what's up with our cheapo floormats '08 GL450?
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what's up with our cheapo floormats '08 GL450?
I have an 08 GL450. Took a closer look at the floor mats and I can honestly say that my $14k Mitsubishi has nicer ones. no joke. I think the 07's came with ones with ridges at least. Mine look like straight cheapo homedepot carpet cutouts. c'mon, at least put a logo or something on it. 
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
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Thank goodness our '08 came with the smooth " carpet " mats - so easy to clean . A friend has an '07 with the rough feeling ridged mats and they are a pain to clean - the ridges act like a Brillo-scrub pad and trap every piece of loose shoe debris and resist vacuuming - you resort to plucking things out with fingers from the hundreds of tough fiber loops .
Unfortunately, that is still the only style for the optional third row mats , so for us '08/'09 owners , the front two rows don't match the third row mats . Cheap of MBZ .
Unfortunately, that is still the only style for the optional third row mats , so for us '08/'09 owners , the front two rows don't match the third row mats . Cheap of MBZ .
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Thank goodness our '08 came with the smooth " carpet " mats - so easy to clean . A friend has an '07 with the rough feeling ridged mats and they are a pain to clean - the ridges act like a Brillo-scrub pad and trap every piece of loose shoe debris and resist vacuuming - you resort to plucking things out with fingers from the hundreds of tough fiber loops .
Unfortunately, that is still the only style for the optional third row mats , so for us '08/'09 owners , the front two rows don't match the third row mats . Cheap of MBZ .
Unfortunately, that is still the only style for the optional third row mats , so for us '08/'09 owners , the front two rows don't match the third row mats . Cheap of MBZ .
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I have an 08 GL450. Took a closer look at the floor mats and I can honestly say that my $14k Mitsubishi has nicer ones. no joke. I think the 07's came with ones with ridges at least. Mine look like straight cheapo homedepot carpet cutouts. c'mon, at least put a logo or something on it.
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
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08 GL450
Your GL should have been delivered with OEM "carpet" floor mats in the same color as your interior. Always possible that your dealer did a switch with some off-brand specials. I asked my stealer to keep the carpet floor mats in the factory plastic (I still have if anyone is interested). Used the OEM cargo & floor liners instead (made by WeatherTech). IIRC, now the 2nd & 3rd row are available (from WeatherTech) in one-piece vs. two-piece.
Original poster's '08 DID come with the cheaper-looking smooth " carpet " mats . He was stating that the '07s came with ridged , and I assume to him more expensive looking mats , but those came with the down side I reported. Perhaps MBZ changed them due to complaints that I pointed out. BTW, the quality of these smooth mats is not much different than on our prev German built E Class wagon.
If you want to see really cheap OEM mats , look at the ones on my 911 Turbo.
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Depends where I'm going.
I bought the MB all weather mats for the third row in my GL. They would match your smooth mats better than the brillo pad mats.
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I have a black interior , so even with all the time we spend up at Tahoe in the winter , the std black carpet mats hold up fine-even visually . In fact, when I had OEM black all weather " rubberized " mats in prev tan-interior ML 430 , they showed dirtiness much more, as light mud on them dried into unsightly blotches of " sandy" sediment.
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I have an 08 GL450. Took a closer look at the floor mats and I can honestly say that my $14k Mitsubishi has nicer ones. no joke. I think the 07's came with ones with ridges at least. Mine look like straight cheapo homedepot carpet cutouts. c'mon, at least put a logo or something on it.
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
Those of you with 08s, do you also have these? Or is this a dealer specific thing?
Altogether about 360+ shipping.
