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I am a carpet warehouse manager and am wondering about using a rubber acoustic type pad for the roof and behind the tank part of the cab & floor of my 51 AD pickup.Also is it beneficial for sound and insulation purposes to add an aluminum backed pad atop the rubber or vice versa.Is it overkill to use both? Thanks Again!

well if ya got the materal use it.sounds good tooo me. Sound and heat can be a problem,but I think you got it covered.Good luck Red.It's all common cents $$$$

oldblue and Amy too,
Sully here. After building and insulating several bolts I would recommend using something semi-rigid but using a open cell foam
won't work as well as you think. Use the Juke/Foil type that you can glue in and then be glued over with fabric or carpet.

Here's an older thread that may give you some ideas, Have fun and good luck
Dan

I read the threads on this topic,and concluded it would probably not be a good idea to use jute pad on the roof of the cab but ok on the floor as for the rubber pad,it may work as a deadener,will it be an effective heat deflector?

Not an authority but would assume jute would retain the the temp it was exposed to. If floor metal was hot or cold it would transfer to hot or cold. I used carpet padding under a V8 Vega I had and between the dampness and heat it seemed to break down the padding. On the cab back/sides should be fine. Have fun and good luck
Dan

Don't use anything that could act like a sponge. Somebody used carpet foam in my Buick and it just held the water and rusted out the floor boards.

Amen!My ratrod friend told me he uses carpet foam pad on his cars,but then again he just chops 'em,drives 'em,and then sells 'em!Rust is not my friend

Ok,
The stuff I am talking about is a very dense fabric like product with reinforced foil on one side. Most Vendors sell it for $30 a roll. You put it foil side up on the roof and foil side down on the floor. Then put another layer foil side up on th floor.
Foil tape the whole thing good and then put carpet over the top.
I would hope that everyone is building a truck that is not like the DWI commercials with the water level half way up on the glass. In wet areas get the kind that hardware stores sell that won't soke water. Hope this helps

I found some of that double-sided foil with padding inside at a local hardware. I put 3 layers of the stuff under the seat of my 49. Why? Well I had plenty of it and it does make a difference.

Sully,Thanks for the info.One of our floor intallers has a good size roll of the foil backed pad,it will only cost me a batch of my homemade salsa!