Weathertech vs. BMW OEM Floorliners

Penguin · #1 11-23-2009, 06:17 PM

Anyone have any experience with the Weathertech vs. BMW OEM floorliners?

The Weathertech ones look like they cover more, with the rear being a once piece that covers the small center hump, and the fronts looking as if they go higher onto the center hump, but I suspect the BMW OEM ones might fit better. They look like they both might be sourced from Weathertech, or BMW has copied the rib style, etc.

Winter is coming and with a new X5 that is Sand Beige, I think I need more than floor mats.

dingo · #2 11-23-2009, 06:49 PM

Go with Weathertech. They're a great product and proudly made in the USA, not in some Chinese sweatshop. They have a philosophy I can get behind....

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jaaX3 · #3 11-23-2009, 07:04 PM

I have, and would highly recommend, the BMW floorliners.

XXX555 · #4 11-23-2009, 07:25 PM

I agree with Jaax.

DO NOT GET THE WEATHERTECH MATS OR CARGO LINER FOR THE X5!

I like weathertech and have purchased sets for many other vehicles including a 2010 Lexus. These mats and cargo liner for the X5 do not fit well and in fact fit terribly. Weathertech told me to send them back, too bad for me. Don't make the same mistake.

Penguin · #5 11-23-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by XXX555

I agree with Jaax.

DO NOT GET THE WEATHERTECH MATS OR CARGO LINER FOR THE X5!

I like weathertech and have purchased sets for many other vehicles including a 2010 Lexus. These mats and cargo liner for the X5 do not fit well and in fact fit terribly. Weathertech told me to send them back, too bad for me. Don't make the same mistake.

Are you talking of the Weathertech floor MATS, or the FLOORLINERS?

The mats are not custom fit; however, the liners are suppose to be custom fit.

XXX555 · #6 11-23-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

Are you talking of the Weathertech floor MATS, or the FLOORLINERS?

The mats are not custom fit; however, the liners are suppose to be custom fit.

Mats. Not floorliners. I had floorliners in an H2 long ago and they fit well but not the nice rubber material I liked about the mats. The floorliners were a hard nonpliable plastic, cheap.

XXL-X5 · #7 11-23-2009, 08:31 PM

I had the same dilemma. I went with the BMW OEM rubber mats after talking to a dealer who sold both. He told me the weathertech floorliners have a lip that sits on part of the door jam (for water removal). He said they were easy to hit with your feet and for that reason alot of people did not like them. I have never tried the weathertechs, but i am very happy with the fit and looks of the BMW oem rubber mats. I went with black and I have the sand beige interior. VERY GLAD i did NOT go beige.

Penguin · #8 11-23-2009, 10:14 PM

Let's try this again.

I'm not interest in mats, be they BMW or Weathertech,

I am only interested in the BMW Floorliners vs. the Wethertech Floorliners, as I have decided I do not want rubber mats..

If anyone can provide some information or opinion of the BMW Floorliners vs. the Wethertech Floorliners, I would be most appreciative.

LPMM · #9 11-24-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

If anyone can provide some information or opinion of the BMW Floorliners vs. the Wethertech Floorliners, I would be most appreciative.

I have the BMW ones and I like them, they offer really good protection and do not interfere at all. The only thing is the morons in the detail department Armor All'd them and now they are very slippery.

I can't imagine the Weathertech ones being different, I always thought they were the same thing with just a different logo stuck on them.

jaaX3 · #10 11-24-2009, 12:58 AM

Penguin, while I don't have WT liners, and I never have, I do have the BMW liners and I think they are great. Read a couple of posts up by z2g for a review on his WT liners. I can say the same exact thing about my BMW liners. I don't think you can go wrong with either. Let us know what you go with and how you end up liking them.