Winter Floor Mats
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Winter Floor Mats
Went to Downtown Mazda to get winter rims and snows pu on. While there they showed me winter mats cut for the 8. I don't think this is on the accessories list. The mats are not the pant-saver type but just with a sortof wankel motif. They do, however, stay in place due to their stiffness which is more than I can say for the summer mats.
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I bought the Mazda accessory RX-8 winter mats back in July, shortly after taking delivery of my car. Since then, I heard here on the forum (early October?) that Mazda had withdrawn the mats, something about problems with the driver's mat fouling the clutch pedal.
I installed my winter mats 3 weeks ago. The rubber nibs on the back side are deeper than the stock mats, so they stay in place very well. For a week, I had no problems, then the clutch pedal started to catch ever so slightly on the front/top edge of the driver's mat. I just took a knife, cut a 1" radius half-circle from the top of the mat where the clutch pedal was catching it, and it's perfect now.
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Gordon
I installed my winter mats 3 weeks ago. The rubber nibs on the back side are deeper than the stock mats, so they stay in place very well. For a week, I had no problems, then the clutch pedal started to catch ever so slightly on the front/top edge of the driver's mat. I just took a knife, cut a 1" radius half-circle from the top of the mat where the clutch pedal was catching it, and it's perfect now.
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Gordon
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Does everyone have the centre peg to hold the mats? Just checking since my winter mats are fine, no catching at all.
I have the winter mats down over the regular mats. Doubt that makes a difference but you never know.
I have the winter mats down over the regular mats. Doubt that makes a difference but you never know.
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My mat catches the clutch and it does have the hole, my summer mats have been removed. I have noticed that the mat has not been catching the last couple of days, maybe they are worn down now?
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