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<blockquote data-quote="just call me KeV" data-source="post: 8804584" data-attributes="member: 656095"><p>Ok.</p><p> I didn't want to quote all of the photos to bloat your thread so here are a couple ideas. You should add the ccf over the deadener, <em>but</em> it should be used in conjunction with some mass loaded vinyl. 1 lb. per sq. ft. is great 2lb. would be better. I get mine online for around 100 bucks a roll but I think you can pick it up at the big box stores. Use tape to secure it. Do not bond it to any surface. It needs to float. We all float down here. haha</p><p> This is a great opportunity to sit down for about 30 minutes and think and make a list if there is anything else you would like to add to the car. Anything that will require running cables and wire from the front to the rear of the car. RCA's for extra amplifiers down the road? Power upgrades can mean more runs of power and ground. Definitely run + and - to the rear of the car if you can. What about a back up camera, More speaker wire? I like multiconductor myself. ( 16 ga. wires in a heavy loom. They can sit static under the carpet until you want to use them. LED's and internal lighting, etc.</p><p> Onto the carpeting. For me it has been hit or miss. I have done it on two cars. One was fitted for my 4runner and the other was a high dollar reinforced back carpet that I bought by the yard for my Malibu. It was easier to do Malibu. I took the original carpet and cleaned it then laid down the new material with super 77 (heavy tacky coat) and contact cement if I remember correctly.</p><p> They will say that it is a fitted replacement but it certainly isn't drop in and it may not even have holes for the e-brake and shifter. Spend as much time as you need getting it squared in the vehicle so you have a comfortable overhang on all sides. Get a good pair of fiskars or your favorite scissors from joann fabrics or Michaels.</p><p> Spend the money. It will be worth it. I have a pair of stainless steel shears that can run through leather hydes like paper. It's one of those tools you buy once every thirty years. Get a craft knife or good utility knife and when and if you cut make small graduated ones until you get it how you want. Leave some extra material under the door jams and around the shifter on the trans tunnel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just call me KeV, post: 8804584, member: 656095"] Ok. I didn't want to quote all of the photos to bloat your thread so here are a couple ideas. You should add the ccf over the deadener, [I]but[/I] it should be used in conjunction with some mass loaded vinyl. 1 lb. per sq. ft. is great 2lb. would be better. I get mine online for around 100 bucks a roll but I think you can pick it up at the big box stores. Use tape to secure it. Do not bond it to any surface. It needs to float. We all float down here. haha This is a great opportunity to sit down for about 30 minutes and think and make a list if there is anything else you would like to add to the car. Anything that will require running cables and wire from the front to the rear of the car. RCA's for extra amplifiers down the road? Power upgrades can mean more runs of power and ground. Definitely run + and - to the rear of the car if you can. What about a back up camera, More speaker wire? I like multiconductor myself. ( 16 ga. wires in a heavy loom. They can sit static under the carpet until you want to use them. LED's and internal lighting, etc. Onto the carpeting. For me it has been hit or miss. I have done it on two cars. One was fitted for my 4runner and the other was a high dollar reinforced back carpet that I bought by the yard for my Malibu. It was easier to do Malibu. I took the original carpet and cleaned it then laid down the new material with super 77 (heavy tacky coat) and contact cement if I remember correctly. They will say that it is a fitted replacement but it certainly isn't drop in and it may not even have holes for the e-brake and shifter. Spend as much time as you need getting it squared in the vehicle so you have a comfortable overhang on all sides. Get a good pair of fiskars or your favorite scissors from joann fabrics or Michaels. Spend the money. It will be worth it. I have a pair of stainless steel shears that can run through leather hydes like paper. It's one of those tools you buy once every thirty years. Get a craft knife or good utility knife and when and if you cut make small graduated ones until you get it how you want. Leave some extra material under the door jams and around the shifter on the trans tunnel. [/QUOTE]
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