Anyone have opinions of the genuine toyota all weather mats vs the weathertech mats? do the weathertechs use the clips on the camry?

 

also is there a big difference between weather tech floor liners vs weathertech all weather mats?

 

I've wrestled with this, too. I've heard that the Weathertech products are quite good, but the photo of the Camry mats on their web site look like there's no raised edge on the front half of each mat, which might lead to water running off the edge and under the mat.

I just tried to buy Toyota mats a few weeks ago, and found that all the dealers in my area sent all their in-stock Camry mats back to Toyota because of the recall, and had no idea when updated mats would become available.

 

I got the WT's, they use the hooks IIRC. They're great with the raised edge to contain the slop and sand.

 

So the actual product is different from their own photos on the website? The photos for the 2007 Camry mats clearly show no raised edge on the entire front half of each front floor mat, exactly in the area where your feet would be while driving. I'm talking about the all-weather mats, not the liners, which obviously have very high sides to them.

 

Since Toyota is not selling the winter mats right now, I went with the Weathertech's and am very happy with them. They look like they'll contain a lot of slop, they do use the factory clips, and they fit like a glove. I've actually had several people comment on how nice they look. I'll give them a thumbs up!

 

I have a set of the original Toyota all-weather mats, and have had no problems with the clips. However, the mats do not cover the whole floor area, and so winter ice, snow, and slush easily gets underneath them. I therefore bought myself a set of the Weathertech Camry Hybrid floor liners last winter. They do incorporate clip holes for the driver's mat, and cover essentially the whole floor area with one exception (see below). Their raised edges prevent pretty well all the slush from getting on the carpet underneath, and they're a pretty effective design in my opinion. Unfortunately, their surface is very slippery as compared with the all-weather mats' "grippy" texture — probably a function of the type of material used. This means that your feet can slip on the mats' surface while entering/exiting the car. The exception regarding complete floor coverage is precisely in the area at the very front edge of the driver's side mat, as mentioned by pajasper. Slush does indeed drip from boots (both left and right feet) over the edge of the mat and onto the carpet. I don't know why Weathertech didn't make the driver's mat extend further forward. What I have done is put a thin removable mat under the front edge of this mat to catch and absorb such drips. This works well, but is a bit of a pain. Otherwise, I heartily recommend the Weathertech TCH floor liners.

Stan

 

Thanks, Stan. I did indeed see in Weathertech's photos that the liners look a bit short, offering limited protection up near the pedals, and this is the reason I didn't consider them myself. The slippery texture I was not aware of.

But, what I was referring to in the previous posts is the Weathertech floor mats, not the liners. The photos on their web site clearly show that, in the waffle-like area on the entire front half of the mats, there's no raised edge to prevent water from running off onto the carpet. The back half of the mats do have a nice edge. Now, if their photos are misleading, and the actual mats have containment edges on the front half, too, then I might be interested in a pair.

As it is, my generic cheapo mats from Pep Boys are probably doing as good a job. While they don't fit exactly, they do contain the water in all directions.

I'm very surprised at your comment that the Toyota mats didn't cover the area well. In all the photos I've seen, they look like they cover quite well. Where, specifically, don't they cover?