week... will take some pics after I get it done...

MB-BOB

I am open to any ideas that:

1) Do not require any drilling for attachment
2) Do not have any sharp edges that will cut the existing carpeting
3) Is removable to assist vacuuming the carpet behind the pedal
4) Will not cost more than $40-$50

Geez, some of you guys are kinda harsh. Anytihng is better than resting your muddy shoes on the carpeting, right?

session

OT: how are the macneil weathertech mats? i had them in my honda civic and loved them, although they didn't fit quite right and i never felt like cutting them up. how do the benz ones fit? actually, do any coupe owners have experience with these?

i got the MB all-season mats, but they're really thin and just aren't the same calibre as the weathertech ones.

young

here's my impression... https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...&threadid=6512

avlis

Bob, surely you've seen my solution posted here before. It's quite similar to your's, but may be less offensive to look at.
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...&threadid=3326

MB-BOB

Looking at the pictures, the Evo mats would need to have a dead pedal area at least 50% longer to cover the entire area exposed to dirty shoe soles, IMO.

Avlis, I will make a 1:1 size template of your design and play with it. How are you attaching it to the floorboard?

avlis

I agree. Why can't they just cover the whole thing? They look like they were designed for another floorboard.

I don't. See where the fold is? The tab that is created by the fold slips under the plastic kick-panel. On my car the friction-fit is tight enough to keep it from moving around. I simply pull it out to vacuum. I was skeptical at first and figured I'd need some fasteners after a few days, but it hasn't moved in the 6 months it's been there. The Home Depot vinyl runner I used is pretty stiff. I actually had to "score" the fold line with a knife in order to get the bend.

I'm sure I could move it around with my foot if I tried, but it stays put with normal driving (remember I have the manny trans and my foot dances between the clutch and dead-pedal often).

I was thinking about getting one made from sheet metal eventually.

SoCal240/6

You can get that plastic runner sheeting from Home Depot for $1.99/yard and cover your entire floor! Now that is protection.

That is what my 80 year old grandfather does in all of this Cadillacs!

FrankW

I say Bob did a pretty good job. IMO the dead pedal is too far in the back.

MB-BOB

FrankW, LOL, I just noticed you have a '96 Dodge Caravan. So do I, and I agree, they are AMPOS in the extreme. Replaced the tranny at 68K, A/C just went out (73K). Time to go shopping, again...

FrankW

i never seen anything more POS than our van.

at 28k miles the timing belt tensioner broke off as in fell out of the car., luckly my mom was just starting the car. our tranny went out at 40k something miles had it fixed twice. at 48k something the coolant pump went dead and cause the engine to overheat and damage the piston rings. now at 68k we still can't get the engine stop problem fixed. that happens when we were coasting on the fwy and when we were exiting the fwy as the rpm comes down the engine just stoped.

oh yeah...our driver side door panel is f**ked up, we can pull the whole thing off if we pull the door to hard to close it.

my dad is keeping it to move all the crap that we don't want to put in our ML.

Jedi-T

sorry..:p don't mean to be harsh.... just want all MBZ to look cool..