Utility Interior

[Mastiff]

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how does rhino or lineX stick to plastic? i tried some duplicolor spray on on my door panels and it came out ok but peels easily, but it sticks great on my seatbelt boxes...

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I'm not sure. I didn't have it sprayed on any plastic. I kinda doubt it would work real well though, it's applied at very high temperature, might melt the plastic or something.

 

[SUBFAN]

That looks good....Has anyone on here done this that lives in a cold climate? What does it do for the insulating value the carpet has? The inside of my 'Burb would look really cool done like that, but I don't want the kids to be popsicles either....

 

[Derf00]

It doesn't get really cold here, but it gets hotter than hell. I would say the Rhino helps, but as a stand alone insulation, not much R vaule. Between the engine, headers, and exhaust the cab can get pretty uncomfortable real quick on a 100 deg day. On the bright side, clean up with a hose or a leaf blower is pretty quick.

 

[SUBFAN]

I had noticed that most peeps that had done this were from warmer climates than I am from, just curious....

 

[Mastiff]

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That looks good....Has anyone on here done this that lives in a cold climate? What does it do for the insulating value the carpet has? The inside of my 'Burb would look really cool done like that, but I don't want the kids to be popsicles either....

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I live in a pretty cold climate, but I haven't been through a winter yet. I'm not real discriminating though. I normally have all my winter clothes on anyway, so I don't want it to be 90 degrees inside the truck. My Jeep has a rag top and just herculiner and I haven't noticed a problem.

With the Jeep people said the heat from the transmission would bake my leg, but that never happened either.

It is a little louder without the carpet, but all that is made up for by not having disgusting moldy carpet and padding rotting away the floorboards. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif Plus being able to pressure wash it out is way too cool.

 

[m j]

I lived in an area that was -40C for weeks at a time
prior to the liner I had bare steel so not much help there
I doubt it is as good as carpet and backer for insulation
but it looks great for years of very hard service

 

[wrathORC]

It ain't a truck unless you can hose it out. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have Plasti-Kote bedliner on my floor and rubber floormats. I've been through a winter with it like this. I didn't have any complaints. It was nice not to have to worry about the floor rotting out. The only problem is that I'd get an ice-slick sometimes.

We get around 240" of snow a season and it stays pretty much twenties during the day and single digits at night for months on end.

However, it is now impossible to drive the truck barefoot. It just cooks your feet by the hump. Steam rolls off if you drop water on it. If I run my truck really hard (IE: these stupid rocks about 2" in diameter that rob horsepower worse than sand) it makes your ankle uncomfortable if you have shorts on.

My truck is a ton louder without the vinyl floor. If I take the rubber floormats out (I have four, doubled up) it sounds like you're riding in a tin can. I've been thinking about putting a headliner in it to get rid of some of the noise.

 

[rugger03]

I have mine done and its just fine in the winter, of course i went from a rubber mat to linex. I am going to add some carpet in the passenger area and make a few cuts so it can be pulled out like that in a jeep. Carpet is more for added sound deadening than temperature.

 

[bryguy00b]

wow that came out great! cant wait to do it to my truck. i took all the carpet and stuff outa there...just have to take the kicker panals out. then im going ot rhino line it myself i guess. im not sure whether to roll or spray it on though...

 

[SUBFAN]

Who was that guy that did the whole exterior of his truck????

Now, that was cool....