Odd request re floor mats

[donkmeister]

Hi all,

I bought some new floor mats for my LS460, and today I fitted them. The front passenger side appears to have been cut slightly incorrectly and had a grommet installed in the wrong place. So, it fits perfectly on the outboard side, but the inboard side is wrong.

So I can hopefully rule out just buying the wrong damn mat, would any LS460/600 owner be kind enough to measure the distance between their passenger side floor hooks please? I've measured 43.5cm between the centres of the holes on both passenger and driver's side. 

[MLW]

Is this LHD. I once nearly bought mats on eBay to see that they were European/USA.

[donkmeister]

No, UK P/N from a Lexus parts desk, plus the driver's side mat fits perfectly and they come as a set of four. It's as if the "inboard" hole was put too close to the "outboard" hole (the mat holes are 31cm on-centre instead of the 43.5 of the floor hook holes (this 43.5cm gap is the same on both sides).

Helpful chap at the Lexus garage is ordering in an extra set to check, however I thought it might help if another 460 owner can confirm that their floor hooks are also 43.5cm, so we can rule out me having an anomalous 460!

[Steve]

wrong mats for sure.

[donkmeister]

I worked this one out in the end; why would the mats need to be narrower on one side only? Transfer case and front propshaft. These mats are for the 4WD LS's. 

I've confirmed with the parts desk that these are also specified for the 600, and they have confirmed with Lexus HO that they only supply these now and not the wider RWD mats. 

I can live with it, but just an FYI for anyone else ordering new mats!