Sure something will be available, with a bit of searching. Screwfix perhaps?

Wonder if any rubber experts will come out of the woodwork on here?!

You could cut up your "Gimp" suit to make one?

You could cut up your "Gimp" suit to make one?

I am insulted by the mere suggestion!!

It took me ages to find it, certainly not going to cut it up!!

Although thinking about it will the double latex bed sheet be up to the job??

Any fabric based liner won't be suitable for me, the gear I put in my boot will tear it to shreds.

It also needs to be able to withstand the odd oil spill or two.

Why can't skoda make a boot dish like the one made for the Octavia Combi? The ally rails shouldn't have any bearing on the situation. More often than not, you want to cover the ENTIRE boot floor, not just the middle 2/3.

Any fabric based liner won't be suitable for me, the gear I put in my boot will tear it to shreds.

It also needs to be able to withstand the odd oil spill or two.

Why can't skoda make a boot dish like the one made for the Octavia Combi? The ally rails shouldn't have any bearing on the situation. More often than not, you want to cover the ENTIRE boot floor, not just the middle 2/3.

I got a plastic boot floor which covers the entire bootfloor. It has markes where I can cut so it will fit to the baggage strap thingy, however, I haven´t done that yet so it covers the whole thing.

Is this what you are looking for? Sorry about the bad pics, but it´s dark and cold outside....

Thanks, what's the material like, is it rubber or a plastic?

My main concern is my diving kit sliding around on it as you say the anti-slip mat area isn't very big.

Hi Guys,

I can put a vote of confidence in for the Towequipe's ones with the 'Anti Slip' section in the middle.

I've been using one in my Octavia for years to lug around wet & salty dive gear, they are truly an excellent product. It's great to be able to just take the kit off straight into the boot, then tip out the water once i've taken the kit out at home without worrying about the carpet.

I've never had any issue with the dive kit sliding around with it off the anti slip portion. Infact the anti slip bit can make it a bit of a pain getting the cylinders in and out as it almost works too well on the rubber cylinder boots.

Where do you do your Diving Gizmo?

Edited 19 January, 201115 yr by Yes_Dear

Good pics, but can't see that 'OTT' being decent for scuba gear and that type of thing. Anything where you want to keep moisture away from the car's interior.

Wouldn't know much about that I'm afraid, but I'm sure you can get a treated version or something? Not noticed the standard Skoda liners smell like that, so it must be possible.

Totally disagree, the ott liner absorbs all the moisture, meaning when you take out the crappy dive gear to wash down, you take out the bottom liner, stick it in the wash hang it to dry, and stick it back in the car, it almost acts like a nappy. It really is that good, and it looks fantastic aswell. Just what the Superb deserves.

Edited 19 January, 201115 yr by darren tt

Yep, thats the sort of thing i'm after, there are a few on ebay but i would prefer a full boot covering from Skoda as you know it will be a perfect fit and of good quality - that's not to say the aftermarket stuff is crap BTW.

I think i'll choose one of the ebay ones and see how it goes.

I got a plastic boot floor which covers the entire bootfloor. It has markes where I can cut so it will fit to the baggage strap thingy, however, I haven´t done that yet so it covers the whole thing.

Is this what you are looking for? Sorry about the bad pics, but it´s dark and cold outside....

Where do you do your Diving Gizmo?

The vast majority of it is done in the Channel off Dover.

I have found an eBay seller who claims his rubber sheeting is pretty much odourless, it is 1.5mm thick and 2m x 1.7m, which is the perfect size for the combi, it will also cover the seat backs and both sides and still have enough for a 40cm 'flap' to fold out over the bumper - almost identical to the OTT version, but in 1 piece of rubber, with several thin bungee's holding the sides in place, so this at the moment looks to be favourite, it will not be the prettiest but I think it will be the most practical and hard wearing of the options to date. (closely followed by the towequipe ones - their biggest let down for me is no rear bumper cover, also a 'dished' liner sort of makes the variable boot floor pointless if there is a lip on the liners leading edge, but if their was no lip it wouldn't be fully waterproof!! ).

Hi again Gizmo68. Hope you're enjoying your diving. I remember discussing this issue with you a while back and I'm sorry you haven't found anything suitable yet.

For what it's worth, I'm still happily carrying my wet dive gear using a big butyl rubber pond liner draped across the floor and sides of the boot. Tough, flexible, totally waterproof, not smelly, easily reconfigurable, protects the bumper and folds up after use into the space under the sliding boot floor.

I think the only drawback is the difficulty of sliding the gear in and out across the rubber on the boot floor. Solved with some marine ply panels on top of the rubber, i.e. inside the wet area. Works absolutely fine for me.

