I just picked up a new 2014 WK2 for my wife saturday. I need to get some better floor mats. I read & searched all the threads, came to decision of huskys for her new ride. My question is what is the diffrence in the husky weather beater vs. the X-act contour. I see minor differences in the apperance, but is the material different, lip diffrent, grooves deeper? If anyone has see or know the diffrences please chime in!
As jacko15 said, website does a good job but since I have had both I'll give you my version.
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. 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. 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. If snow, ice, salt and mud are the reasons you need floor mats then no other mat compares. The X-Act Contours are better than the Mopars, Rugged Ridge and WeatherTech's. But they do cost the most.
This is my take on the differences between the X-act Contours and the regular Husky Weatherbeaters.
First let me say I've owned both for my 2012 WK2 Summit.
I agree with many of the points posted above by 14summithemi but.........
Yes, get the X-Act contours as they are the better of the two liners from Husky. 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!). 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. The dead pedal area doesn't rise as high as it does with the regular Husky Weatherbeaters and the trays are slighty smaller as they rise up the footwell area on both the drivers and passenger sides. The rear X-Act contour footwell liner is also just slightly smaller towards the rear door sill areas and over the middle hump than the regular Husky Weatherbeater rear liner. Over time the hard plastic regular Husky Weatherbeaters and the hard plastic Weathertechs will curl over/inward at the edges reducing footwell carpet protection. This will not happen with the soft rubbery X-Act contours as they do lay flat and stay that way over time. These are the best winter/bad weather liners I've owned and I've tried all the top brands, I just wish they had that little bit extra carpet coverage the regular Husky Weatherbeaters have!
As a side note for summer/good weather carpeted linersthe carpeted Catch-All liners were the best I've ever owned. Had then in my WJ Jeep, as they were available in the OEM Mopar accessories catalog. Why is it that Catch-All doesn't make these or any other molded carpeted liners for ANY 2011+ WK2 Jeep??
Agreed. The dead pedal coverage and size of "tray" is better with Weatherbeaters.
Funny story, I once (ONCE) when detailing my '02 JGC interior did a real "nice" job and sprayed Armor-All all over the Weratherbeaters. Man did they look spiffy! I am not sure if a slicker and slipperier surface exists than those Weatherbeaters with a good coating of Armor-All...YIKES!
I bought the WeatherBeaters for the coverage issues mentioned above. I have no complaints. I had WeatherTechs in my last vehicle, and they were more slippy than the WeatherBeaters.
Thanks for all the replys. I ordered the x-act contours after finding more info from husky liner. I opted for the rubber construction material, and for the deeper liquid grooves. I've had the tradtional husky liners in my last two trucks, they work good but I thing the rubber type material will be better suited from my wife.
Purchased the weathertech myself, they don't protect/fit nearly as good as brand above by the looks of it.
Salt still all over carpet behind/next to the liner
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