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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 01:49 AM
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I know this has been shown on here but I thought i would add my experience.

I purchased 100 sqft of fatMat on ebay. i paid $189 plus shipping. was a good price from what i have seen. vThe product is great and fairly easy to use.

First you will see that i sprayed the floor pan with a rubberized under coating. I was not going to use the fatmat. that is whyI undercoated it. But, thenI thought that since it was apart, why not? The coating is $6 per can.I did the entire undernieth and the interior with 11 cans. However it is messy.

I then applied the fatmat.

Note: it is much easier to use when warm and in small pieces. The roll was 18" by about 30 ft long.I used pieces about 18" x 18". this seemed to be the easiest.

You will need to make many cuts in it to get it to contour and to relieve the bubbles.

The product is very sticky. I dont think that there is any possible way it will come loose. So i went ahead and covered the roof also. it took about 2 hours and was not hard. It was a lot of work though. Especially with 3 bad disc's in my back.

I can already tell it will make a huge difference.

I did the entire interior and it only took about 60 sqft. I STILL HAVE THE TRUNK LEFT. I AM SURE THAT I WILL HAVE ABOUT 20 SQFT LEFT OVER.

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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Looks good. Do you have any pics of the entire floor covered?
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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yeah if its a nice warm day, lay the matting out on the driveway for an hour. itll soften right up.

thats what we did with the insulation kit we installed, and the new carpet my dad got.
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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I used the same method, but I did the entire floor. Make sure you do the roof as well, I left that out on my restore and wish I did it.
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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Ummmm, 189$ plus shipping for 100sqft of Fatmat? You must have no looked very well. Mine was just under 80$, shipped!

I'd show you the pics of mine, but damn search function doesn't work. Anyone got the link? I'l save it this time for future reference..

BTW, I started to do my trunk (gastank top and area above differential), but then I thought "Why am I sound deadening the trunk anyways?" Because I made myself a rear seat divider, I insulated the backside of that well, and the entire framing that divides the trunk and cabin. I figure the trunk can be as loud as it wants, aslong as it stays in the trunk. I believe it saved alot of sqft too.
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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I bought mine from ebay for $100
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Here you go
https://mustangforums.com/m_4426786/tm.htm
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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hey monsterb, you should ask baddog671 about his seat dividers. he'll hook you up.
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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What about the liquid sound deadener that they offer?? Has anyone tried that product????
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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In sowed a pis of the spray on. i liked it but its messy.

I guess i got ripped on ebay cuz i didnt find it any cheaper. oh well its done.



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