Thread: Puma Floor Lining

Originally Posted by rick130

Wright Off Road in the UK make a great acoustic mat system that is fully moulded to the floor, extends up over the seat boxes and supposedly has excellent sound deadening properties and is extremely wear resistant, the only issue is the price delivered here. (and does the new engine/six speed g/box use the same transmission hump as the R380 ?)

I enquired last week (my old 130 mat is through to the sheet metal) and it costs 400 quid delivered to Oz

I inquired a couple of weeks ago, they don't make it for the PUMA yet, but they are working on it. I asked about getting a couple of R380 models and a couple of PUMA ones to see if it was economically viable, but the PUMA aren't ready and the freight was still too expensive, even with a larger order. Plus a larger order would attract import tax.

G'day Solmanic

I've been down the same track as you have with the same response from LR. There is absolutely no way that the Puma floor coverings are the same standard as my 2005 TD5...it had 100,000kms on it when I sold it and was not badly worn at all. Most of the kms done in that one and the new one are wearing work boots...so no difference in treatment.

The puma showed bad wear in the 30,000km range, and has worn right through now. I thought LR would have coughed up on this issue!

I now have some old mats as covers...bit too late to protect it any more, but it prevents my heel getting stuck and causing a potential safety issue.

You can use me for further statistical support in your cause.

regards
Brid

Its pretty sad...

The aluminium floor on my '85 Isuzu is showing terrible signs of wear.
Another 25 years & 350,000 klm & I will probably have to replace the whole floor panel ..

I think all the plastics/rubbers in new vehicles are suspect. The heat destroys them because the compounds are cheaply fabricated and they try to use less toxic chemicals in the processes (the same reason brake pads no longer use asbestos!). Rubber is less durable today - so mats will tend to wear out too.
A friend of mine who has had many incarnations of the Nissan pootrol swears that the plastic in his new one is softer in the dash and door coverings than in earlier models
I would say this problem is probably not going to be unique to land rovers!

Yes ours has worn through.

But are you surprised ....


70,000k on ours though, although it did wear around the 50 mark from memory..just did the good old cover up with the mats.