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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: bcstingray on April 04, 2016, 05:59:06 AM
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Which carpet is the best, 80/20 loop or cut pile?
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im after a new carpet,( black with low hump)when we find out whats best. does any one have a link as to where the best place is to get one
classic industries ?
truck ?
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Site store here sells carpet kits.
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http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=7&Category_Code=FLRNG
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I put mine in not long ago, cut pile. Got it from brothers trucks, (should have went with site store). Very tight and thick, and tough. Which is what i wanted. Laid in real nice, good formation. Regardless, its an auto custom carpet brand. I hear 80/20 is high quality too.
If the site store has the same for about the same price, then of course i would go with the site store. I believe they are also ACC.
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Which sound deadener is best, EVA or the Jute with foil, or could I use both?
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EVA is more OEM style rubber based. But i have seen some real high tech stuff similar too the jute with foil. It comes in squares i believe, and of course you stick them down. I used some very high density thick carpet padding, for the price i couldnt refuse, worked out great.
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Would I need the sound deadener if I get carpet with the mass backing?
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I would say not. After my thick padding and carpet and new door weather stripping, its like a recording booth in there now. I hate noise on a daily non performance driver. I went back to single exhaust with a real quiet muffler. Love it!!
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Constrained Mat damping is really how you control noise in the floor. If you have the carpet with mass backing, it will work really good with the jute pad. It is really a system.
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I installed a new ACC carpet in my 73. It had the mass backing and the jute padding already press formed to the carpet. How far from the door seals should I trim the carpet? I don't have the door sills yet and currently just trimmed it and tucked it down next to the seals.
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This is ACC cut-pile.
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=9090.165 (http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=9090.165)
Cut pile is like modern cars.
LOOP pile is like 60's cars.
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Take the cheaper one. All the same, this is a thing that will be walked on with feet.
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Take the cheaper one. All the same, this is a thing that will be walked on with feet.
They are definitely not all the same.
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Take the cheaper one. All the same, this is a thing that will be walked on with feet.
They are definitely not all the same.
This^ Go for the ACC brand. I think Chris sells them. Get matching floor mats. Just be sure to buy carpet, floor mats and any extra carpet you need in one order so it matches perfectly.
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I installed a new ACC carpet in my 73. It had the mass backing and the jute padding already press formed to the carpet. How far from the door seals should I trim the carpet? I don't have the door sills yet and currently just trimmed it and tucked it down next to the seals.
(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y449/bcstingray/20160611_122207_zpsp5wevzic.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/bcstingray/media/20160611_122207_zpsp5wevzic.jpg.html)
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Do Not trim anything until you have it laying just like you want and you have your sills and any other trim on hand. for trimming the sills you need the sills so you know how much to trim.
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Would I need the sound deadener if I get carpet with the mass backing?
I wouldn't think so. The number one thing I found to quiet things down inside is to put sound deadender inside the doors inside of the outer skin. My doors sound almost like a modern car door when shutting.
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By all means avoid the products like Hush Mat. They dry up and lose their sound deadening properties.
Look up 'Second Skin'- way different.
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By all means avoid the products like Hush Mat. They dry up and lose their sound deadening properties.
Look up 'Second Skin'- way different.
I can't remember what I put in mine, it was a V1 or V2 something. Installed in 2008, and its still stuck on there good and made my doors sound almost like modern doors closing. I say almost because you can hear the latch latching.
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Is the plastic ring on your door latch post shot out? If so, they make replacements. I need 4... ::)
Or is it the latch itself? Grease her up and slide her down... ;)