I've finally gotten the reason I have been waiting for to remove all the carpet and do the rino-lining inside the tub.... ( had 3 inches of standing water after some major storms went through the area ),
But now I have a question..... I have read on here of allot of you guys removing the sound proofing material from the floor of you're jeeps,,, using various methods....
My question is.. is it really necessary to remove this stuff??????? can't you just put the bed liner over top of it?? What makes the difference???

Also.. If it is necessary to remove it, how is the best and easiest way to do it???
Thanks....

 

I may be wrong, but I heard that the sound proofing stuff also blocks some heat from the drivetrain from entering the Jeep.

I plan on removing my carpet to find out what's under there and poke around a bit myself. No coin for the bedlining, but I will definitely be removing the noise mats, as that is where most of the water accumulates.

 

I've been reading a lot about this since i'll be lining the tub this summer or next summer. From what I've read, if you're talking about the stuff on the driver and passenger floorboard, it's a heat shield. It seems to be up to the owner whether to leave it in or take it out. Some people use chisels and some grind it out. I sounds like a PITA to take out, but it would look much better after having the liner put in. Although I'll still have floor mats in mine after it's lined, so I don't care if it stays in or comes out.

 

Mine was attached to the carpet when I took it out. I put in the Mopar rubber flooring at it has to heat spots on it near the transmission hump. You will get some heat without it. I had mine out to dry the heat/sound pads out and I should've left them in because the heat from the trans would have dried them out.

 

Yea, I don't know,,,, this stuff is like a 1/4 inch thick rubbery shit that was adhered to the floor on the driver, pass., and rear cargo area... It is stuck to the floor and not to the bottom of the carpet,,, It probably is more for the heat than for sound and probably will be a real pita to get off....
I'm leaning towards leaving it in for the heat protection. It probably does help!!???
But it would look better if I were to take it off before I put the bed liner in....
Just asking for the pros and cons of leaving it in vs. taking it off.....

 

FWIW
a 1" or 1.25" body lift solves the heat from below issue

 

Unless you want your floor boards to rot out i would remove it.....this stuff holds water like a sponge.
After my Jeep got really wet one day ( don't ask ) i cleaned it all up and noticed that when i applied air ( compressor with air gun/ line ) it kept bubbling out water for a VERY long time.

So either make sure that if you are going to "seal" the insulation that it is extremely dried out first or take the safe route and just grind it away

 

I'll look at that... thanks...

 

When I Monstaline I'm gonna take it out. From pics I have seen of Line-X jobs ... it looks much better with the crap removed before bedlining ...

 

Hell. I didn't have none of that in there.