Need Firewall Insulation
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Le Mans Master
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From: Seattle Area WA
Need Firewall Insulation
What is better to use for new firewall insulation. The factory rug type has been chewed to s**t by mice and nasty rodents. Besides the rug being about $250 new, would something like Dynomat be a better alternative? Anyone else have to replace this during their restoration?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by Scott Marzahl
What is better to use for new firewall insulation. The factory rug type has been chewed to s**t by mice and nasty rodents. Besides the rug being about $250 new, would something like Dynomat be a better alternative? Anyone else have to replace this during their restoration?
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Le Mans Master
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From: I can walk to MA
Just paid $173 for my carpet set from Wilcox (with jute pad).
However, this doesn't come with the rubber backed jute that the
factory put on the firewall.
I live in the cooler section of the country, so for my firewall, I only used
the self-adhesive Frost-king duct insulation (1/8" thick foam with foil backing).
However, this doesn't come with the rubber backed jute that the
factory put on the firewall.
I live in the cooler section of the country, so for my firewall, I only used
the self-adhesive Frost-king duct insulation (1/8" thick foam with foil backing).
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
I used Cool-it (basicly the same as dynomat, fat mat, etc) backed up by Reflectix. Be sure to liberally use the Reflectix metal tape. (Look in the AC section of HD or Lowes, generic metal tape is cheaper than Reflectix brand).
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Melting Slicks
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From: Salinas Ca.
Here is a pic of Dynamat Extream... We installed it on every square inch of the interior. On top of that (in the rear) is Jute. In on front we layed Lytherm Max.
http://www.coolandquiet.com/products_detail.cfm?PID=1 Kind of pricie, but very nice...no heat what so ever... Oh, and the second pic is Zero Clearance which we installed on the outside...
(same website) Kool & Quiet 
http://www.coolandquiet.com/products_detail.cfm?PID=1 Kind of pricie, but very nice...no heat what so ever... Oh, and the second pic is Zero Clearance which we installed on the outside...
(same website) Kool & Quiet
