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[Vipstats]

Niceee! How's the car now with the raammat? Is it quieter inside? If so how much? I've been meaning to do the same one my sedan, so i'd like to know if it helps.

[ochn77]

wonder how well tan carpet paints. can't wait to see. carpet looks great. ...but um.. lol, am i the only one seein those absolutely awesome boots in the 2nd picture. ;] lol

[Wes]

Nice build so far

Originally Posted by Vipstats

Niceee! How's the car now with the raammat? Is it quieter inside? If so how much? I've been meaning to do the same one my sedan, so i'd like to know if it helps.

Doubt it. It pretty much just adds weight. There's already some sound deadening material stock underneath the carpet, and the carpet itself is much thicker and deadening then sound deadener. For the doors I don't think it helps very much either. Hasn't helped my doors at all besides make them heavier.

Originally Posted by legndowner

wonder how well tan carpet paints

Pretty well but you'll still be able to see the tan fibers of the carpet deep down at the roots. The SEM paint can't get down to the bottom of the carpet very well. Even if you brush it in between coats you can't get it to look totally black. And adding more coats will just make the carpet harder without getting down to the 'roots' of the fibers. But all in all, the carpet does look pretty black in the end and it holds up well.

[Lady -X-]

Originally Posted by Vipstats

Niceee! How's the car now with the raammat? Is it quieter inside? If so how much? I've been meaning to do the same one my sedan, so i'd like to know if it helps.

Rammat= AMAZING. One night me and X were testing it out the subwoofers before we rammatted the trunk lid and they rattled like CRAZY. After we rammatted the whole thing it was nice and quiet. The only thing that shook was the license plate so we gotta hide some rammat back there somehow. Now that we rammatted the whole car we ain't gotta pay cover to clubs no more cause the sound quality is off the hook! nuff said.

Originally Posted by legndowner

wonder how well tan carpet paints. can't wait to see. carpet looks great. ...but um.. lol, am i the only one seein those absolutely awesome boots in the 2nd picture. ;] lol

My bad with the boots. Thats how we do it up in NYC lol

More progress! Dreams came back and we almost finished up

Driver Door


Removed Old Tint (thank God a crackhead did the old tint, came off easily, the old tint was an embarrassment)

Saved the Defroster =)


Diamond/Arc Audio


Working









X installed the mudguards, too late to take pics of finished work


And i got a jdm present in the mail today


can't wait!

[ochn77]

Originally Posted by Wes

Pretty well but you'll still be able to see the tan fibers of the carpet deep down at the roots. The SEM paint can't get down to the bottom of the carpet very well. Even if you brush it in between coats you can't get it to look totally black. And adding more coats will just make the carpet harder without getting down to the 'roots' of the fibers. But all in all, the carpet does look pretty black in the end and it holds up well.

well, i mean painting it tan again. finding the closest color available and redoing it tan.

Originally Posted by Lady -X-

when you're finished, if you can't hear a pin drop on the carpet while doing 90, i'd be highly surprised.

[BklynSoulja]

lol at dream but nah he a good dude helping others and cant wait for more pics!!!!

[the_professional]

I was thinking the same, Dream being a trooper & helping the masses.

[whats77inaname]

Originally Posted by legndowner

wonder how well tan carpet paints. can't wait to see. carpet looks great.

Your best bet to color change would be to use a RITT dye and dye it black first, then follow up w/SEM. That'll take care of the "root" issue mentioned by Wes.

-X- never let me know that the gauges arrived, so I don't have to wonder anymore *lol*

[Vipstats]

@ Lady X: K, i'd love to hear it inside once its back together.

[GreekPower]

just chiming in on the raammat, I did it HEAVILY in my car (4 rolls all over and not the doors) its very quiet now, I can barely hear my exhaust when I would drive it. heres a video clip sadly music is playing... but my exhaust is pretty loud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3LTe5vzS-U

outside exhaust clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7jZ-VzdW6Q