Anyway, I'm after some inspiration of what to put on the floor. I don't want carpet and the only other thing I can think of is rubber mat.
Before buying that I thought I'd ask the collective or ny other ideas.
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One of the few jobs I'm doing over the winter is some titivation of the interior. After a failed attempt of spraying the ali panels, I've
managed to do a fairly decent job of vinyl wrapping them.
Anyway, I'm after some inspiration of what to put on the floor. I don't want carpet and the only other thing I can think of is rubber
mat.
Before buying that I thought I'd ask the collective or ny other ideas.
[Edited on 20/11/12 by cerbera]
Alloy chequer plate is a good alternative.
Self adhesive non slip decking from a boat chandlers, available in several colours
I used vinyl , the stuff you might cover your dash with, works well, looks smart and any water can be soaked up without having a smelly carpet at the end of it. I never see the point of carpet in an open car, especially in the UK.
I used cut to shape rubber matting that was velcro backed
Easy to remove for cleaning etc and didn't move around when driving the westy
I used the sort of none slip floor covering you see in commercial kitchens, hospitals ,etc. It's basically lino' with grit in the surface. Hard wearing, non slip, water proof and sound absorbing.
What about painting the floor with pickup truck bed liner?
Dale
Did you wrap around the rivets, if yes, was it easy to cover them, as I want to do my interior in matt black.
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Originally posted by cerbera
One of the few jobs I'm doing over the winter is some titivation of the interior. After a failed attempt of spraying the ali panels, I've managed to do a fairly decent job of vinyl wrapping them.
Anyway, I'm after some inspiration of what to put on the floor. I don't want carpet and the only other thing I can think of is rubber mat.
Before buying that I thought I'd ask the collective or ny other ideas.
[Edited on 20/11/12 by cerbera]
Cheers for the replies guys.
I did wrap around the rivets. There's a tool for this purpose which is just a stiff brush. That combined with a heat gun (old paint stripping
gun) gave me decent results for a first attempt, although not perfect.
HTH
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Originally posted by macc man
Alloy chequer plate is a good alternative.
I used Horse Box lining, a resin bonded material that looks like short piled carpet. From ebay, about £20 and was enough to do the entire
cockpit, including the back panel.
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I have a drain hole in the middle of the front floor panels
& under the seats in case i get caught in a bad downpour..
I use some ribbed rubber sheet cut to size - works a treat.
Nothing?
Just bare metal. Rubber weighs a TON!
If I Had to coat is in something them maybe some non slip paint or self adheisive non slip stuff, like skate tape.
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Originally posted by puma931
Did you wrap around the rivets, if yes, was it easy to cover them, as I want to do my interior in matt black.
quote:
Originally posted by cerbera
One of the few jobs I'm doing over the winter is some titivation of the interior. After a failed attempt of spraying the ali panels, I've managed to do a fairly decent job of vinyl wrapping them.
Anyway, I'm after some inspiration of what to put on the floor. I don't want carpet and the only other thing I can think of is rubber mat.
Before buying that I thought I'd ask the collective or ny other ideas.
[Edited on 20/11/12 by cerbera]
quote:
Originally posted by cerbera
One of the few jobs I'm doing over the winter is some titivation of the interior. After a failed attempt of spraying the ali panels, I've managed to do a fairly decent job of vinyl wrapping them.
Anyway, I'm after some inspiration of what to put on the floor. I don't want carpet and the only other thing I can think of is rubber mat.
Before buying that I thought I'd ask the collective or ny other ideas.
[Edited on 20/11/12 by cerbera]
Hi, somebody has already mentioned truck bed liner. Mine is a spray in truck bed liner finish, I think it looks awesome, hard wearing and completely
waterproof. There are loads of colours available as well.
It was just masked and sprayed straight in after a light rub to key the powdercoat.
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Originally posted by Matt_C
Hi, somebody has already mentioned truck bed liner. Mine is a spray in truck bed liner finish, I think it looks awesome, hard wearing and completely waterproof. There are loads of colours available as well.
It was just masked and sprayed straight in after a light rub to key the powdercoat.
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A few questions:
What make truck bed liner & did you apply it yourself? Looks great, much better than bare aluminium. What about NVH? (My Busa powered car has
lots of panel resonance) 'Any improvements? Also Is it easy to clean?
The liner I have on there is Line-X, we have it in house where I work and have loads of our products coated in it to protect them. It is very hard
wearing, I have seen some of our products that have been left out in the elements for months on end and they appear as good as new. It adds a great
deal of strength and rigidity as well as being watertight. (so I still need a couple of drain holes in the bottom of my car to stop it becoming a
paddling pool)
http://www.linexnottingham.co.uk/
http://www.aigis.co.uk/line-x
Those addresses are the Line-X we use and what we use it for where I work. It is used on loads of our products to protect the blast absorbing TABRE
material we use.
It is sprayed using specialist equipment so it is not a DIY job sadly.
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Originally posted by 40inches
I used Horse Box lining, a resin bonded material that looks like short piled carpet. From ebay, about £20 and was enough to do the entire
cockpit, including the back panel.
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How much did (or would) it cost to do?
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Originally posted by Matt_C
Hi, somebody has already mentioned truck bed liner. Mine is a spray in truck bed liner finish, I think it looks awesome, hard wearing and completely waterproof. There are loads of colours available as well.
It was just masked and sprayed straight in after a light rub to key the powdercoat.
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All the Line-X branches are franchises so I can only talk for the Nottingham Line-X business (which is actually based in Derby now), I think it is
roughly £40 a square meter, sprayed at 2/3mm thick.
If you want an accurate quote for it to be sprayed talk to Simon on the number on the Line-X link above. If you are happy doing a little work and
offer to mask it up and key in the powdercoat in the warehouse sure he will give you a better price than if he has to do it. Would only take 5 minutes
to spray (and completely dries within 1 minute so it can be driven away straight after) so you would save yourself a bit on labour costs doing the
prep yourself.
I did all the prep and masking for mine. In the photos I have posted above, under the line-X I also glued 10mm thick wooden boards against the inside
of the SS side panels and caulked all the edges for a nice radius on everything. It makes the side panels feel a lot thicker and more solid.
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Mates car done in a dark grey.
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