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Post by tortoise on Nov 9, 2007 18:30:06 GMT -5
Even though garage stored when not in use, my China scooter floor mat had shrunk with age to the point where the bottom square-shaped edge protrusions no longer indexed properly in the floor holes . . resulting in annoying "curled up" edges. After cutting away the inner side of the square protrusions with an X-Acto knife, the mat now lies flat again.   |
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Post by swampsniper on Nov 10, 2007 18:44:02 GMT -5
Mine is due for surgery too,
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Post by earlwb on Nov 10, 2007 21:12:32 GMT -5
I'll have to look at mine, I have been riding it for like 3500 miles or so with the floor mats loose as they won't plug back in right. I didn't think about the rubber shrinking before, but it makes sense. Unfortunately they used round plug things for popping it into place. But maybe a little sharp X-Acto knife triiming might do the trick.  |
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Post by swampsniper on Nov 10, 2007 22:04:39 GMT -5
Mine was pretty good, until the weather started cooling off.
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Post by scooterollie on Nov 10, 2007 22:16:35 GMT -5
Some folks have cut the round nibs off and gone with industrial strength velcro.
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Post by rverr on Nov 14, 2007 7:15:33 GMT -5
 After loosing a floor mat to the wind while hauling it on a trailer I went to LOWES and purchased trim screws drilled and screwed them on, much easier than finding a replacement mat. KEEP ON SCOOTIN !!!
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Post by natefromogden on Nov 16, 2007 14:20:13 GMT -5
I think I am going to try to get carpets made to fit my floorboards for the Morphous through an upholsterer over the winter. Velcro patches seem like a good way to keep the pads stuck to the scoot if the rubber nubs no longer fit.
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Post by rerun2 on Nov 17, 2007 0:37:39 GMT -5
natefromogden, try picking up some scrap carpet pieces, they are any and everywhere, so common we don't even notice them, or get some indoor/outdoor stuff at Lowe's. Take your existing mat and lay it ontop of the carpet and just trim it out, or than again, you can go to an upholsterer. Either way, VELCRO is the eay to go for keeping it where you want it!
This worked for me... ;D
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Post by T W I S T E R on Nov 24, 2007 19:11:05 GMT -5
Chinese rubber not sanforized  |
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Post by memturbo on Jan 7, 2008 18:34:46 GMT -5
I had a similar problem all I did was take a heat gun and make it nice and toasty then just
stretch it out and get the curls out of it .
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Post by leo on Jan 8, 2008 10:16:47 GMT -5
. . . I went to LOWES and purchased trim screws drilled and screwed them on, . . . sounds like a good plan. put some washers under the screws and there would be no chance of getting snagged and loosing a mat. |
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Post by YellowScooter on Jan 29, 2008 18:36:10 GMT -5
natefromogden, try picking up some scrap carpet pieces, they are any and everywhere, so common we don't even notice them, or get some indoor/outdoor stuff at Lowe's. Take your existing mat and lay it ontop of the carpet and just trim it out, or than again, you can go to an upholsterer. Either way, VELCRO is the eay to go for keeping it where you want it! This worked for me... ;D Be sure the carpet is orange shag! Get enough for the dash too! While your at it, we'll do the seat too! |
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Post by sunrunner on May 24, 2008 11:55:27 GMT -5
I would love to find some diamond studded aluminum aftermarket replacement floorboards to fit my Phantom.
Anyone know of any?
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Post by isawhim on May 24, 2008 14:10:10 GMT -5
If you like diamond studded floor-boards... I created a large full rack for my 50cc retro scooter, from two truck mud-flaps. They were diamond stud aluminum alloy plates. I simply bent them in half, the long way, and bolted them as one piece. (In my signature, you can see the photo. The "1500+ miles, CT to FL", link on the top. It looks better in person, it is tapered to the shape of the body. That photo was before I left from Connecticut.) I was going to do a similar thing for a floor-board. Two separate pieces, with tabs folded down, for securing. Only one screw would be needed, to keep it down, the ones from the battery-access panel, would have been it. I never did make the floor-board. The metal is easy to cut with a hack-saw or fine-tooth jig-saw... dremel or sand the rough edges. bend it softly, by sliding it under your door for your house, and give it soft bends upward. Place it on the ground, and you can press the bend back to mostly flat. (A piece of 2x4 with carpet under it, and under the metal, smacked with a rubber mallet, works best, for control.) I think I paid about $30 for the two large diamond-plate flaps. When I priced out diamond plate at the hardware stores, it was over $50 for one piece of cheap pressed metal, that was only 1 square foot! The mud-flaps were almost 1 foot by 2 feet, with a curved notch for the tire-well mounting. That curve was almost the same curve as the engine cover on my scooter. However, I needed a rack more. LINK TO DIAMOND PLATE MUD-GUARDS |
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Post by ty on May 25, 2008 18:56:37 GMT -5
Mine was pretty good, until the weather started cooling off. Yeah, shrinkage usually occurs when it gets too cold  ;D Sorry, couldn't resist |
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Post by lancecharming on May 25, 2008 21:32:15 GMT -5
I was always having my mat pick up when putting my foot back on after a stop. Always getting my shoe caught under the mat. One day the whole mat came off and landed in the street. I went to a hardware store and bought stainless steel flathead screws and washers. Drilled holes in the plastic and put four screws/washers down. Never moved again.
Oh, I thought about Velcro but had so much Armorall soaked into the top and bottom of my mat that it would probably never stick.
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Post by rerun2 on May 26, 2008 17:13:08 GMT -5
I had some indoor/outdoor carpet left over for a replacement job done on the pool, very inexpensive stuff I picked up at HomeDespot... it is a gray color but they had black and 'astro-turf'-green shade as well... cut out a piece using the original cheap rubber one that came on the scoot, Velcro in the 'corners' and a strip along each side where the feets might tug at it, nice clean job, even if I do say so my self...;d looks good and seems to be cooler in the heat of summer...
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Post by pukame2 on Jun 14, 2008 5:50:28 GMT -5
My rubbers may need attention soon. The hair blower may do the trick, thanks.
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After loosing a floor mat to the wind while hauling it on a trailer I went to LOWES and purchased trim screws drilled and screwed them on, much easier than finding a replacement mat. KEEP ON SCOOTIN !!! 
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