My experience is Weathertech gets too thin to form fit to everything and those thin areas end up curling over. The Husky mats in my Yukon also curled at edges but not as bad and a couple of years later.
I picked up the full set of Maxliners for a recent snow trip. I had been holding out for the perfect set (for me) as all the available options had some sort of compromise. I want 3D Maxpider mats above all of the choices out there, but they're taking forever to make a set for the Ascent.
After having the Maxliners for a couple months now, I really like them. The coverage is excellent. They don't feel as rubbery as I'd like (not really rubbery at all), but they are fine in real-world use. I made one mistake of wiping the driver's mat down with 303 protectant. It became very slippery and was distracting while driving. It cleaned up well with just water and has good grip now. I plan to use these mats indefinitely, but will consier replacing them if Maxpiders ever get made.
I picked up the full set of Maxliners for a recent snow trip. I had been holding out for the perfect set (for me) as all the available options had some sort of compromise. I want 3D Maxpider mats above all of the choices out there, but they're taking forever to make a set for the Ascent.
After having the Maxliners for a couple months now, I really like them. The coverage is excellent. They don't feel as rubbery as I'd like (not really rubbery at all), but they are fine in real-world use. I made one mistake of wiping the driver's mat down with 303 protectant. It became very slippery and was distracting while driving. It cleaned up well with just water and has good grip now. I plan to use these mats indefinitely, but will consier replacing them if Maxpiders ever get made.
Thank you for sharing your review and pics. I’ve purchase weathertechs for my last two Toyotas and this swayed me to try the Smartliners. They were a little fiddley to install at the back but now that they’re seated properly they’ve been great. After camping it was very easy to clean up the floor and I think they’ll be great for slush/snow next winter.
Coverage looks near identical to the Weathertechs. I have the Weathertechs and fit has been pretty much perfect.
The thing I have always hated about Weathertechs, and maybe others are like this too, is the material used is extremely porous and permanently traps dirt into itself. They look like crap, all the time. Even after soap and water power wash/scrub, they’re filthy looking and make a nice clean interior look awful 24/7/365.
Is the material used by the other brands like this? It would be worth switching for that alone.
I refuse to use the Subaru mats due to the lack of coverage, but at least they clean up like new when washed.
You can clean the weathertech mats and then spray them with the tire brightener from an auto store. This keeps them cleaner and easy to clean when dirty but layers a film on them that is slippery.
I have a set of Weathertech's in my Forester. Absolutely hate the rear sets. Fronts are tolerable for my SoCal environment.
The rears slide and edges curl like crazy. Trying to capture mud and other normal debri from multiple minion sports is nearly non-existant. I've been able to bend the curl back into the opposite way by carefully using a heat gun and some short planks to try and keep the edges even.
That is exactly what the Weathertechs in my Pilot did. I think the side walls get too thin trying to be completely form fitting. Looking at the Maxliner pix above they have a much thicker lip and seem to have ~90 degree turn to flat/horizontal at the edges.
Could be local climate related. I was in South Texas at the time. Never measured interior temp when parked in the sun on a 100F day. Climbing over to 140F wouldn't surprise me. I see that in-n-out bag in Chris' avatar for California.
I am going back and forth on the All Weather Liners. I may prefer the WeatherTech, but does anyone know if they would be available immediately given that it is a new model car for Subaru. I do want some sort of floor mat/liner right away. Thanks!!
I have Maxliner in the front and stock all weather mats in the back.
I have owned WeatherTech, Husky and Maxliner and I have been most impressed with the Maxliner given the price and quality. IMO, given that they are all pretty much the same material, it really just comes down to personal preference
This gap. Has me so annoyed. How is that proper coverage?!! Especially the corner where salt and whatever debris will easily get in.
the 2nd row matt is great- but this, I don’t really see this as acceptable.
Here are some pics if the ones I linked to a few posts ago. I have been very happy so far. I think they have a more supple feel under foot than the WeatherTechs do, and they have this kind of felt backing that sort of Velcro’s itself to the floor to hold them in place.
Thank you for the pictures! Those look like they fit nicely.
How does the surface of them feel? Are they rubbery? Or maybe more like canvas? Do you think they'll be easy to keep clean?
One of the things I really dislike about the Subaru mats is the rubber compound/type they use is apparently very tacky, and they attract even the dust from the bottoms of your shoes and the very first time you get in the car after cleaning them, there's a bunch of shoe prints all over the place. I think I may try these if they'll be easier to keep looking clean on a regular basis.
I'm very pleased with the switch in my 2021 from the OEM weather mats to the 3D Maxpider set. At least one vendor "filter menu" said they were only for 7 seat captains chairs models. They fit my 8 passenger bench seat fine. I ran the central runner under the bench seat for coverage when the 2nd row is pushed forward.
The "model years" filter was wrong on at least one web page, they didn't show up when I looked for 2021 Ascent models. I've seen that on a couple of other accessories. They do not feel like typical rubbery mats.
I have Smartliners in my ridgeline and love them. They fit like a glove and cover more area than the Weathertech. Purchased direct and arrived in a few days.
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