Under Carpet Insulation

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So, I leave on the 14th of October to get married in Maui and the fiance (turned wife) and I leave the 80 at the local airport parking facility and I always have it valet serviced. So, on the 27th when we get back to Memphis, wife states "crap the passenger window is cracked open". Leave it to the valet folks to not ensure the windows are closed prior to parking said vehicle. Of course, my fault as well for not rolling the windows all the way up before exiting the vehicle. Usually not a problem when it is parked under my building but, when it is parked out in the open in October in Memphis...you get a bit of water in the vehicle. So, I spent the entire day today drying out the vehicle and sucking out (via the ol' Shop Vac) a half gallon of water from the passenger floorboard and carpeting. So, I had to take the truck apart to get the carpet up and dried out and in the process the insulation gets destroyed. Apparently they used some sort of double-stick insulation under the carpeting??? What is the best thing to replace the insulation with??? I was also thinking of gutting the entire cabine and having it sprayed with Line-X or something like that and then just leaving it be - no carpet or anything. Albeit, I imagine it will be a little louder. Any ideas out there or should I just buy some loose insulation and lay it under the carpet??? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'll make this a two-parter while I am at it. This forum and the expertise and knowledge of the members is absolutely awesome. I have been somewhat working on my truck since I bought it in July and ih8mud.com is my shop/improvement manual. Thanks guys...especially CruiserDan, Robbie, Romer, etc. for all the posts and information. Sorry for the length of this post.
 
since you have the carpet up, put down a grip of dynamat all over. It will dramaticaly reduce noise.
You can empty it out and just line-x it, I've seen that (AMMO) and it's pretty cool- kinda hardcore, but his rig is crazy so it fits
 
You could go to secondskinaudio.com. They have a dynamat alternative and they just introduced a combo heat reflector/sound deadening product that uses material similar to the original jute. I have no affiliation with site; the only reason I'm plugging it is that I'm getting ready to use this stuff in mine.
 
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