The deep groove tread design of the X-Act contours is excellent but I will say the coverage of the X-Act contours is NOT as good as the regular Husky Weatherbeater liners. Of course they cost more, but in this instance you get what you pay for! For the record the soft rubber compound construction of the X-Act contours is superior to the slippery when wet regular Husky liners, as well as the slippery when wet Weathertech liners (Without the troublesome liquid leaking Weathertech holes for footwell mounting hooks!). Yes, get the X-Act contours as they are the better of the two liners from Husky. I agree with many of the points posted above by 14summithemi but. This is my take on the differences between the X-act Contours and the regular Husky Weatherbeaters.įirst let me say I've owned both for my 2012 WK2 Summit. The X-Act Contours are better than the Mopars, Rugged Ridge and WeatherTech's.
If snow, ice, salt and mud are the reasons you need floor mats then no other mat compares. They also offer an awesome grippy, soft rubber compound construction to prevent slipping and they have a decently deep groove/tread design that helps keep shoe heals and pant cuff out of the slop.
The X-Act Contours have all the benefits of the Weatherbeaters such as tray design to hold liquid, reverse/up-dimples for the carpet hooks so saltwater doesn't sneak past into carpet thus allowing you to easily empty the mat as the snow melts, complete coverage behind gas pedal and dead pedal plus it has a nice little overlap lip that goes across your entry sill. Net, net, spend the coin and get the X-Act Contour's and don't look back! I had the regular Husky's in my '02 JGC Limited and while they wear like iron and keep all the gunk out of the carpets they are too slippery when wet, the edges curl over/inward eventually and they have a very low tread profile which means your shoe heal sits down in the melted muck. They've been saying coming soon when i emailed them about mazda 3 mats from findway since last summer.the new redesign has been out for 2 years and they still haven't gotten them available yet.As jacko15 said, website does a good job but since I have had both I'll give you my version. The Weathertechs are very stiff in general so when I had to remove them I basically had to fold them in half and then everything in the mat poured out onto the carpet. Personally I think the Husky's are the better mat of those two brands and they stay flexible in the cold making them easier to remove if you have to wash them. For the life of me I don't know why they don't just extend that portion of the mat. from your shoes can run down under the mat in that area. They only cover about half of the dead pedal area (as someone else mentioned) so water, mud, etc. Joudbren wrote: ↑I had Weathertechs in my new Escape and replaced them. I can't imagine they won't have a version soon for a big seller like the Mazda 3. May be worth contacting them though to see when they will be available. If you meant "Findway" then it's a shame they don't have them yet for your Mazda.
Cheers!Įdit: Just realized you mentioned "Fairway" mats in your original post. If you search online you'll find a ton of reviews on the Findways and pretty much the consensus is really positive. Paid about $80 Cdn at the time for front and rears! (think they're up to $99 now) I haven't cleaned mine yet so I'll probably do that this weekend to see how they held up from the winter. They look really classy as well and are a LOT cheaper than either Weathertech or Husky. These are the ones that replaced my Weathertechs and so far so good. The Weathertechs are very stiff in general so when I had to remove them I basically had to fold them in half and then everything in the mat poured out onto the carpet.Īnother alternative for you for custom mats is Findway brand.
I had Weathertechs in my new Escape and replaced them.