MudSlut
21st March 2012, 10:21 PM
Hi, I was wondering what you guys think about cleaning your carpets after every time you go off road? IMO I'm sick of it and am really thinking of just pulling it all out and and painting it with some spray on grip tape.
I had a 86 Hilux with nothing on the floor apart from those deep side rubber mats, and it was quite good for easy cleaning after a weekend out in the mud. but it was a P.O.S. and it didn't bother me if it looked bad.
On the other hand my Patrol is in good condition and I would like to keep it looking nice and carpet sure does help with keeping the nice feel of a car, and the floor is one of the first thing you see when you open the door because of its 35's and 8" of lift. I have owned a drift/road car that i stripped the interior out of and the road noise became much louder inside the cab, but this included removing the rear seats that shielded the noise from the boot / exhaust. I would like to just pull all the carpet out and paint the floor with some black Grip paint like off the deck of a boat but am worried about the road noise becoming too much to handle as the drift car was beyond a sociable noise level. I am also installing a RB26DETT (Nissan GT-R twin turbo motor) which will have a 3" exhaust and maybe a screamer pipe depending on how legal i want to keep it, so the exhaust noise could be a fair bit louder than the standard TB42. Oh and it's a 4 door wagon that has been cut down to a ute, so I'm guessing "Some" of the exhaust sound could be cut down a bit because of this.
So i guess i want to know if anyone has run with no carpet, and how bad was it sound wise? And, Would having plastic flooring fix this problem or just leave water under the floor?
I had a 86 Hilux with nothing on the floor apart from those deep side rubber mats, and it was quite good for easy cleaning after a weekend out in the mud. but it was a P.O.S. and it didn't bother me if it looked bad.
On the other hand my Patrol is in good condition and I would like to keep it looking nice and carpet sure does help with keeping the nice feel of a car, and the floor is one of the first thing you see when you open the door because of its 35's and 8" of lift. I have owned a drift/road car that i stripped the interior out of and the road noise became much louder inside the cab, but this included removing the rear seats that shielded the noise from the boot / exhaust. I would like to just pull all the carpet out and paint the floor with some black Grip paint like off the deck of a boat but am worried about the road noise becoming too much to handle as the drift car was beyond a sociable noise level. I am also installing a RB26DETT (Nissan GT-R twin turbo motor) which will have a 3" exhaust and maybe a screamer pipe depending on how legal i want to keep it, so the exhaust noise could be a fair bit louder than the standard TB42. Oh and it's a 4 door wagon that has been cut down to a ute, so I'm guessing "Some" of the exhaust sound could be cut down a bit because of this.
So i guess i want to know if anyone has run with no carpet, and how bad was it sound wise? And, Would having plastic flooring fix this problem or just leave water under the floor?