Carpet insulation ideas

[cobshane]

Im looking for carpet insulation that does a good job of eliminating some road noise as well as keeps the bronco cool/ warm, depending on season. I see there some products out there bronco specific. I have a feeling you can get the same material somewhere cheaper and just cut it out yourself. Anyone have some ideas.

[cobshane]

That's exactly what I was lookin for. Cool thanks.

[cobshane]

Taaaadaaaa!
Still need to do some water proofing on the drivers side before lay it down.

[Moab Mike]

Nice work Shane!

[Rox Crusher]

man, yoiu don't mess around

looks great

[Entourage]

Nice! I see you even did the doors. You don't mess around.

[cobshane]

Nice! I see you even did the doors. You don't mess around.

The doors are diamond plate. I does look like it though.
But now I'm tempted to do the door panels

Yeah you can't beat this at $15 a roll, good call Dan

[ZOSO]

Thats the stuff Im gonna use all over. I plan to do the insides of the doors and top as well.

[landshark]

you guys have any problems getting the carpet hold down screws through the material?

[Dukietown]

Any concerns with water if you run without the top on? I was thinking of doing something like this but worried it wouldn't last long through a couple of rainy days.

[hockeydad4-22]

Any concerns with water if you run without the top on? I was thinking of doing something like this but worried it wouldn't last long through a couple of rainy days.

Nope, shouldnt have any issues. It is basically made out of bubble wrap and coated with a plastic reflective coating. Might hold water if it gets underneath tho.

If you are concerned about water causing and issue somewhere down the road, put a layer of ice and water shield roofing membrane down first. It is adheasive, self sealing when you run a screw through it and will do a lot to cut down on road noise by itself. A roll which would be enough to do do the floors and under the headliner of at least 4 broncos will cost around $100 at home depot if you can not get a few free scraps from a roofer working in the neighborhood for free. That is exactly what we did for Daniels mustang. An amazing difference in both sound and thermal performance.

[Justin]

Has anyone tried this stuff out in place of the factory firewall insulation? Mine is falling apart and I'm wondering if this would be a cheap way to replace it.

[Entourage]

Did you guys use one roll or two rolls of the metallic insulation? Did you get special duct tape?

[landshark]

you know what i have some thermal foil tape if you need some.. My wife works for a materials/tape company that supplies Lockheed, boeing and ULA.. the tape is used in thermal applications for aircraft and space stuff.. so should be pretty good. I will have the see how much i have but i can get more.. it should stick pretty well without peeling up and it should seal the insulation pretty good without getting all gooey and stuff

[Entourage]

Cool - I will hit Lowe's at lunch today. I am doing the carpet install this weekend so I will post up pics of the insulation and (Landshark) carpet install. I was not going to add carpet to my Bronco when it I thought I had to buy a $150.00 insulation kit. Thanks a ton for posting up this cheaper alternative.

[cobshane]

I am still in the process of water proofing my firewall. All the sealing adhesive or caulking was melted away when the my bronco was burnt to a crisp. Having to yank everything off the firewall to lay a good bead on all the crevices. Not going to spend a bunch of money on carpet for it to be ruined in a year.
Bad part is I was welding up the hole for the clutch rod I end up melting my nylon clutch line
On my clutch setup there's no bleed screw and its a bitch to get bleed out. You have to get a complete master, slave, reservoir, and line assembly all pre bled from dodge. $230 later. Damn you mopar!
Make sure you look on the other of what your welding. It could have been worse.