R4 L vs R4 S floor mats

[laxeian]

True that flat screened cars do tend to stay clearer for longer than curved screened cars, theres a ‘clean’ cover of an old Queen anthem in that somewhere....

 

[JdeW]

Nice to see how the discussion went from floormats to manual foot-operated windscreen washer pump and high-tech electrical windscreen washer pump
For myself both options, original low-tech and high-tech electrical, will be installed in working order, because when all electricity fails I still have the manual option

 

[laxeian]

Installing vacum operated wipers could prove troublesome..

 

[edwin]

Suggestion on floor mat dilemma. It looks like one of the mats allows for a central handbrake, as fitted to our 1988 Spanish GTL, and the other has no slot and is therefore for a dash mounted umbrella handbrake, which I have on my French 1985 4TL basic. Just a thought.

 

[Sepharad]

Edwin, thank you. Seems logical. Has anyone found a high quality alternative material for coco mat underlayment? The mats were not outrageous, but shipping cause me to change my mind.

 

[ecurb.renots]

My GTL rubber mat looks like the one on the top right. It has the little rectangular cut out section at the base. But I have no idea why there is a round cut out where it fits to the centre consol.

The one on the top left has what is probably a cut out for a floor mounted handbrake and the little round hole at the top left position could be for a foot operated dip switch

I think you will find its the foot operated windscreen washer not dip switch, at least it is on my 82 GTL

 

[edwin]

Re the coconut matting soundproofing underlay, there is a carpet underlay, best quality mind you, that does a very good job of replicating the OE underlay. It is thick, fibrous and rubberised, and with good soundproofing qualities. I got mine from the off cut skip outside a carpet store. I got enough for my next car as well.