Originally Posted by
Geoff
Well, after a few big weeks the 6x6 is back together. I replaced all the shocks with Old Man Emu ones including the rear shock mounts so now they are all pin/pin type cylinders. I stripped the cab and applied the car builder brand butyl sound deadener to all surfaces, 6mm foam to the walls, transmission tunnel, doors and roof and then re did the vinyl floor with a mass loaded vinyl all the way up the bulkhead to the underside of the dash. I filled all the gaps where the gear levers penetrate the tunnel and where the wires penetrate the bulkhead with a closed cell foam. The interior plastic trims where all perishing and cracked so I covered these with carpet to tidy them up and also to help absorb some of the sound.
While I had the cab apart I installed interior led lights with door switches, central locking, a stereo head unit with a reversing camera so I can safely get out of the Coles car park as well as one of those new fang dangle XRS uhf radios from GME. I've just ordered a new fascia plate from the laser cutters for the roof console as this is where I mounted the radio, light switches and UHF.
All in all it was a bigger job than I expected and it was a bit of a challenge refitting the trims after adding the thickness of the carpet and sound deadening but well worth it. The truck is still noisy by nature but it has taken the edge of and now I can actually have a conversation at 100ks an hour.
