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Dave
Posted on Friday, August 02, 2002 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Has anyone replaced the carpet with something that doesn't hold moisture?
If so, what have you used, and how have you used it?

Thanks.
 

Troy
Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 06:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I'm slowly acquiring rubber pieces from the soft-tops and replacing my carpet pieces with that. So, if anyone wants to trade some rubber pieces for carpet pieces ... let me know, I have a couple left 8^}

Rhino-line, also-
Troy
 

marty amedeo (Marty)
Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Rip it all out and paint on some Herculiner and then just replace the rubber mats.
 

Just Me
Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 04:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Just for the heck of it, this is what I did:

I took out the carpet almost immediately after I bought my 97 SW. My goals were increased sound deadening as well as replacement with something tougher. I also removed (permanently) the jump seats, which I felt would very rarely be used, took up a lot of space, and were a serious hazzard due to the obstruction of vision.

I went to a carpet store and bought two types of carpet padding. One was a fiberous material (mildew proof) and one was a very heavy foam rubber backed on one side with strands of what looked like nylon twine material. I also went to a hardware store and bought some super heavy duty black rubber floor runner material. On the lower floor area, I put down first the fiberous material and then the foam material. On the sides (all the way up to the window trim), I put the fiber material. I then added the rubber runner material on top of everything. At the rear door area, I found a thick rubber trim piece to affix. I used a combination of liquid nails, double-sided carpet tape, and 3M heavy duty spray adhesive (which worked very well!), depending on the area. Finally, I got some stainless steel eye-hooks, which I screwed into the window-trim areas where the seat backs were fixed. After it was all done, it looked almost as if it were stock and was very quiet.

I became a bit obsessed with reducing noise, as I routinely made very long trips in it and have some hearing issues. So, I also put this sort of stuff under the roof-liner in the front cab area, around the transmission hump and inside the front doors. For the fire-wall area, I used extremely heavy rubber faced with strong aluminum foil (obtained at a boating supply store). The noise was drastically improved, though nothing will make a Defender a quiet vehicle. The re-lined load space took all kinds of abuse and never gave me any problems.

Cheers!

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