Day: February 23, 2022

2022 Ford Maverick DIY Bed Mat

Written: February 23, 2022

  • Cost: $22
  • Time: 1 hour or so
  • I decided to install a DIY floor bed mat in lieu of an official Ford Bed Mat ($140!) or another aftermarket one, because I’d already spent way too much money on this truck.
  • Bought gym mat foam flooring with which I have much experience over the years doing craft projects, in the home gym, and using in the back of my Outback for the dogs, pavers, plants, etc. They are tough yet cushy. Easy to clean. Easy to replace. Affordable.
  • Other supplies: Sharpie, Strong Scissors (this type of foam will kill scissors)

Tips

  • I decided to use the edging pieces as edge guards, but you don’t have to and could just cut the nubs off.
  • Since the pieces don’t fit 100%, I just traced the locking nubs to make my own interlock so that they would be more secure-fit.
  • Your choice to add tape on the underside or even glue them together
  • If you use the floor anchors, don’t forget to cut out the foam around it. I decided not to use mine.
  • Sadly, I forgot about the interlocking thing towards the tailgate, but I don’t feel like doing it again.
  • For a cleaner look, use the Sharpie on the underside of the foam pieces
  • Adhering the pieces together will prevent them from coming apart easily. You can use rubber cement or other adhesives to achieve this
  • If you get Sharpie in unwanted places, use rubbing alcohol
  • This isn’t really a tip, but I just wanted to mention that placing this foam down makes sitting or kneeling or standing in the bed much nicer on the butt and back and hands. Warmer, too.
Heavy Duty Scissors
Interlocking foam flooring
Don’t quite fit
Turned the edges up
Snip off the nubs for flusher fit
Drawing marks to cut
Tracing interlocking portion
Cutting out interlocking portion
End Result!
See the non-interlocking pieces. Oops.
Was able to mold around arches
🙂

In Use

I have decided that the bed mat will not be temporary and that I am so glad I decided to use the gym mat foam. Loaded up some soil and other things from a home improvement place. They’re easy to slide things back and forth on and I don’t have to worry about scratches or dirt or water. I really like this option. As a side note, the anterior wood divider fits perfectly longways in the bed.

Only halfway filled up!
4 new tires just fit
Even under the tonneau cover!

Alpine S-S65 for 2022 Ford Maverick

I mentioned before that I bought the cheapest option truck because I care mostly about the hybrid and the ability to DIY stuff. Well. The sound system is definitely cheap. TOO cheap, in fact. It sounds absolutely terrible and I got tired of it, so I decided to buy new ones.

Now, this is neither a guide nor gallery of process photos like I normally do, because I did not install it. There are plenty of videos on YouTube to view if you are curious.

All I can say is, WOW, it sounds so much better, so if you are on the fence about upgrading your speakers for your Maverick, do it!

These are factory speakers. They cost $27 from Ford
Apparently small magnets mean cheap in speakers and this is SMALL.

For those of us who don’t want to deal with amps and soldering, etc, for this car, just do the front door speakers. My base XL came with 6 speakers: 2 tweeters in the dash near the windshield, 2 car door speakers, and then 2 basically tweeters in the pillars in the back. The tweeters are very small in the front and hard to work with, and worse for the back, so I opted to leave them alone and just get 2-way speakers for the door.

This is what the inside of the door looks like
This is the backside of the door trim

I ended up going to Best Buy after poking around online, so that I could hear the different audio systems that they had. Ultimately, I chose the Alpine S-S65 2-way 6-1/2″ speakers.

Items Needed: Speakers, Metra speaker wiring harness adapter from Crutchfield (Bronco Sport works perfectly for the Maverick which Crutchfield has nothing for yet), and Metra speaker mounting brackets.

Like night and day difference. 🙂