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I just spent the afternoon stripping the interior from my LWB GQ.

The last owner was a logging contractor so there was oil and grime covering most of the carpet so it had to go.

I'm looking at getting a new carpet set for it but wondering what everyone's thoughts are on using dynamat underneath.

I know it is pricey but a friend of mine has just put some in a XW Falcon wagon he has restored and the difference was impressive.

As this vehicle is going to be used to take the wife and kids on trips the extra comfort/lower noise level could be good.

It is supposed to be impervious to water but I'm just not sure if it would trap water between it and the floor somehow?

marmel wrote:It is supposed to be impervious to water but I'm just not sure if it would trap water between it and the floor somehow?

I'd be interested to if anyone can confirm this too

thinking of putting some in the 80, but it still has the occasional leak from time to time, so don't wanna be spending money on something you have to rip out and throw away at the first sign of water

hey bro if the carpet is not excessively worn and is JUST very filthy- get the wife and the kids outside on the lawn and spend a good few hours degreasing the crap out of the carpets.

I did mine when i first got the vehicle and they came up near new - it was AMAZING.

I basically used anything and everything I could on them. I wet all the carpets with a hose- lathered them up with spray on carpet cleaner... waited for that to soak for ages then scrubbed with a stiff bristled brush..........then hosed out (tons of brown water) then scrubbed them with dish washing liquid, car wash, bars bugs.............you name it- I had it on there.

Anything thats capable of being a degreaser is what you want.

Take your time.. and keep repeating the rince/soap/scrub/soak routine and you'll be amazed at how nice things can look.

Note- if the carpet is REALLY oily the oil may keep coming through once it dries and is warmed by the sun. Just keep soaping it and hosing it down and eventually you'll get there

i used laundry powder and a waterblaster to clean all the oil off my carpet, the other method is repeated soakings in the bats

skid wrote:

marmel wrote:It is supposed to be impervious to water but I'm just not sure if it would trap water between it and the floor somehow?

I'd be interested to if anyone can confirm this too

thinking of putting some in the 80, but it still has the occasional leak from time to time, ( when it goes swimming )so don't wanna be spending money on something you have to rip out and throw away at the first sign of water

sorry moderators I really couldn't resist

If you need new carpets, we are about to strip out a LWB GQ. I'm not 100% the carpets are prefect but can have a look and take photo's if you are interested.
The truck is getting turned into an offroad toy so the whole interior is getting removed.

I have used dynamat a number of times, and as long as you get a good seal on the floor nothing will get throuh it, though you want to make sure any holes have been pluged up. Ive done this by puting a patch of dynamat on it then the top sheet over it. If you want some pricing let me know, as we deal with the importer quite frequently.

moonhopper wrote:I have used dynamat a number of times, and as long as you get a good seal on the floor nothing will get throuh it, though you want to make sure any holes have been pluged up. Ive done this by puting a patch of dynamat on it then the top sheet over it. If you want some pricing let me know, as we deal with the importer quite frequently.

Wondered about the sealing of the Dynamat myself so I emailed the company and they called me back. They said that applied properly with a small roller to fit to body contours it will not leak.

I recently cleaned my truck up to use for transport at an alpine wedding.

I took the whole interior out and thoroughly cleaned it, the first time in 7 years.

I found the rug doctor products at the Supermarket worked well. I even went back and hired the rug doctor itself.

My carpets were very oily in places - joys of using my vehicle as a work ute.
A combination of scrubbing with the rug doctor oil / stain remover, blasting with the hose and floating the crap off, and using the rug doctor itself worked really well for me. The carpets came up like new.

Once dry on the clothes line, it was amazing how much fine silt kept coming off the carpets when I beat them.