I am not sure if there are other places, I could try.

Yes, 'The Internet'

;-)

Excellent guidance. Recommendations, and warnings are an invaluable feature of a respected forum.

Yes that’s the thread.

I don’t think the Halfords ones are custom made mats as I would define them. They seem to just offer several standard mats that are a possible (rough?) fit. The online places previously suggested on the other thread all offer properly individually fitted mats for a wide range of cars. In my limited expert experience they also match with the anchor points in the cars. Loose mats under the pedals are not to be recommended.
I have never found any problem with the online traders as regards finding the steps in quality they offer. Any I have looked at offer at least basic and luxury mats with usually a grade or two in between. You pretty much get what you pay for but at the end of the day they are just mats so best not to overthink.

Edited by catsdad on 05/09/2021 at 13:18

When hunting around on the web, it is hard to tell if it is a thick pile or thin pile.

Many of the internet sellers quote the grams per square meter (g/sm) with 500 being thin and 2500 being super-thick.

Sadly new customised mats will not stop dirt and tar bits from footwear . If it was me I’d just buy some nice rubber mats ( easy to clean) or go to a carpet shop, buy some remnants and cut a template?

You used to get absolutely brilliant 'footwell protection' for Volvo's. I'm deliberately not using the term mats, because they weren't, not in any normal sense. Made of semi rigid plastic, they were incredibly sturdy and hardwearing. Moulded to the shape of the front and rear footwells and they had a decent 'lip' (about an inch and a half if memory serves) all the way round. What this meant is that in wintery or very wet conditions, you could pick them up, like a plate, and tip the water out on to the ground!. I seem to remember them also having sharp plastic points on the underside to stop any movement. Not sure how recently they were still available, but I certainly remember them in 240's, 740's and 940's.

They were called floor trays and were even available in different colours to match the car interior.

Those sort of mats are available from Weathertech - I have a set in my VW Touareg, they're very good as they stop the small grit spilling of the mat and getting trapped underneath.