While I don't make a habit of using the Roadster in the rain whenever I go
to the Glen it usually rains. One year it rained so much and so hard I heard
slushing noises from all the water on the floors. I remained completely dry
and I still don't know how or where it gets in from. I had to completely
strip out the interior to dry everything using fans.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry and Donna Cost" <tcost@vvm.com>
To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 6:03 PM
Subject: carpet
> I just got in from a long weekend and have been reading the carpet items.
I
> put new carpets in a year or two ago and I used the mylar and bubble wrap
> insulation they sell at Lowes (Home Depot, etc) for my underlay. I cut
out
> pieces using cardboard patterns and connected the pieces together with
gray
> duct tape, then duct taped them to the floor and sides of the cockpit. I
> then had a local upholsterer glue "mouse fur" carpet to the insulation.
> When I need to take out pieces of carpet they come apart at the gray tape
> seams and can be taped back in easily. I took some of the carpet out to
> install a different roll bar. Everything went back together and the carpet
> looks good. The mylar insulation is super light and insulates against
noise
> and heat very well. I don't drive in the rain in my datsun, so I don't
know
> if the floorboard carpets retain water, but I'll bet they don't retain
that
> much. If you use a one-piece carpet from a list supplier, you can still
use
> the underlay, just cut small circles where the snaps will go. I'm pulling
> for you. We're all in this together.
>
> Leisure Suit Terry
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