The Wally World Cargo Mat Mod

Bit of a back story. So as of late I've been using my wagon more and more at work. Well, I decided I diddnt want to mess up my carpet so I began looking for a cargo mat. The factory ones proved impossible to find so I started looking at rubber bed liners from pickups. Those diddnt look good so I began to give up. Well today I was at WalMart when I saw they had 5x7 area rugs for $20. So I picked up a gray one and got it home. Now obviously, 5' is too wide for the back of the wagon so I cut down 6" on each side as it has a beveled edge and I wanted it to look even. After that I simply took it outside and threw it in the wagon. With the spare 6"x7' pieces I may make an extension that covers the tailgate later. But here's the finished product:



And for anyone that may want to do this, the 5x7 rugs come in Tan, Black, Red, and Gray. The tan and red look pretty close to the gm tan and red fwiw.

did you connect the rug to the seatback so when the seats are up it doesn't flop over?

Krzdimond wrote:

did you connect the rug to the seatback so when the seats are up it doesn't flop over?

Thats my next project too. Need to figure out a good way to do that.

pneumatic nail gun......

Hey Cadet that turned out nice.Looks like the rug was tailor made for our wagons.Good price too.Hope you dont own a pneumatic nail gun though.
Wonder how the gray will go with my wagons blue interior?Guess I will have to give it a try and see what happens.Thanks for the idea.
Take Care
Jim Gordon

Hey Justin

That carpet sure cleaned up the cargo area!

Tom

You could use baby pins to attach to the carpet no the back of he seat.

Make your rear seat (3rd) a pain to use!!

Krzdimond wrote:

pneumatic nail gun......

with 3 inch long nails so back seat riders can have some stimulation

Or just leave it alone and pull it out when you need the seats up.....

Praise Marty Moose!

Flasheroo wrote:

Hey Cadet that turned out nice.Looks like the rug was tailor made for our wagons.Good price too.Hope you dont own a pneumatic nail gun though.
Wonder how the gray will go with my wagons blue interior?Guess I will have to give it a try and see what happens.Thanks for the idea.
Take Care
Jim Gordon

Thanks Jim. The gray would probably look pretty good imho. But come to think of it. I think they had a blue carpet in 5x7 too..

silverfox103 wrote:

Hey Justin

That carpet sure cleaned up the cargo area!

Tom

It really did. $20 well spent imo.

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

You could use baby pins to attach to the carpet no the back of he seat.

Make your rear seat (3rd) a pain to use!!

I was thinking that or maybe sew in some heavy duty snaps, like the floor mats have. No one really uses the 3rd row so I'm not too concerned, but the carpet is light enough to pull it up to access the 3rd seat.

81X11 wrote:

Or just leave it alone and pull it out when you need the seats up.....

Praise Marty Moose!

That's probably what I'll do. Make it easy to take out to clean too.

If you are sewing, put some nylon straps on the back side so when you want it out of the way you can roll it up and snap/clip the strap around the roll. I might then fit between the second and third seat when they are both in use.

Tim

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

If you are sewing, put some nylon straps on the back side so when you want it out of the way you can roll it up and snap/clip the strap around the roll. I might then fit between the second and third seat when they are both in use.

Tim

Oh thats a great idea Tim. I can actually salvage the ones off my dads toneau cover that got destroyed during the last snowstorm.

It will be like you are camping. Your bed roll.............

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

It will be like you are camping. Your bed roll.............

Or if he was in the south we could call him a "carpetbagger".

That was a good idea. I've been looking for something myself to protect the carpet. Right now I've got a rubber mat out of a subaru outback that doesn't exactly fit but at least mostly protects my carpet.

I don't think 3" nails would be too good, they would poke holes in the seat bottom when the backs folded down...

Jon

Hey Cadet I was going to walmart and pick up a roll of the blue carpet but everything here is coated with a thin very
smooth layer of ICE.We live off the York river and this only happens rarely.The ice is smooth as glass and very slippery
so I am keeping my butt and cars home.
Take Care All
Jim Gordon

That is a great idea w/ the carpet from Walmart . I willhave to see if my local one has blue also .