I do like his Accessories that he has developed and made for buggy's. I use a lot of them on my buggy builds and have discovered they are also made of high quality materials, stand up to the task and have made my buggy's more fun.
Bud asked me about my floor mats I had Tom (owner of TJ Kustoms) custom make for my Puzzle Manx. So, I thought I would show some of his products, tips on how to get custom things made with Tom and other tid-bits.
Like about 1/2 of the buggy owners, I thrash around a lot with my buggy, mud, sand, rain, general dirt and like to have removable and washable floor mats. I have used safety walkway diamond plate style rubber and cut my own before, and it works, but not much flair and a lot of people think I built my buggy out of diamond plate steel. "Bet that floor is heavy!" No way your going to dent that diamond plate".
So, I wanted something different, but not the typical Beetle floor mat with the Lady Bug beetle embossed on it, especially the one that is colored rubber. I built a unique buggy and I wanted something on the classy side, but durable because I am a slob, (still finding ECVW '14 sunflower hulls in my buggy). I turned to Tom to see what he could do. He had just recently gotten the stitching equipment to bind the out side edges of thick quality floor matting material.
So, I sent him a pattern of my custom floor, (I will make the obvious statement, anything one-off custom will cost more than just a generic fitting item, but, the look is worth the little extra).
A couple phone calls later, to make sure he is getting me exactly what I want and will fit properly, I get these in the mail.
They fit my Hand Built Tube chassis like a factory made floor mat in a Caddy, like I made them myself, (but I cannot make those). The stock is a high quality floor mat material with micro spikes on the back side, thick pile carpet on the top side, fully washable and custom fit around the foot rest for the passenger, a heal pad for the peddle area that has high wear.
This is just pulled out of the buggy after driving to MOTB, a week running around there, driving home, a off road run in the dirt/mud here in WV, several "caught in the rain" events and a Christmas parade. Vacuumed them and look as good as new.
Here you can see it laying over top of the pattern I set to Tom. Just the sharp square corners can be seen.
I picked the grey to match my roll cage and seats, but Tom carries several other different colors.
