Floor coating

[HCP2311]

I'm pulling up the carpet on this 80 because it's trashed(mold, mud and sand) I haven't cleaned the carpet yet because I'm still on the floor. Does anyone know what the liner is? Most of it is still intact and attached to the floor, but in the passenger side it isn't. I'm assuming it cracked and broke up because of heat since the exhaust is in this side.

If I decide to rhino line the interior floor should I keep the liner in the rest of the vehicle? If so should I recoat the passenger floor with whatever the liner is?

 

[CharlieS]

It is a sound deadener and heat barrier. I replaced mine with sound deadener products - both adhesive sheet and mat (and a vinyl floor).

If you want to remove it all, dry ice pellets work amazingly well. Spread it on, let it pop and crack for a few minutes, then tap it with a dead blow hammer and it will come right off.

 

[alia176]

It is a sound deadener and heat barrier. I replaced mine with sound deadener products - both adhesive sheet and mat (and a vinyl floor).

If you want to remove it all, dry ice pellets work amazingly well. Spread it on, let it pop and crack for a few minutes, then tap it with a dead blow hammer and it will come right off.

what product did you end up using? Love the tip about the dry ice and BANG!!!!

 

[CharlieS]

I had some Amazon copy of Dynamat (Ballistic Hollow Point) left over from another project, and I put a layer of Dynamat DynaPad on top of that.

 

[Azca]

Be careful which sound deadening mats you purchase. The cheaper stuff off gasses a tar smell which will take a very long time to dissipate. Dynamat is spendy, okay very spendy, but it will not off gas. I started with Kilmat which was a mistake, it is not horrible but noticeable.

 

[LandCruisinMy93]

Be careful which sound deadening mats you purchase. The cheaper stuff off gasses a tar smell which will take a very long time to dissipate. Dynamat is spendy, okay very spendy, but it will not off gas. I started with Kilmat which was a mistake, it is not horrible but noticeable.

I added kilmatt to the doors to test it. I too noticed a smell afterwards. I can only imagine it will get worse when it gets hot out. I found roadkill is pretty decent stuff. I did the entire floor in it front to back.

 

[CharlieS]

I do not notice any odors from the Ballistic Hollow Point or the DynaPad. They may have had some mild off gassing type odor during initial installation, but nothing since.

 

[alia176]

Be careful which sound deadening mats you purchase. The cheaper stuff off gasses a tar smell which will take a very long time to dissipate. Dynamat is spendy, okay very spendy, but it will not off gas. I started with Kilmat which was a mistake, it is not horrible but noticeable.

This is excellent info, thx.

 

[HCP2311]

It is a sound deadener and heat barrier. I replaced mine with sound deadener products - both adhesive sheet and mat (and a vinyl floor).

If you want to remove it all, dry ice pellets work amazingly well. Spread it on, let it pop and crack for a few minutes, then tap it with a dead blow hammer and it will come right off.

Mind telling me more about the vinyl option? I'm looking at a form fit replacement carpet for ~300 bucks and that seems pretty appealing.

I went with a rhino line on a 1st gen JKU and the floor would get unbearably hot on the interstate.

 

[CharlieS]

Mind telling me more about the vinyl option? I'm looking at a form fit replacement carpet for ~300 bucks and that seems pretty appealing.

I went with a rhino line on a 1st gen JKU and the floor would get unbearably hot on the interstate.

It is a formed vinyl floor kit from Tru Fit in Australia. The trickiest part is trimming around the shifter area, which I didn't do the way I should have (trace the cutout from the carpet that is removed). I like it a lot, but then again, mine is a weekend trip/offroad setup.

 

[HCP2311]

It is a formed vinyl floor kit from Tru Fit in Australia. The trickiest part is trimming around the shifter area, which I didn't do the way I should have (trace the cutout from the carpet that is removed). I like it a lot, but then again, mine is a weekend trip/offroad setup.

Thanks I'll check that out. Did you do cutouts for the floor drains?

 

[CharlieS]

I did not. The only holes I made were for the seat mount bolt (circle punch). Makes clean out super easy.

 

[PIP]

I've noticed that alot of people who've used bedliner products on a vehicle and keep it for awhile don't ever use bedliner products again. It looks great for a few years. Then eventually it looks terrible and there's not much you can do to fix it.

Bedliner on floorboards will make the interior significantly louder over carpet.

My daily driver Superduty carpets were done by 360K miles. I replaced the carpet with a molded vinyl floor. It was a fair bit of work to do it and make it look good, but I appreciate how well it's held up (4 years and still looks good) and the cost wasn't very much all things considered.

If you are considering spraying a bedliner product on your floors I would recommend atleast researching molded vinyl and consider the molded vinyl option affords you the opportunity to do real sound proofing with mass loaded vinyl and closed cell foam if you want it even quieter than the carpet was.