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Miks15 - 22/2/10 at 09:41 PM

Hi all as title,

I dont mean the actual floor panel itself, but any inserts.

Im thinking carpet/rubber/ali etc?

any preferences and reasons?


LBMEFM - 22/2/10 at 09:46 PM

I bought a roll of thin fluted rubber matting from East Kent Trims, cut to size it fits well and is waterproof of course. Barry


Madinventions - 22/2/10 at 09:51 PM

I used rubber matting that is designed to go into stables, and it's fixed down with some healthy blobs of Tigerseal.

I also did the entire floor of my workshop with it.

eBay link

Ed.


austin man - 22/2/10 at 09:52 PM

be carefull with rubbes especially if its a steel floor as moisture gets underneath


Miks15 - 22/2/10 at 09:58 PM

10mm thick seems a bit excessive?

I was thinking some a few mm thick, stuck down with some velcro so it can be removed easily?


blakep82 - 22/2/10 at 10:28 PM

mines paint and nothing else. don't want water and perhaps any road salt getting trapped and rotting away


Miks15 - 22/2/10 at 10:47 PM

dont really want to leave it bare metal, dont want to wear through the paint to bare metal


coozer - 22/2/10 at 11:06 PM

I have chinese rugs on my floor. they only there really to stop things going down the pit when I drop them

Get close and they smell like a sweaty horse


blakep82 - 22/2/10 at 11:08 PM

what mine has, is a heel plate riveted to the floor, its made of that anti slip stuff (the stuff thats like sand paper) can send you a photo if you want? if you like, SHP will sell you one i'm sure. no idea of the price though. some of their stuff seems real cheap, some stuff, mmm maybe not lol.


westf27 - 23/2/10 at 08:43 AM

Lotus had a recall for floorpan corrosion due to covering with a non breathable covering


graememk - 23/2/10 at 11:10 AM

i covered mine in 5mm recycled rubber, but sprayed the inderside with greese.


skinned knuckles - 23/2/10 at 03:25 PM

have seen grip tape (as found on skate boards) used before. its the rout i'm going to be taking.


Danozeman - 23/2/10 at 03:26 PM

mines chequer plate style vinyl flooring just layed in. Works well and hard wearing.

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adithorp - 24/2/10 at 11:11 PM

I used some of the industrial flooring stuff that you see in comercial kitchens, hospitals, ets. It's like heavy duty lino and has an anti slip grit in it and is very hard wearing. Comes in a veriety of colours.
I cut it to shape and glued it down.

adrian


MikeRJ - 24/2/10 at 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Danozeman
mines chequer plate style vinyl flooring just layed in. Works well and hard wearing.

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That is the first '7' I have ever seen where the seats didn't completely fill the cockpit space. Is yours an extra wide version? (or do you just not have a pie retention issue )