msyost

I recently purchased a 2013 ES 350 from a dealer. It is Pearl White with the ivory interior (black dash). I've been waiting 2 months and constantly reminding the dealer to send the floor mats. They finally came today, however they are GS mats and black. Now I understand the GS mats won't fit, but when I brought up the color with the dealer, he said it's normal for Lexus to have the mismatched black mats with the ivory interior. I know this is incorrect because all online pictures show ivory interior with ivory mats, as does the brochure.

Has as anyone owned the ivory mats and had problems with the look/wear in which they would have preferred the black ones? I would like to decide on the color I want before I reply to the dealer.

Nelexus88

My '14 ES 350 came with light colored matching cloth floor mats, but I quickly switched to black all weather rubber mats for ease of cleaning. I prefer the black colored mats as they look good with the other black interior trim. I got my mats from Weathertech instead of the dealer.

jollick

The ES with a Parchment interior come from the factory with the matching Parchment mats. He is giving you a line of crap. The Parchment mats in my 2013 are holding up fine but I do not get in the car with mud on my shoes. You may want the black mats if you live in an area the warrants it.

bc6152

Agree with Jollick. The dealer is blowing smoke at you. The Parchment interior comes with the identical color parchment mats. They do soil easily with bad weather and mud.
I have a Satin Cashmere Lexus with the Parchment interior. I bought the Lexus all-weather mats (black) for my front mats. You also want to have mats that fit perfectly for your model car. If you have an ES get the ES mats - not the GS mats...

Freds430

Both our cars have the parchment interior and including the carpet. The carpet mats lasted about three months before looking terrible. I bought the brown mats from Weathertech and they look great. Don't show dirt, don't show every bit of lint and keeps the interior looking light.

msyost

Thanks for the replies. The dealer apologized for the misunderstanding and thanked me for informing him of the appropriate color combination. I asked for the black OEM mats. We'll see how they match and hold up. Maybe I'll also buy some ivory ones or all-weather.

oldcajun

My last ES (2014) was delivered with black floor mats even though it had the ivory interior. I was glad it was since my last experience with the light color mats was terrible - they were always dirty. Much of the interior trim was black as was the top of the dash, so I didn't think the black mats were a mismatch.
Steve

TechNut

Our last two RX's both had parchment interior, both were purchased new and one had parchment mats and the other one had black mats. The dealer told us that they often order black mats for lighter color carpets just to keep them from looking soiled too quickly. They hid the dirt better so I was glad it came that way. I agree with what others have said, they SHOULD come with matching mats, but I think it may be up to the dealer to make some judgement calls when they order their vehicles?

mcomer

It seems to be a generational thing, ES's up to 2012 had the matching Parchment mats.
The new body 2013 started the nearly black mats with the ES logo in Parchment. The
light Gray colored interior also got the dark charcoal mats but with gray ES logo.

lesz

My 2013 ES with the parchment interior came with parchment mats.

Brent1944

My 2016 has Parchment and not sure what they call it...Chocolate ,,anyway came with chocolate mates but i ordered all weather chocolate colored with Lexus Logo.. looks great

lesz

For the 2013-2105 ES with parchment interior, the entire interior, including the lower parts of the doors and the carpeting was the parchment color. For the 2016-2017 ES with parchment interior, only the upper areas are parchment, and the lower parts of the doors, carpet, etc. are the dark brown. That is why the 2013-2015 ES with parchment interior came with parchment/light color mats, and the 2016-2017 ES with parchment interior comes with the darker color mats.

PAcommuter

I have a black 13 with parchment leather and black mats. I prefer the black mats.