'96 Floor Mats

[Floyd B.]

I'm almost done with the interior restoration of my LT4. I have a few details to care of. One of those details is floor mats. I obtained a pair of new replacement mats form GMPartsDirect. They look identical to the one (passenger side) original mat that was in the car when I bought it. However, I've noticed that the carpet pile of the new mats is like the cut pile in 91 - 94 corvettes - meaning they are not Tru-Vette. Were 95 and 96 floor mats made from Tru-Vette carpet material?

Thanx,

-Floyd-

[Floyd B.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

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Someone has to know the answer to this. Would someone with a '95 or '96 please confirm if your mats are made are of Tru-Vette carpet material?

If so, would you please post any GM part number information stamped into the rubber backing?

Thanks in advance.

[Pat M.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

Floyd - I'm not sure what "Tru-Vette" carpet is. But here are pics of the original passenger mat from my 96 LT4.

[Floyd B.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

Floyd - I'm not sure what "Tru-Vette" carpet is. But here are pics of the original passenger mat from my 96 LT4.

Thanks Pat.

That does look like Tru-Vette. i.e. that same carpet material that covers your floor pans. The carpet nap has a "corn row" pattern in it. It was unique to '95 and '96.

[Joe L.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

Thanks Pat.

That does look like Tru-Vette. i.e. that same carpet material that covers your floor pans. The carpet nap has a "corn row" pattern in it. It was unique to '95 and '96.

Floyd-----


What Patrick has posted is exactly what I would expect. The floor mats used for 95-96 were of the same part numbers as earlier.

By the way, why weren't carpet-matching floormats used for 95-96? I don't know. However, I suspect that "compromises" had to be made to satisfy the constraints of material cost allocation. Costs saved here could better be used for improvements in other areas.

[Floyd B.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

Thanx Joe. So you are saying that the carpet mat material used in '95 and '96 was NOT Tru-Vette? This would mean that the GM replacements I got from GMPartsDirect - using a normal cut pile - are a good match.

[Joe L.]

Re: '96 Floor Mats

Thanx Joe. So you are saying that the carpet mat material used in '95 and '96 was NOT Tru-Vette? This would mean that the GM replacements I got from GMPartsDirect - using a normal cut pile - are a good match.

Floyd-----


I believe that's the case.