Cheers

Sean

Hi Sean, well today I have finally decided to go down that same route also, I think it is going to be the best all round solution, the rubber I have bought is 1.5mm thick so hopefully it will be pretty substantial, I intend to use some (IIRC it's) 3mm bungee around the sides to hold it all in place. (I also have a bathroom to refit in a month or two so the extra side protection this will offer will be useful for the tip runs)

Even with my OE rubber bootliner in my MKI Superb sliding the twinset in it would move the bootliner a little, but with the combi I intend to walk the twinset towards the seats then just lie it down, so hopefully this will be overcome?

If anyone is interested then I will upload some photo's of the finished liner in a week or so when I have had time to fit it.

Hi Sean, well today I have finally decided to go down that same route also, I think it is going to be the best all round solution, the rubber I have bought is 1.5mm thick so hopefully it will be pretty substantial, I intend to use some (IIRC it's) 3mm bungee around the sides to hold it all in place. (I also have a bathroom to refit in a month or two so the extra side protection this will offer will be useful for the tip runs)

Even with my OE rubber bootliner in my MKI Superb sliding the twinset in it would move the bootliner a little, but with the combi I intend to walk the twinset towards the seats then just lie it down, so hopefully this will be overcome?

If anyone is interested then I will upload some photo's of the finished liner in a week or so when I have had time to fit it.

My concerns were twofold: sliding the gear in without rumpling the rubber underneath; and puncturing the rubber with any sharp edges on the gear. A thin sheet of ply on top of the rubber allayed both concerns. Good luck with your solution - would be interested to see some photos.

Here are a few photo's showing my home made rubber bootliner it was made from a sheet of 1.5mm rubber 1.7m wide (enough to cover all of the carpet sides) x 2m long (enough to cover the seat backs and give me a 40cm flap to drop down and protect the bumper).

I then cut several short lengths of 3mm bungee to go through some 5mm holes in the liner, there is a bungee going round each headrest which holds the liner in place behind the seats and another 3 bungees per side on going to the hooks:

I did not cut the front corners, I just put a fold in each corner, this enables the liner to be water tight and also allows me to use the liner when the rear seats are folded flat:

Finally I can fold the bumper protection up and bungee it to the fold down hooks making the rear of the liner watertight also:

The cost for the rubber sheet was £30, I already had the bungee, but that was IIRC only a couple of quid on eBay.

Edited 28 June, 201114 yr by Gizmo68

Here are a few photo's showing my home made rubber bootliner it was made from a sheet of 1.5mm rubber 1.7m wide (enough to cover all of the carpet sides) x 2m long (enough to cover the seat backs and give me a 40cm flap to drop down and protect the bumper).

I then cut several short lengths of 3mm bungee to go through some 5mm holes in the liner, there is a bungee going round each headrest which holds the liner in place behind the seats and another 3 bungees per side on going to the hooks:

I did not cut the front corners, I just put a fold in each corner, this enables the liner to be water tight and also allows me to use the liner when the rear seats are folded flat:

Finally I can fold the bumper protection up and bungee it to the fold down hooks making the rear of the liner watertight also:

The cost for the rubber sheet was £30, I already had the bungee, but that was IIRC only a couple of quid on eBay.

Nice one - thanks for the pics. I expect it will work well.

That's great! Thanks for the info, I think that's the way I'll go for our Roomster.

That looks pretty bloody decent for a DIY job mate! Well done

Hope it serves you well.

Steve

Here are a few photo's showing my home made rubber bootliner it was made from a sheet of 1.5mm rubber 1.7m wide (enough to cover all of the carpet sides) x 2m long (enough to cover the seat backs and give me a 40cm flap to drop down and protect the bumper).

Ingenious solution! Love it.

Johann (above) showed us this on the Yeti forum. It's a great job, well done and I could certainly use something similar in mine - can I ask where you managed to source the rubber sheet?

Thanks

Thanks for the kind words guys

I bought the rubber from this eBay seller he claims to be the only one selling it it 1.7m widths (sure enough I couldn't find anyone else) he also does it in different lengths, but I imagine most people would need best part of 2m anyway, it is not completely odourless, but I would say it is no worse than any other rubber bootliner I have seen.

Thanks so much for that information. I am going to just have a final hunt round to be sure there's nothing ready made for other cars that I can adapt - and then pay your 'rubber-man an on-line visit! Much obliged.

Roger

Just emailed the ebay seller Giz, am going your route, its the only sensible option.

I dive too as well as mountainbike and kitesurf and also have a big dog so want to hang the flap out the back as he gets in/out. Need water proof, sand proof, the whole 9 yards!

Good tip mate.

Dave

Just received the reply pasted in from Hatchbag.

Could be a slightly cheaper option than "Over The Top"

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Thank you for your enquiry.

We are due to pattern the Superb Estate early next month.

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