Was wondering if anyone has tried using the foam type pad for house carpets in their cars........

I've done it. It works pretty good. You do enough of it and it gets pretty quiet in the car.

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71 camaro(thought it was a Z)
81 Trans Am(nascar/recaro) under construction

Cold---Did you glue it down or?.....

How many layers is enough of it? heh

the underlayment for the camaro is $75 and the jute padding is $70 works the best because it is mold, mildew, and water resistent. Household padding isn't

I second that. ONce these cars get wet.. and they all do, that stuffs gonna stink. What I did was sandwich some thick foil-backed jute padding between some peel and seal. That way I get the insulating effect and no smelly mildew.

MaTt

Well in truth it's not suppsed to get wet inside. Car carpet holds water and can mildew like anything elese. I never had a problem with mildew in my car when using carpet padding. To each his own though. I will use it again in my next project. To answer your question I used some spray adhesive to hold it in place. Also I used some Dynomat for the first layer then I put the padding over it. Also I put it in the headliner and the rear side panels.

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71 camaro(thought it was a Z)
81 Trans Am(nascar/recaro) under construction

I have used 1/2" carpet underpad on the sides of the interior- i.e. behind sail panels, rear seats, etc.- but only used the molded replacement carpet that had it's own layer of sound deadener built-in (on)- that grey insulation-like stuff, on the floor.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh good info, thanks guys

<font face="Arial,Verdana" size="2">Originally posted by cold Z28:
Well in truth it's not suppsed to get wet inside.</font>

And the windshield sealant shouldn't allow moisture in either, but in these cars it happens quite often. I'd suggest using only the grey cloth like padding. The green foam can retian moisture and rot your pans to nothing pretty damn quickly. Most rot on cars starts on the inside and bubbles outward. If you see bubbled paint, theres usually alott more damamge inside than out.

<font face="Arial,Verdana" size="2">Originally posted by mjoc:
the underlayment for the camaro is $75 and the jute padding is $70 works the best because it is mold, mildew, and water resistent. Household padding isn't </font>

I was wondering, do we need both the underlayment AND the jute, or just one of the above? If just one, which one is best?



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Basically underlayment gets rid of road noise, and jute is a insulator for heat and cold but also helps with the noise.