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Dave
| | Posted on Friday, August 02, 2002 - 01:11 pm: | 
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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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