What Would You Do?

[ncgamedog]

I am trying to decide how to spend the last little bit of my budget. My 85' Silverado is the vehicle in question, it's a LWB 3/4t. I pulled the carpet out this past weekend to check the status of the floor rot i was worried about. It turns out its not too bad. Only some flakey surface rust right at the pinch seam between the rocker and floor pan that the door seal presses onto. I wire wheeled that out and treated it w/ some Rust Bullet. I have the 1/8" molded rubber floor mat from LMC to put back in, it came w/ some insulation. I will use this truck for DD/towing and it has A/C so i want it sealed up tight to stay cool and quiet. The dull roar from the 40 series Flows gets a little old on longer trips. The only thing I know about is Dynamat for insulation and they suggest that I use Dynamat extreme for the floor and back wall and then also add 1/2" Dynaliner to the back wall. This comes to about 275$ of material. Is there any other adequate insulation cheaper I could use? On the other side of the coin, after installing CUCV 56" springs in the rear and 2.5 lift springs in the front I ended up with over 3"s of rake to the front. The truck looks real redneck now and i want some 3" front springs to help level it out. I never really wanted it this high, just wanted it to sit up nice and aggressive, I already have a big blazer and dont want another toy. The springs from ORD w/ bushings and u-bolts is about the same money. I can only choose one or the other and it will be a while b/4 I will see any extra money to spend on the truck. It does go down the road as is and I hate to pull the floor covering back out if I'm not happy. So what would you guys choose? Better cab insulation or new springs so that it does'nt look so "Sanford and Son" .

if there are any suggestions on alternative insulation let'em fly thanks- Justin

One more thing; Is anybody opposed to using the ORD or DIY lift shakles as lowering shackles to level my truck out with? My shakles are still tension (unfliped) thanks

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

Take a leaf out of the rear spring pack

 

[cabledawg]

Take a leaf out of the back and buy the Dynamat. Solves both problems.

 

[ncgamedog]

these are 8 leaf + overload packs. I thought of that just dont want to hurt the towing cap. in any way. do ya'll think removing just one leaf will make that much difference? I will admit i have a problem with "doing things right" sometimes i spend too much money trying to do it right when there is nothing wrong w/ the less expensive way. Anyone have experiance w/ the Dynamat? Is it worth the money? I also should mention that i bought the 2.5" springs used and for some reason the pass. side sits lower than the driver's, the spring, back at the shackle is more negative than the drivers thanks for the replies though-justin

 

[smalltruckbigcid]

check ebay for a material called Fatmat. About $100 should get you enough to do a double layer of it. I used some of it and it seemed like a nice product. I've never used dynamat so I can't compare but its supposed to be the same as dynamat. By the way there was no chemical stink after installing it. And it did do some sound deadening in a semi with straight pipes.
George

 

[ncgamedog]

anyexperiance w/ the Dynamat? or Ideas on using the longer shackles?

 

[ncgamedog]

ttt

 

[cabledawg]

It seems the general concesus is that Dynamat is too expensive and much cheaper materials are available with similar if not better results. Just do a search for DYnamat and see what I'm talking about.

 

[kwissman]

I would get the springs and some Dynomax turbo mufflers. I had a flowmaster on my Camaro and my truck and will never get another one. Too much resonance.

 

[vortec]

I thought of that just dont want to hurt the towing cap. you could pull the overloads, then use some of those helper springs that mount on top of the leaf pack. you'd actually increase your towing capacity and still be able to drop the height a bit. i doubt they'd be an y good offroad, though.