Carpet/rubber floor

I sw a Jeep bucket, with that bedliner coating. They punched drain holes in the floor, then did the whole inside, and underneath. Even if rust eats the whole bucket, from the inside-out, there oughta be enough rubber, to hold the windows up.

A guy I know fiberglasses the floor and up the metal kick panels it seals the sheet metal and its permenant.

Not much you can do to stop orange cancer once it has a hold the truck isn't safe it will keep rusting. Chevys seem to have the worst problem with floors and rocker panels rusting out. Ford has problems with cab corners rusting out the old 70s trucks had problems with the front cab mounts rusting off.

There really isn't much you can do to clean up the rust I guess sand the hell out of it using hand sander or flapper wheels or a noisy needle scaler.

Well, the rust is not bad, there is a few little spots of surface rust that I am going to clean up and paint. I have the rubber mat in mine, but the padding/sound stuff is well, gross to sum it up. Between a dog and the fast food that I hauled out of this thing it's nasty. I do like the rubber, but would not mind something a little thicker if I am taking the padding off the back of it. I am going to see if I can get a little thicker rubber mat and see how it goes.

I know in my old truck, I used to have to pull the floor mats once ever few weeks (when it started to smell funny) in the winter (all we get is rain here) and leave a heater on in the truck over night to dry it out. I would like to stay away from anything that holds water.

We have a place called Industrial Plastics and Paint, they have lots of cool ($$$) paints/rubber/plastic things. I am going to see what they got too.

I cleaned off my seat really well, our out door hose tap is before our presure regulator, so it's about 100 PSI at the tap, cleans the dirt right off the seat nicely I left it in the sun to dry tonight and it's just about dry, except for the crack between the seat and the back.

troutwest66 said:

I like the carpeting and I put some rubber mats in that have the raised edges to trap water and they work pretty well. I fly fish all the time and when we travel to different holes on the river those felt-soled boots hold a bunch of water. I just pull the mat out and dump the water and I'm good to go. There are some nice molded mats to fit a specific application but I just got mine at Wally World when I got my truck almost three years ago.

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I am like troutwest. My family likes the carpet, but I have rubber mats in the fron on top of the carpet that have the raised edges. I am a landscaper/irrigation contractor, so I get plenty of dirt, mud and grass in my truck. These mats do the trick for me and the carpet has stayed relatively nice.

Regarding Dynamat, Ken at DPS recommend to me to get Ice + Water Shield, it is a lot cheaper and it the same stuff.

JPR said:

Regarding Dynamat, Ken at DPS recommend to me to get Ice + Water Shield, it is a lot cheaper and it the same stuff.

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Tell me more. Ice + Water Shield? is that the name or? A few local guys that I have talked to have mentioned this Dynamat stuff.

Yes, that is the name of the product from Grace Construction. This is an Adobe file on it http://www.na.graceconstruction.com/underlayments/download/GIWS-060L.pdf

My locally supplier has switched to Tempco brand which is $58 a roll. If I remember correctly the roll is 200 sq feet.

Pacific said:

Here on the West Coast the floors of our trucks rust out from the insulation pad holding water against the sheet metal and it usually rusts the floor out.

I have rubber floor in my truck with rubber mats I really don't think carpet is good for a work truck. I use floor mats because they do catch alot of the dirt plus I have a second layer for my right heal to wear a hole through. I know the original rubber floor is worn to the sheet metal from the the heal of workboots rubbing.

When you yank out the old carpet try get the sheet metal dry as possible then sand the rust to white metal then coat the floor with some kind of coating. I thought about that roll on bedliner crap you get from Cambodian tire.

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Speaking of bedliners... I've seen folks Rhino Line the inside of their truck cab, too. Not a bad idea, though probably expensive.

JPR, where do you buy this stuff from? Is it available at "retail" stores like Home Despot?

Get one or two layers of that on my cab ceiling and I may get the lumber rack noise to go away

Thanks!

You guys have to remember ice and water sheild like GRACE is a asphalt base membrane so its essentially tar. Its alright for stuff you are going to cover it with carpet etc its not meant for slapping on the ceiling of your truck.

The Warden said:

JPR, where do you buy this stuff from? Is it available at "retail" stores like Home Despot?

Get one or two layers of that on my cab ceiling and I may get the lumber rack noise to go away

Thanks!

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This is what I used under my rubber flooring. It's also good for door sound insulating. Is your lumber rack rattling or making the "whoosh" noise when driving into the wind?

hheynow said:

Is your lumber rack rattling or making the "whoosh" noise when driving into the wind?

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I think "whoosh" is an understatement...when there's more than a 55mph or so headwind (meaning that I get this noise all the time on the freeway unless there's a strong tailwind), it sounds like there's a C-130 doing a low-altitude flyby over my truck. The cab roof is vibrating almost visibly; I'm hoping that the asphalt stuff will dampen out the vibration enough that it'll quiet the cab down...then I'll put conventional insulation blankets (like what you linked to) in between the asphalt stuff and the headliner...

But, I need $$ first

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I think "whoosh" is an understatement...when there's more than a 55mph or so headwind (meaning that I get this noise all the time on the freeway unless there's a strong tailwind), it sounds like there's a C-130 doing a low-altitude flyby over my truck.

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Have you considered egg crates?

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I think "whoosh" is an understatement...when there's more than a 55mph or so headwind (meaning that I get this noise all the time on the freeway unless there's a strong tailwind), it sounds like there's a C-130 doing a low-altitude flyby over my truck. The cab roof is vibrating almost visibly; I'm hoping that the asphalt stuff will dampen out the vibration enough that it'll quiet the cab down...then I'll put conventional insulation blankets (like what you linked to) in between the asphalt stuff and the headliner...

But, I need $$ first

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I used some Dynamat-like stuff on my front doors awhile back, and it completely transformed the truck. Can't find the link to the stuff I used... was less expensive than Dynamat, Brown Bread, etc.

The floors would be my next step, but I don't anticipate taking on that project for another year or so.

You'll like the results of the acoustic stuff.

The Warden said:

JPR, where do you buy this stuff from? Is it available at "retail" stores like Home Despot?
Thanks!

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From a roofing supply company, here is the locator page http://www.na.graceconstruction.com/template.cfm?page=/distdb/selectState.cfm&did=8