purduepurdy

Getting ready to take the interior out to put down Raammat BXT and a few layers of ensolite. Any recommendations on taking the seats and carpet out? Guessing this will be a weekend project and plan on steam cleaning the carpets as im reinstalling. Wondering if anyone has done this? I did my doors already and really helped with road noise and the stereo.

rock crawler

I did DynMat Extreme in the entire cab. Get ready, it's a lot of work. Taking it apart is pretty easy though. Just remove all the bolts, pull everything out.

rock crawler

Here is a link to my install post.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...inished+stereo

narleycharlie

There is a .product that roofers use , yes roofers . Same as the Dynamat . My buddy just picked some up on Saturday . A whole lot cheaper . I ll see ifn I can get you a price and product name

Pooter

It stinks, literally...
That asphalt peel-n-seal isnt that great, not to mention cant take the heat(if you put it inside your doors, might fall off and either stick on a window or make the inside of the door pretty nasty) It works on a roof where its laying flat, sticky side down, but not in the inside of a truck hanging sideways or even upside down.


RAAM mat really is some great stuff, I used it on my old '05 and im about to line my whole cab in my Mega here pretty soon, already did the doors and the space behind the rear door on the sides, made a big difference in resonance already...
I usually do one solid layer with some strips on the big areas(roof, back of the cab and floor) then also add a layer of the foil "bubblewrap" insulation on the roof and on top of the RAAM mat on the floor under the carpet. My old truck was pretty dang quiet, dare I say quieter than stock with the windows up(and 5" straight pipe)
Sound deadner really helps kill the drone when on long trips or towing with the rpms just rolling at a set rpm most of the trip.

purduepurdy

Pulled out the chrysler service manual and there were some descent information, curious if there was any tricks. How heavy are the seats in the front(QC 40/20/40 seats)? One man job or? Might do a mini write up on what panel to take off when, etc. Thanks for the helps guys. I will also whip out the radioshack dB meter.

purduepurdy

Started thinking about running the cables for some subs in the rear. Are there any good routing paths from front to rear while I have the carpet out? What have you guys done? Thanks again, sniffing around for ideas.

ratsun

X2 Peel and seel sucks!
Good advice here by stacked
You can't go wrong with the BXT and IMO when combined with the ensolite the difference is huge.
Since I run 1/0 on mine I found it easier to run it down the inside of the frame rail in a flexible conduit till I got to the back of the cab then thru the floor under the rear seat.
Keep your RCAs and you power wires separated to avoid any chance of picking up unwanted noise.

rock crawler

X2 on the paths. Run power on one side of the truck and RCAs on the other. No point in risking noise in the system. Try to keep everything on the edges by the door sills. Just in case you ever have to troubleshoot you will not have to take the seats and carpet back out. Size of power cable will be determined by how much power you are running. Make sure your ground cables are as short as possible and make sure to scrape away paint at the grounding point and use a star washer under the ring terminal so that it will dig into the bare metal and give you a good ground.

cbrahs

another good info is that you can always x wires (power crossing over RCA's) but NEVER parallel the wires. running them parallel is where you get noise. like said above. run the power on the passenger side and RCA's on the drivers side or vise versa.

steelblitzkrieg

There's info floating around that the Passenger seat may have to be reprogrammed for the airbag if you unplug it. Can't speak from experience, just that I've seen it mentioned on one of the forums here.

The seat has a weight sensor to adjust the strength of deployment of the airbag.

purduepurdy

Rockcrawler, you have to deal with this on your '06? Didnt see anything about this in the chrysler service manual.

Pooter

Not sure if its an '06+ thing, but I replaced my seats in my '05(went from slt cloth to leather) and never had an issue, but then again I guess I never needed the airbags so....

Nate-03 D

How are you guys removing the carpeting and re-installing it to look factory? Is it glued down?

rock crawler

I just disconnected my batteries before I started and reconnected them when I was done. If you have the battery disconnected the truck does not know that you unplugged anything. But, I'm not really sure that it matters.