Vinyl Flooring????

[Pburke87]

Has anyone ever done a vinyl flooring instead of a carpet on a K5? Found this online today. Install looks fairly easy?

85-91 GMC Jimmy Molded Vinyl Flooring 4wd, Complete Kit

Our 1985-1991 GMC Jimmy custom molded vinyl flooring is Heat and Pressure Molded to the original floor pan. It is made with Top Quality materials for a heavy duty and long lasting product. This aftermarket vinyl flooring fits your 85-91 GMC Jimmy Molded Vinyl Flooring 4wd, Complete Kit just like...

www.stockinteriors.com

 

[CharlieC]

My first 4x4 was a ‘74 K10 that had the vinyl floor from the factory. I’m looking to lose my carpet as well and go back to the vinyl floor like was in the K10. My recollection was that it was fairly heavy duty stuff. When I look at the videos that accompany the flooring like you posted, it appears to be much thinner. Curious to see what you find out since you asked first.

Charlie

 

[HankScorpio]

Rubber/vinyl floor is my favorite. Carpet in trucks is stupid and should not even be an option in my opinion. I have the LMC rubber floor in my V3500 crew cab. Material is excellent, the fitment wasn't very good. My K5 has rubber floor runner from the home improvement store and astroturf, works great. My V2500 suburban has the factory rubber floor, great. I wouldn't go any other way in a truck that sees dirt or snow.

 

[ktmoutfront]

Yep. Been in it for 16 years now.

 

[Pburke87]

Rubber/vinyl floor is my favorite. Carpet in trucks is stupid and should not even be an option in my opinion. I have the LMC rubber floor in my V3500 crew cab. Material is excellent, the fitment wasn't very good. My K5 has rubber floor runner from the home improvement store and astroturf, works great. My V2500 suburban has the factory rubber floor, great. I wouldn't go any other way in a truck that sees dirt or snow.

I agree, carpet in a truck is stupid where I live (New England). My 96 Cheyenne had a runner floor and I loved it. So easy to keep clean. How hard was doing the LMC rubber floor?

 

[Cucv_M1008]

I plan on putting a new one in my cucv, which came with one from the factory.

 

[TJ1978]

My dad always bitched about carpet in trucks, ever since I was young.

i put a used, cut up by me C10 carpet in mine. Got it for $10

 

[HankScorpio]

I agree, carpet in a truck is stupid where I live (New England). My 96 Cheyenne had a runner floor and I loved it. So easy to keep clean. How hard was doing the LMC rubber floor?

The LMC rubber floor was nice material but the fitment wasn't very good. The crew cab is kind of notorious for fitment issues as there are not as many out there. The K5 set may fit better. The rubber is oversized a bit to trim the edges and make it fit just right. Even with some wiggle room things didn't line up well. It is molded but the tunnel area didn't fit well, had to use a heat gun and stretch a bunch by the accelerator area. There are some molded areas around the seatbelt bolts and seat mounts that were not in the right spots. The floor hump under the back seat did not fit well at all. After the seats were in you couldn't see many issues but it should have fit way better for the price. It was in no way a factory fit.

 

[6872xtc]

I put vinyl in my '90 Jimmy, which I got through Rockauto. It was made by ACC. The quality for the price was pretty good, the fit wasn't great, but I was able to get it down decently with some heat gun work. USE GLOVES!! I used welding gloves.
You should be able make it fit well, don't go too quickly when trimming the edges, they were way too big and somewhat cumbersome at first. I trimmed a couple of times, and only had one screw-up that wasn't a concern to me.

I am the odd man out here, because I wish that I had done carpet so that stuff didn't slide around. I actually have put carpet in the bottom of service bed side boxes to keep things from sliding, so I have gotten used to that. And I don't let things get terribly dirty, and I don't play in mud.
I always use floor mats to keep from wearing out the floor material, and the mats in my Jimmy won't stay put that well. I would quit using them, and just kill the flooring, but I don't want to redo it in a few years.