Finished!!!!!
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Finished!!!!!
After nine (9) weeks and over two hundred (200) hours of work my project is FINISHED and I drove the car today.
Stripped out the interior, put down BQuiet stick mat, foil thermal layer and new matting. Cleaned and painted all the carpet installed new weather strip and she's done.
What a frikken job! And after all that NO PICTURES! I was so into the "work" I forgot to take pictures! Dow!
Seriously, after all that work and expense when I took for a drive I couldn't notice any difference in the sound level! So much for advertising hype eh!
But I sure did learn alot about myself and about my car. I am a keener and I ain't no quiter! ( what's the options once you tear it apart?)
Keep on keepin' on Dudes.
Stripped out the interior, put down BQuiet stick mat, foil thermal layer and new matting. Cleaned and painted all the carpet installed new weather strip and she's done.
What a frikken job! And after all that NO PICTURES! I was so into the "work" I forgot to take pictures! Dow!
Seriously, after all that work and expense when I took for a drive I couldn't notice any difference in the sound level! So much for advertising hype eh!
But I sure did learn alot about myself and about my car. I am a keener and I ain't no quiter! ( what's the options once you tear it apart?)
Keep on keepin' on Dudes.
Melting Slicks
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From: Bay Shore, NY
I have the Mid-America dye in the spray cans and I'm looking to do my carpets as well. It works great on the vinyl and plastic pieces. Just a little leary about painting carpet.
Racer
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From: Kingsland GA
If you really want to make a sound level difference, go with dynomat extreme. I used it on a 98 Nissan Frontier and it made a huge difference. If you don't care about the added weight and cost, go with two layers. It is an aluminum backed tar roll that peels and sticks. Its not the lightest, but most lightweight sound deadeners are just gimmicks. When I get the time, I am putting at least one layer down in my 90. You can also finess a layer onto the back of the door panels for even more quieting. Getting it on the firewall will be the real challenge.
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I put down two layers of Home Depot foiled thermo layer to help the noise and the heat coming through the floor board. Didn't help much with the noise but it did help with the heat. The most noticeable thing I did for noise was to put in a headliner in the glass roof panel. That helped with sun heat too.
Melting Slicks
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From: KB7TIF Ville NV
Sounds like so work, its rewarding venture.
I purchased a 95 very that was in a texas flood. Sight unseen which i regretted. but its pretty much done now except the insulation/carpet.
I have 1 up on you as i had to use a high speed steel wheel and about 1 hr of grinding to get all the old paint/sealer off.
Resealed/painted the floor ect- was waiting to get the new insulation
I purchased a 95 very that was in a texas flood. Sight unseen which i regretted. but its pretty much done now except the insulation/carpet.
I have 1 up on you as i had to use a high speed steel wheel and about 1 hr of grinding to get all the old paint/sealer off.
Resealed/painted the floor ect- was waiting to get the new insulation