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      11-17-2016, 11:36 PM   #1
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Black Floor Mats with White Shoes

Noticed that every time I wear white shoes, the back of the shoe turns black from the floor mats, even though every other car wash, I have the mats shampooed and still I run into this problem.

What is the best way to go about this?
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      11-18-2016, 01:15 AM   #2
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Wear black shoes.
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      11-18-2016, 06:44 AM   #3
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Wear black shoes.


Could also switch out to the performance mats but i like the above idea better!
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      11-18-2016, 07:15 AM   #4
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I have the black BMW all weather rubber mats and all summer it made the heal of my feet black since I wear a lot of flip flops and drive bare footed.
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      11-21-2016, 01:51 PM   #5
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Noticed that every time I wear white shoes, the back of the shoe turns black from the floor mats, even though every other car wash, I have the mats shampooed and still I run into this problem.

What is the best way to go about this?
You won't be able to ever eradicate this issue. Your shoes track in dirt, so trying to keep the floor mat that clean is a useless endeavor. It's akin to cleaning off the surface of the tire only to drive and get the tire dirty all over again. You'll just have to clean your shoes more often.
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      11-21-2016, 03:29 PM   #6
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You won't be able to ever eradicate this issue. Your shoes track in dirt, so trying to keep the floor mat that clean is a useless endeavor. It's akin to cleaning off the surface of the tire only to drive and get the tire dirty all over again. You'll just have to clean your shoes more often.
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You won't be able to ever eradicate this issue. Your shoes track in dirt, so trying to keep the floor mat that clean is a useless endeavor. It's akin to cleaning off the surface of the tire only to drive and get the tire dirty all over again. You'll just have to clean your shoes more often.
Booties.
So Asian! Lol! I keed, I keed (...kinda)! It ain't that serious, but then again....who am I to talk?!? I wear driving gloves, sit on a shirt and brush my alcantara steering wheel, armrest and e-brake/boot with a suede brush after every drive.
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      11-21-2016, 03:38 PM   #8
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So Asian! Lol! I keed, I keed (...kinda)! It ain't that serious, but then again....who am I to talk?!? I wear driving gloves, sit on a shirt and brush my alcantara steering wheel, armrest and e-brake/boot with a suede brush after every drive.
See. I may have just saved your life. A life that would have other wise been subjected to dirty heels. Another day, another soul enriched. This is my life's mission, my life's purpose. Eat pray drive bleh bleh.
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      11-21-2016, 03:39 PM   #9
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See. I may have just saved your life. A life that would have other wise been subjected to dirty heels. Another day, another soul enriched. This is my life's mission, my life's purpose. Eat pray drive bleh bleh.


I usually just clean my shoes after every wear. Your booties will help members far and wide. You should add ///M logos to them and sell them for profit.
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      10-25-2023, 02:58 PM   #10
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I had this issue, too. I applied a rubber protector/sealer to the car mats and it fixed the problem. Here's the one I got:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GS3EIIC
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      12-20-2023, 08:46 AM   #11
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I had this issue, too. I applied a rubber protector/sealer to the car mats and it fixed the problem. Here's the one I got:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GS3EIIC

How does that fix it?
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      12-22-2023, 02:23 PM   #12
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Had this issue with different floor mats. No way around it other than changing shoes or wearing booties...gotta determine your priorities: style or performance lol
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