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Again, thanks!

Best,

Doyle

Did you manage to get any idea of any difference in sound deadening between the two?

Looks pretty good, BTW. The seats really made a big difference.

Kris,
First of all you've done a great job, it looks unreal. Just wondering as l now want to do mine as well, l pulled up my carpet to find some surface rust, do you recon l can just rust convert it, paint it and then just follow the procedure you did or would there be more to it( only surface rust evident nothing serious) Cheers mate Gerry

it's kind of hard to tell a difference since 99.9% of the time i drive the top is off, but it did seem more quite to my ears during the non-scientific tests i did.

ya, the seats set it off. thanks.



if it is just surface rust and not any holes i think you should be fine. i would grind/sand off as much as i can, thouroughly wash and dry the area and then finish with some por15 on top. then proceed as normal and i think you should be ok.

remember, if you see rust somewhere there is a good chance it is below what you are seeing as well. rust almost never starts in the middle of a wide open space.

I ordered the Sliverknit carpet set from AppBiz, and considering a DIY. I see that the 3M 74 foam is what you recommend- thank you.

If I am not planning to put down any sound deadening/ insullation, is it necessary to strip all the gunk off where the old carpet was? Why can't I just take out the old, and lay in the new? Is the old adhesive an issue that would prevent the new adhesive from doing it's job?
Thanks!
CATTMAN

yes you should remove as much of the old adhesive as possible. just like most jobs in life, if the prep work is done poorly the end result will not be as good. you can use the stuff i did, which is available at home depot, and makes life easier. just paint it on and come back a few hours later (or overnight if you like) and wipe it off. then just give the surface a good wash with water and let it dry.

The inside of that car looks like a chocolate dream. :-) Very nice, detailed work...

I wish I could pull-off having a sub enclosure in mine. My exhaust is so loud and "bassy" most of the time I couldnt hear the woofers if I tried. :D

Looks great!

-scott

thanks. it's really not that hard to do something small like a footwell enclosure, and you will only need a single 8" sub and maybe 200 watts rms. feel free to pm me if you want some more info.

How'd that sub work out? I plan on installing something very similar in my car. Just a modest sub that's large enough to create a flat surface for luggage or a dog to sit on. Measurements, etc?

Edit: Crap. I resurrected a 5-year-old thread.

the subs worked great, but the average user could easily get away with just one of them. with the sub being in the cabin the output is much more than a conventional trunk mounted setup.

i am an audiophile and tend to build systems that most think are overkill (and overspent as well) but once you get into this the slope is just as slippery as owning an old 911. the last system i built had 11 speakers, 3 amps, 1 processor, miles of wire ranging from 14 to 0 gauge and several hundreds of dollars worth of noise control - and that was for a 2012 ford fusion :)

Does someone build them or did you do it yourself? I won't have seats in the back of my car, and I figure, if I need to buy/build something to get the flat shelf, it might as well do something useful...

i built it. sorry i don't have measurements, it was a one-off.

I did a sunroof delete on my backdate project, my question is would you advise putting the damplifier pro on the roof panel? will I have any problems ie delaminating, later on? any suggestions on what to do up there.

Thanks
Dave

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1451887230.jpg

yes, definable apply it to the sunroof panel and as much of the ceiling as you can - it's a giant piece of flat metal). so long as the ambient temp is ok and you get a good seal with as little air possible, if any at all, you will be fine.