Diamond Plate?
04-30-2008, 02:01 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
Okay, I've got the front and rear floor mat set from SFR, and I love it to death, but it's got a unique diamond plate pattern on it.
My rear plate under the hatch is the standard diamond plate you see everywhere.
I want to find a place where I can buy a sheet of the stuff from the first picture, to make it all look the same.
Any help? It's called Diamond Plate of course, but some folks refer to it as Tread Plate, but I haven't found a name for this particular pattern or any place to buy it online.
My rear plate under the hatch is the standard diamond plate you see everywhere.
I want to find a place where I can buy a sheet of the stuff from the first picture, to make it all look the same.
Any help? It's called Diamond Plate of course, but some folks refer to it as Tread Plate, but I haven't found a name for this particular pattern or any place to buy it online.
04-30-2008, 02:09 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Winchester, VA
Posts: 594
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Tiburon
04-30-2008, 02:14 PM
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
I found a site with it in pictures, but no ordering information (hence the image at the top).
04-30-2008, 02:24 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Winchester, VA
Posts: 594
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Tiburon
http://www.metalsalesusa.com/tread.htm
search yahoo with "5 bar tread plate" and you will get a lot of places to buy this from
search yahoo with "5 bar tread plate" and you will get a lot of places to buy this from
04-30-2008, 03:27 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
Awesome, I just saw that myself. I'm going looking.
Haven't found a place I can just buy it from yet.
All of them that actually sell it so far are just "click here for a quote". I don't want to go through 800 quotes.
Haven't found a place I can just buy it from yet.
All of them that actually sell it so far are just "click here for a quote". I don't want to go through 800 quotes.
04-30-2008, 07:53 PM
#7
Moderator
I hate that. Just call the company. Chip manufacturers do the same thing. They all like to sell in bulk before they fire up the machines to print some mats. Ask them for a local distributor and you should be able to find some in NM.
05-21-2008, 02:20 PM
#8
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
Well, no one here that I can find has any idea of what I'm even talking about.
I have progressed a bit though.
On some sites, it's referred to as...
QUINTET
And instead of Diamond Plate, many refer to it as "treadplate" or "treadfloor".
I'm emailing a few companies now about it.
Anyone have some luck?
I have progressed a bit though.
On some sites, it's referred to as...
QUINTET
And instead of Diamond Plate, many refer to it as "treadplate" or "treadfloor".
I'm emailing a few companies now about it.
Anyone have some luck?
05-21-2008, 02:53 PM
#9
Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What's your plan for cutting it? There might be a shop in your area that specializes in sheet metal fab, who would have good (possibly local) contacts for getting the material. It might be tough to find it in a sheet size that isn't way too big, which would drive up shipping costs pretty quick.
If I needed to make a hatch plate in my area, we have a shop that does laser cutting. I'd go talk to them about getting maching material and have them cut it out too... You might be able to find a similar route there in NM.
If I needed to make a hatch plate in my area, we have a shop that does laser cutting. I'd go talk to them about getting maching material and have them cut it out too... You might be able to find a similar route there in NM.
05-21-2008, 02:55 PM
#10
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
I'd cut it with my jigsaw just like the current plate that's back there.
Like a hot knife through butter with a good blade.
I've been calling local places, but they just don't understand that there are different patterns of this stuff.
Like a hot knife through butter with a good blade.
I've been calling local places, but they just don't understand that there are different patterns of this stuff.