Here's a cheap way to obtain front, rubber mats that are made to fit every
curve of your Vanagon.

I scored a complete set of rubber flooring out of a 1981 Vanagon in a junk
yard. It covers the the entire front floor & auto trans cover. It has a
strip for the center aisle too. There is  also has a lip, all the way around
which can keep water on the mats.

I took the center mat, and cut it down the center, and made two front mats
out of the one main one. I also kept the center aisle mat. It fit's over my
carpet perfectly, and I can even anchor it on the metal firewall below the
dash.

Total cost was $5 bux, and it is all technically, VW OEM. Cheap, and it
works.

Check out your local wrecking yards.

Good luck,

dave :)
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dave bowers
Portland, Oregon
1986 Westy "HMS Beagle"
http://www.dave-bowers.com/vw