Project EHR: Floor Mat Menagerie

One challenge outfitting the 2001 Bullitt interior is the unusual Dark Charcoal color (code 9W): it really looks like dark smoke, but is clearly not black, or even grey. Some pieces of the dash and pillar coverings and headliner appear to be another color entirely. I decided to get some floor mats since the Mustang only comes with two for the front, and well with my five- and seven-year-old kids riding in the back seats, four mats would be better.

There are two brands of floor mat I zeroed in on: ACC and Lloyds. ACC makes carpet kits for many cars, including Mustangs, while Lloyd Mats pretty much owns the high-end floor mat business. One thing to get out of the way now: you won't find an exact match to the Dark Charcoal carpet color (unless you have already replaced your carpet itself with the ACC replacement kit).

Four ACC mats with Bullitt logos (in front) are $100 (or $60 plain).
Photo shows 2 original front mats and 2 ACC replacements.

I decided that I didn't think the ACC color was quite right for me, the Bullitt logos were redundant since the threshold sill plate says Bullitt in black already, and I really wanted contrasting binding around the edges like the GT500.

Enter Lloyd Mats. Simply put, getting color samples was a hassle from the Lloyd Mat distributors. I called seven or eight and two agreed to send some samples, but only one ever did (and it took a month). Lloyd Mats sent some additional samples directly when I had given up on seeing anything from their distributors.

I'm posting the color samples here to hopefully save others the hassle. Of course if you have a common color carpet, e.g. Black, there's no benefit in seeing the samples beforehand. :)

Actual Lloyd Mat samples against clean Dark Charcoal Ford carpet.
The flash went off here, so use as reference for color saturation, not hue...

I went with Ebony "Ultimats" with Silver Neon binding. Ordering for a 1999
instead of a 2000-2004 opens up some additional Mustang logo options.

The mats fit great and add some visual interest to the interior.

The rear mats even have an angled edge that fits around the roll bar. :)

I ended up buying these from the CarID website since they had come through with the carpet samples, although I had never bought from them before. The mats were $140 after a $10 coupon online and arrived in just two weeks. (The Neon Binding, rather than a carpet color binding, was an additional $9 option, while the Mustang logos were $29, all included in that price. Silver thread was no extra charge.) The preliminary research was a hassle, but I definitely like the look of the mats.



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