Now that I've got my winter wheels, I'm starting to think winter floor mats. I just received a set of Weathertech Extreme Duty floor liners for my Subaru. They look to be great, but they are not available for the LS430. Lexus accessory websites either don't list the factory all weather floormats for the LS430 or say they are (temporarily) unavailable.

Any suggestions for good winter mats that won't shift around or dribble melted snow on the carpet?

 

I picked up a very large and heavy duty set at Costco three years past and they still look like new,, not much of anything gets out of the them to the carpet area,, the wifes does work forward a tad but only by an inch or so,, would certainly buy them again,,

Derry

 

submit a quote request on irontoad... if it's not listed on their website, you just need to ask for a quote...

i think i bought my all-weather set for less than $100 shipped...

good luck.

 

i have the standard cut weather techs in my LS. A bit on the ugly side, but then again, anything other than carpet is. They do work extremely well though.

 

+1 for the weather techs! I have them, they are ugly but are fantastic!!!!

 

I had the standard Weathertechs in my 04 CTS and didn't really care for them. A lot of melted slush dribbled over the side.

 

Ebay has some good mats that are custom cut for LS 430. I have a set and I am very happy with it. They fit great, clear color so you see the original mats below, and have little "wells" to capture dirt and moisture. I paid around $75. So just go to ebay.com and serach for LS430 mats or LS 430 mats.

 

Mine came with a set of rubber Lexus mats and a set of carpet mats. I like the rubber ones so well I just leave them in full time. I did buy a new set of Lexus carpets but they are being stored for some possible use in the future...or i will just sell them in a few years. I found out the hard way that after about 6-7 years the original OEM mats are no longer sold. And mint sets of OEM mats sell for 25-50% more than original price on ebay at about 10 years : )

 

I brought my all weather lexus floor mats for the ls430 off of sewell lexus from ebay about a year ago for $85. I'm not sure if they sell have them, but they fit and look perfect.

 

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The Sewell site no longer lists them. Other dealer sites list the mats as unavailable.

 

I think the mats not being avail is related to the Toyota acceleration no brakes deal. I tried to buy rubber mats for my 07 Highlander in June and Toyota said they were temporarily unavailable. I guess I will buy some weather tech mats if the Toyota mats stay unavailable for much longer. They get good reviews.

 

I have the LS430 rubber OEM mats. They fit nicely, hooks fit very tight. There are deep grooves to catch the water, snow, and mud. I believe they were discontinued (not sure why). Luckily I bought mine. I have catch-all's in my LX...excellent mat, feels like carpet but is chemical/acid proof. These are more highly rated than the weathertechs on the Landcruiser ih8mud.com forum under the FAQ (IIRC, the complaint is the area below one's heel wears out). Unfortunately, catch-all only makes them for trucks/SUV's.

 

I really like the Lloyd mats. I have them in all of my cars including the LS430... I leave them in year round. I've used the Weathertech mats before and although they protect very well, I don't like the look of them all that much.

http://www.lloydmats.com/rubbertite.htm

 

How thick are the Lloyd rubber mats? (Maybe how deep are the little wells is a more meaningful question.) I had a set that looked like that in my Dakota, but they weren't Lloyd and they were thin and nearly useless. I've owned (and liked) Lloyd's carpeted mats before.

 

They're pretty thin and don't offer the same level of protection from melting snow around the edge as a Weathertech, but they're adequate in my opinion. They don't have the raised lip around the perimeter like a Weathertech does. I'd guess they're around 1/4 to 5/16" thick.