1JZPWRD

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It is indeed a great idea for the VIP look. Although not my cup of tea. I think it could be pulled off especially if the entire car justifies the look. I say continue your passion on what you think looks good. Thats all that matters. Keep us posted and good luck with alot of pictures. Some of us cant justify spending 13k on a 1JZ swap either but I did in its entirety. ..

1WILLY1

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thanks for the words of encouragement man^^^

unfortunately I really hated the way it looked in the car so i scrapped the project, im looking into buying a new set of sc430 mats and modifying them to fit.

thanks

CalitriSC

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I think a fully VIP GS or LS could pull them off for sure. Just doesn't really go with an SC though which is a sports coupe.

tientony

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i think with a little tweak it would look great like maybe trying to match the wood with the center console would be awesome. your making me wanna do this to mine hmm....

horent135

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Just buy some JP mats and call it a day LOL..

sr71b

in order for these to work the dimensions need to be scaled back a bit. think about it the wood is commonly used as flooring in an entire room, much bigger than a single floormat. I think that if in both projects that the planks were cut narrower the look may have been pulled off a little better.

but yes i would have to agree you can really VIP a coupe if you actually are staying true to the culture/scene.

1WILLY1

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caltri that was the main problem, the first mock up was really a turn off , it just didnt flow at all man , i was really pumped up about this but ...it just didnt match the theme i currently have.

yea tientony, i was going to match the finish to the rest of my wood grain, add a nice trim and a few other things, im sure the mat itself would of looked really cool,,but to get it to match my tan interior was the problem, but hey man give it a try ,,,you got one of the nicest exteriors on this forum, why not spruce up the interior a bit as well.

lol yea man that sounds like a good idea right about now

your right about that ,,first i cut a perfect cut out of the oem mat but then realized it would be better to shave it down ,,which i did I scaled it down by almost 20% or so,which helped. if i do this again i might even scale it down more and make a hybrid mat of woodgrain and carpet or woodgrain and rubber or a combination of both.

i had tons of cool ideas on this i was really pumped about it ,,but some things aqrent meant to be i guess.

1WILLY1

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if im going to try again its going to be more like this . the wood grain will look better scaled way down ,,and im thinking of a border of polished metal , with a rubber trim around that, and then using a dremel to imbed a lexus symbol,,,its time consuming but if done right would be well worth the effort.

levie

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trying WAY too hard. not my cup of tea at all.

Candela

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So it's not woodgrain per say, what you have looks like hardwood floors in a house or apartment.

1WILLY1

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yea i guess, the only other option is to use a solid piece of wood or vineer, I think that would look even worse.

Candela

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What about the material they use for those wood dash kits?

1WILLY1

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yea our OEM wood is a vineer,,,it wouldnt be hard to have the same kind of wood vineer pressed onto pressboard and then stain it to a very close match, but for me though im pretty much done with the whole idea for now, I might revisit it once the rest of my interior is complete.

Im looking into just buying a good quality rug mat for now but so far had no luck.

I looked into junction produce but was only able to find black ones , I really like the colors and style of the sc430 matts but they wont fit without some custum fitting.

if anyone knows where i can find some nice matts id love to hear about it.

sr71b

just take a table top from ikea and cut it into fourths

Axmily

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+1 for being unique.. man id hate to get a splinter in my foot while driving or just riding in my car lol