Cleaner lines. New textiles. The same obsession with getting it right.

We designed the original Matz. Not inspired by. Not adapted from. Designed, tested, and hand-sewn right here in North Vancouver, because we couldn't find a Sprinter floor mat worth putting in the vans we build.

That philosophy hasn't changed. What has changed is everything else.

Why We Made Them

We endorse what we use. Every Nomad Vanz product earns its place through real use in real builds. The Matz were born out of our own custom Sprinter conversions — first appearing in our showcase build Out of the Blue — and they've been a staple in our shop ever since.

This update exists because we kept building, kept driving, and kept finding ways to make them better.

A Complete Rethink, Not a Continuation

The new generation of Nomad Vanz Matz isn't a minor update. It's a full reconsideration of every detail that makes a premium Sprinter floor mat worth owning — the textile, the backing, the edge construction, and the overall aesthetic language. Each decision was made deliberately, and each one took longer to get right than the previous version would have required. That's intentional. Easy isn't the goal.

Chilewich Link: Barley and Meteor

The most immediately visible change is the textile.

The new Matz is upholstered in Chilewich's Link weave — available in two colorways: Barley and Meteor. Chilewich is an American textile company whose materials appear in hotels, flagship retail environments, and architecture firms that treat surface selection as seriously as structural decisions. Their Link weave is a small-scale geometric pattern with a quiet, intricate surface — neither plain nor loud. It reads as restrained and considered, which is exactly the register the Matz is designed to occupy inside a well-built Sprinter.

Both colorways are woven from TerraStrand yarns — a proprietary fiber with 20% renewable vegetable content, free of phthalates and heavy metals, and built to withstand the kind of daily punishment that adventure van interiors absorb: wet boots, heavy loads, grit, and years of hard use.

Barley is a warm, architectural neutral — a natural tone that sits easily alongside wood and leather interiors, bringing a considered, residential quality to the front of the van.

Meteor is a deep, grounded tone for those who prefer a darker, more monochromatic interior. It absorbs the inevitable trail dust while holding a composed, sophisticated character across the floor.

The material doesn't just look better than what came before. It cleans easily, resists moisture, and is inherently antimicrobial. For a surface that lives at the threshold between the outside world and the space you've invested in building, that matters.

The Edge: Where the Real Work Happened

If you owned the original Matz, you know its character. You also know its one vulnerability: the edge binding. Visible, raised, and over time, prone to catching on boots and heels in the constant cycle of entry and exit that defines how a working van actually gets used.

The new Matz solves this definitively.

The binding has been moved entirely to the underside. The top surface of the mat is now flush — clean, uninterrupted, with no visible black edging breaking the profile. The result is a mat that looks like it belongs in the van, not one that was installed in it. It reads as part of the interior rather than an accessory sitting on top of it.

This is a modernist design decision: the construction disappears so the material can speak. It's a Nomad Vanz aesthetic applied to a product category where that kind of thinking rarely reaches.

It's also worth being direct about something: this construction method is harder to execute than what it replaced. The underside binding requires greater precision in the hand-sewing process, more care at every stage of production, and a higher margin for error that our team absorbs rather than routes around. The finished mat is more refined precisely because it demanded more from us to make it. That's not a footnote — it's the point.

New Backing

The updated Matz also features new backing construction, improving how the mat sits against the Sprinter's factory flooring — staying flat, staying in position, and integrating cleanly with the surface beneath it.

Specs at a Glance

Built Here. Tested Here. Trusted Here.

Nomad Vanz has been designing and building premium Sprinter conversions since 2014. The Matz are one piece of that commitment — floor mats we stand behind because we use them ourselves, in every build we've put our name on.

The new generation raises the bar we originally set. That's a harder thing to do than starting from scratch, and it's the version we're proud to bring to market.