This is a subject posted about years back, by a Canadian Fit owner on another forum. I'm writing of it again to update materials and modifications in my implementation.

I wanted to line the rear area of my Fit so it was fully protected against wear and spills with the seats folded flat. I purchased a 4' x 6' rubber backed "floor mat" with indoor/outdoor like material on the top side, from Lowes.

This fit almost perfectly, but a bit too long, with my seats folded flat. I punched 3/4" holes an inch back from the edge of the mat, for the 6 headrest posts to fit through. Note the center headrest is not truly centered...it is offset to the left of center, and its posts are closer together than those of the left and right headrests.

I started by measuring the width and determining the true center of the seats, and also the true center of the mat. I saw the right post of the center headrest was maybe .5 - 1" right of the true seat center...so I punched my first hole in the mat .5- 1" right of the mat's center. The remaining 5 holes were determined by measuring post-to-post distances and punching holes accordingly.

After much searching I had sourced grommets from eBay, but couldn't find an anvil sized correctly to securely fasten the grommets and their washers for a reasonable price...so I ended up not using grommets on the holes. This is working ok on the two left headrests, but the holes under the rightmost headrest have torn. oops. I plan on getting some stiff plastic or thin metal to wrap around the edge of the mat and punch for the headrest posts...eventually.

With the mat holes inserted on all 6 headrest posts, I extended it flat on the floor to the back of the car and went to work trimming the sides to match the contour of the sides of the cargo area...I did NOT shorten the mat at the rear, although I trimmed it to the width of the rear hatch. It extends about a foot over the hatch/bumper area. I also slit the mat along the separation of the two seatbacks, so either can be folded down while the other is upright. I tried vaiouas knives and heavy shears for the trimming, found a disposable razor knife worked best. I also made a notch where the metal bar connects with the seatbacks.

I have used this setup for a couple of weeks, and on two camping trips in which I slept in the back of the car. I take a wheelchair with me on the camping trips, as it makes a fine camping chair for me, whereas I might have difficulty with a traditional camping chair or picnic bench.

I have a standard Honda "bumper protector" that I bought and applied myself, but it doesn't protect very much. When I'm putting the wheelchair in, or taking it out, I allow the rear extra mat to drape thru the opening and over the bumper. I have put the wheelchair into and out of the car a half dozen times, one handed. So it tends to bounce around a bit while I manhandle it. The extra mat works perfectly, not a mar or scratch to be seen. When I'm shutting the hatch I just put the extra length of mat inside the back.

I am quite pleased with this. When the seats are upright there is extra mat bulging between the seatback and the flat cargo area floor, but I can live with that. When the seats are flat the grey mat looks like it could be OEM. The only flaw are the torn unprotected headrest holes on the right side of the mat, causing it to fall away from the headrest and pile on the cargo area. This should take care of itself when I fabricate some extra support on the mat edge, so it will be held buy the headrest posts.

The other posting I saw about this, from a few years ago on another forum, went into more details about measuring, putting the indoor/outdoor carpet he used under various brackets, etc. But his parts, such as an indoor outdoor carpet from Home Depot in Canada, were not found online or at my northern CA Home Depot stores. And he had fully trimmed his carpet so it did not extend out the back for extra bumper loading protection.

I am quite pleased with this setup...its not perfect, but really works well for me.

Paul H