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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:37 AM
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I decided to install the insulation over the weekend I got from "Crazy Cowboy". First Thanks a lot for coming up with a pre-cut insulation kit Sir!!! Thanks to that, it's a very simple DIY. I've never done anything like this and look at the results. It took me a little longer to put the car together because I washed the carpeting and all the parts I took off. If your are very slow, max 2 days. It took me 4 because I had to wait for the carpeting to dry and I really took my sweet *** time to do the insulation. I found the install in the front much easier and much faster than the trunk! I didn't drive the car much since but my brother told me he thinks it's quitter than before - it's a conv. so u go and figure. my main issue was the heat from the mid console and I think I got rid of it. there was also heat coming from the mid console next to my knee and that is gone. Wau, absolutely amazing :-)

There are few pics from the unfinished trunk but the only purpose of these pics is to give somebody an idea what's the insulation about and how it looks inside.














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Originally Posted by vickvette
I decided to install the insulation over the weekend I got from "Crazy Cowboy". First Thanks a lot for coming up with a pre-cut insulation kit Sir!!! Thanks to that, it's a very simple DIY. I've never done anything like this and look at the results. It took me a little longer to put the car together because I washed the carpeting and all the parts I took off. If your are very slow, max 2 days. It took me 4 because I had to wait for the carpeting to dry and I really took my sweet *** time to do the insulation. I found the install in the front much easier and much faster than the trunk! I didn't drive the car much since but my brother told me he thinks it's quitter than before - it's a conv. so u go and figure. my main issue was the heat from the mid console and I think I got rid of it. there was also heat coming from the mid console next to my knee and that is gone. Wau, absolutely amazing :-)

There are few pics from the unfinished trunk but the only purpose of these pics is to give somebody an idea what's the insulation about and how it looks inside.














Great pics,grreeat job you want to do mine?????: lol:
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