Floor Insulation

G'day Guys,

You guys that have fitted the fat mat (Wilga) or similar insulation. Specifically the front seat box, how do you go with clearance issues with the front outer corner hitting your door panels when you have the insulation and then standard black rubber mat over it. I only have the standard black mat and this already creates a pressure spot on the panel when the doors are closed?

Mick

I put on the inside of the seat boxes and under the seat box lids , i used more material probably by doing it that way but as you say there is no clearance on the doors , dont seal the bottom of the battery box it needs to breathe

Ahaaaa, a light bulb moment...:)...thanks mate.

If you don't mind, when you get some idea as to whether it helps with interior heat, through the floor/seat box, can you post up and let us know?

Thanks

Mick

sure , I will conduct a therrmo testing program over the weekend,using two sensors in the drivers side . One bare left foot and one bare right foot should be able to pick up any improvement.

This is a Tdi, but you get the idea ;)

Effective for heat and a little noise, it goes all the way to the back of the t/case.


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1358464507


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Numpty, Here's some photos of what I've done.
Don.

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Originally Posted by flagg

How would you do it? Sounds like a good idea.

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Hi Flagg, I covered about 3 items of discussion. Which were you referring to?

If you meant the aperture I'd probably use a combination of EVA closed cell foam, the JayCar insulation product I used and securing the rubber boot better to the tunnel. I've noticed that noise and heat increase significantly when the rubber boot rides up off the lip and exposes the aperture. I haven't looked at it close enough to figure out a workable solution bar to say I know it's a source of a noise and heat.

If you meant the external heat shield, I can only defer to others on the forum that have installed it. I haven't had cause to remove my TC and gearbox so I haven't taken the heat shield idea beyond just that an idea. The principle of blocking heat from the outside is sound, it's the installation with everything in place that is the tricky bit.

cheers MLD

You could get a roll mat that you sleep on in your sleeping bag and put that under your floortrim and transmission tunnel trim. You can also line the inside of the seat boxes with it. Seen it done on a tdi. It is a cheap and easy way to help with noise suppression too.

If all else fails, your passenger could try the method my wife used to keep her feet cool in the Series III from Roper Bar to Borroloola.

She sat with her feet in a bucket of water. :D

test results are in has made quite a difference to heat doing a double layer left side is still warmer than the right so I shall follow the stop it getting in route rather than continuing to try and resolve it from the inside , has made a difference to the quality of sound from the cd player to