All done, and they fit perfectly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nAs an aside, this was a terrible design by Mitsubishi to begin with. The speaker under the glass gets pelted directly by the sun \u2013 an issue that happened on my old SL 25 years ago as well.<\/p>\n
Floor mats<\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/picture>This grommet wasn\u2019t holding the floor mat in any longer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nThe theme here is \u201cdifficult\u201d, and even though floor mats aren\u2019t really supposed to be, for a rare JDM import they are.<\/p>\n
My car had the original floor mats in, and they were in decent enough shape \u2013 a good deep cleaning would probably bring them back to life. But they looked like they were out of the 90s, with thick heavy pile, and the grommet they held it in place broke, so the driver side kept sliding under my pedals. No good.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/picture>The new mats feature a silver border.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nObviously, 3000GT mats won\u2019t fit this car, but I found a solution with a company called Alpha Auto Mats<\/a>, based in California. They carry mats for all kinds of imports, including the GTO, and let you customize colors and badging.<\/p>\n![\"mitsubishi-gto-interior-stero-uupgrades-floor](\"https:\/\/machineswithsouls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mitsubishi-gto-interior-stero-uupgrades-2.jpg\")
<\/source><\/picture>The badge is an extra cost option, but gives a more OEM look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
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