should i remove my carpet?
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From: Northern Alberta
Year: 1995
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From: Britian
Year: 1993 / 1998
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- I know what you mean. I found a few things I didnt like, but luckily nothing structural.. no major rust or anything. Mostly I found little dead furry critters. The farmer obviously wasnt in the habit of rolling his jeep windows up on the summer nights.. it was his daily workhorse around the farm, and he just stuck in an old barn at night.. jeep was like a rolling petting zoo.!
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From: lawrenceville,ga
Year: 1998
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From: Britian
Year: 1993 / 1998
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ive got mine rhinoed and the noise isn't so bad but the heat sucks pretty bad ive been think bout useing that lizard skin on the trans tunnel and front floor boards but i do like it better w/o the carpet as mine was nasty and stinking to lol
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you did the job right and took every peice of trim off!. I wish Id done that, cause now im noticing little bits of superficial rust under some of my trim edges.. could have gotten that taken care of if id been a bit more thorough in the first place. Nice steering wheel by the way.. it looks different from the one I have on my 93.. is it stock?.
yea its stock it use to have a different horn button thou i grabed that one at the jy cause it looked better than mine idk what year it came out of thou and i pulled out all the plastics to paint them as they were just as nasty as the carpet
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Year: 1993 / 1998
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http://www.pgh-offroad.com/forum/sho...leum-Bed-Liner
http://www.landroverforums.com/forum...ad.php?t=33526
Im going to redo mine again in the summer and Im seriously considering the rustoleum..
Try putting down a layer of lizard skin, then painting over it with bedliner. It is expensive, but it will cut down on noise and help with insulation.
http://www.lizardskin.com/lizard_skin/street_rods.php
http://www.lizardskin.com/lizard_skin/street_rods.php
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From: Britian
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Try putting down a layer of lizard skin, then painting over it with bedliner. It is expensive, but it will cut down on noise and help with insulation.
http://www.lizardskin.com/lizard_skin/street_rods.php
http://www.lizardskin.com/lizard_skin/street_rods.php
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No carpet sucks. I ran mine for a while without it. Hotter than hell, louder than hell. I recently pulled some nice used from a yard and put carpet back in it. Last trip was much nicer/quieter. Makes a TON of difference on the freeway, no carpet = no bueno in my book.
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I WOULD NOT do it as well.
My carpet was kinda nasty, and after reading, I decided to pull it because a lot of guys said it was fine. I did 5 coats on high heat/traffic areas, 3 on the rest. You can see it on my build thread.
It looked good, but it SUCKED. The noise was bearable, but the heat was terrible. I HATED driving my rig. I did not like taking my wife and son anywhere, because it was so hot. Sure it was easy to clean out, but I never got it wet enough to justify the daily heat. I put a shield around the muffler, but it was still hot around the tranny tunnel.
If your carpet is that bad, order the front half on ebay for about $130 shipped. That is what I did and it was much much better.
My carpet was kinda nasty, and after reading, I decided to pull it because a lot of guys said it was fine. I did 5 coats on high heat/traffic areas, 3 on the rest. You can see it on my build thread.
It looked good, but it SUCKED. The noise was bearable, but the heat was terrible. I HATED driving my rig. I did not like taking my wife and son anywhere, because it was so hot. Sure it was easy to clean out, but I never got it wet enough to justify the daily heat. I put a shield around the muffler, but it was still hot around the tranny tunnel.
If your carpet is that bad, order the front half on ebay for about $130 shipped. That is what I did and it was much much better.



