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Join Date: May 2002
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New Carpet installed
I installed the carpet saturday. The kit I used was made by Custom Auto Carpets Inc. When I first took it out of the box it was pretty wadded up, but after a couple hours in the warm desert sun it smoothed right out. The fit was excellent, and the overall quality was better than I anticipated. I was surprised that the front area had dense padding that was about a half inch thick. For sound deadening under the carpet I used a prduct similar to bituthane. It's an adhesive backed weatherproofing material. I hope I never have to remove it because that stuff is really stuck. I bought it at home depot. Twenty bucks for a 12X36" roll. There was plenty to do the floor, most of it double thick. It might not be as effective as Dynamat or similar products, but the price was definatly right. Between the carpet, and the sticky black stuff it really quieted things down. It's like driving a different truck with everything I've done in the last couple weeks. Next weekend I plan on building a console, and carpeting the kick panels. I went to the carwash this morning to vacuum it out and clean things up, but couldn't stop there and ended up detailing the whole dang truck.
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Nice, you do have a very nice clean truck. I like the idea of using the weatherproofing material for insulation, did it make that big of a difference? I am at that crossroads of what to use, brown bread and dynamat come to mind, but they are quite a bit of money. And I am all for saving money
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that looks nice and very cool shifter
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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quick question what size are those speakers in your door and like what model how deep are they? I wanna put some in my doors
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Nice carpet kit even nicer truck...
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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^ yea very nice... your shifter gets thumbs up also... very trick looking
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Cool man, reupholster the seats and that truck looks like it's done!
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Thanks guys for the compliments.. It's taking shape fast.. I'm diggin' it!
shifty; The seats are definatly in the plans. I'm not sure what color I'm going to use yet. striker; The Speakers are just some Pioneers I'm not sure what model. There's plenty room down there. You shouldn't have to worry about clearance. 67shorty; Before I installed it I drummed on the floorboard with my hand so I could compare it afterwards. It made a big difference.
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Looks real good
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Killer progress, man!
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Looks Sharp .. Do you mind me asking how much the carpet kit was ??
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Looks Great! I must also say that would be the coolest shifter I've seen yet. And what are those seats out of?
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1STtime; The seats are from a mid eightys olds wagon. The covers are from the swap meet...
71-longbed; The carpet was $140 I bought it locally at Tuckers. kaycee; I can't remember what the brand name was on the package, but you'll find it in the roofing materials section. It's used for flashing skylights and similar applications. shifty; I'm really leaning towards white vinyl on the seats. dark colored seats get smokin' hot out here in the summertime.
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"Any idea on when you plan to do the seats?"
Soon I hope I kinda blew my budget when my clutch went out today.
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Looks real good. Too bad about the clutch.
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