Mercedes Sprinter: Flooring

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A high quality upfit generally means replacing the stock flooring, which is 5/8" thick and lacks thermal or sound insulation.

A replacement high quality flooring consists of:

• Cork subfloor for thermal and noise insulation against the metal floor. Cork is mold and rot resistant.
• Marine grade plywood 3/4" base over the cork subfloor.
• Finished floor over the plywood.

Options for the finished floor over the plywood layer include products like Lonseal:

• LONWOOD DAKOTA Topseal in all sort of wood grains and colors from dark to light;
• LONWOOD MADERA Topseal in various imitation wood colors;
• LONZEBRA Topseal in striated wood patterns.
• Loncoin II flecks with coin surface embossing.

Examples of LONWOOD 'Dakota' topseal flooring

Examples of LONWOOD 'Loncoin II Flecks' flooring

Two examples of LONWOOD 'Lonzebra Topseal' flooring

What I chose

I ultimately chose the Lonseal Loncoin II Flecks, Color 150, Onyx, shown below in sunlight.

Vinyl flooring gets hot in sunlight (e.g., van door left open and sun intrudes)—this is a significant negative.

Lonseal Loncoin II Flecks, Color 150, Onyx in sunlight

Floor mats

The stock Mercedes floor mats do a good job of covering the driver and passenger area including the middle floor area. There are probably better options out there trap loose dirt and stones better (which I regularly track into the van), but these mats are a big improvement over letting the carpet be dirtied and not particularly expensive.

Lonseal Loncoin II Flecks, Color 150, Onyx in sunlight