Jeep TJ DIY Floor Mats

So I got tired of looking for a set of floor mats for my Jeep TJ, to replace the lousy set I have now that always slide around on the floor boards. Every set of floor mats I’m interested in are currently out of stock or too expensive (to consider at this time), and I didn’t want to rob my “control arm funds” that I’m saving up for.  So I decided to make my own floor mats as a temporary solution to get the loose ones out of my Jeep that always slid around.

Luckily my wife does a lot of sewing, so she had a large piece of fabric pattern material laying around that I snatch while she wasn’t looking.  This pattern material is very flexible and allowed me to easily place it in the floor board and shape it to fit. I then used a sharpie to make places for slits in the pattern for overlapping materials that I would eventually cut. I kept cutting away at the fabric pattern material until I had something that was close to fit, then I began cutting my floor mat material (TrafficMaster Black 36 x 48″ Rubber Deck Plate Mat) that I got from Home Depot.

Once I had my mats cut and roughed in, I placed them in the Jeep and continued cutting and trimming until I had a nice fit. Once I had everything cut and fitted, I then used a hole punch at the slits to prevent the slits I had cut from running. Finally I punched some tiny holes along the slit next to the gas pedal so I could sew those two pieces together – to prevent any issues with my foot hanging up on the material were it overlapped.

These home-made floor mats I made are fitted so tight they’ll never slide around, and they’re much better than the loose mats I had before – because I no longer need to worry about them sliding forward and jamming up behind the break pedal or interfering with my foot work.