Snooty elitists with carpeted cabin floors

[Ruadhd2]

Which of you snooty, uptown elitists has carpeted or otherwise covered floors over the aluminum in your 7's and what materials (Home Depot indoor/outdoor carpet or whatever) and arrangements (snap down, glued etc.) do you recommend?

[snookwheel]

I used cheap Home Depot indoor/outdoor carpet that I had left over from covering boat trailer bunks. Works fine. Heavy duty Velcro holds it in place. The main objective I had was to be able to throw my goggles under the front of the seat and not have the lenses get scratched up. The pieces that cover the forward foot well can pull free of the Velcro when you get in the car if you are not careful. Hooks or snaps would fix that. Under way, pulling free is never an issue. Easy to remove for AutoX and dresses it up for the street. I think I have 20 minutes and under $10.00 into the project.

 

I saw somewhere where a 7 owner cut thin plywood to fit the floor and covered them in carpet. Looked good and would be easy to take in and out.

 

Scott

 

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[athens7]

Factory Caterham carpets (that means branded cheap carpet, as opposed to generic cheap carpet) over insulation, with 4 snaps on each side pop riveted into the floor pan.

[DeanG]

The horror of additional weight! You might as well drive an Cadillac Escalade!

[Hank]

^ I second this notion. Blasphemy! Do you have air conditioning too?

[snookwheel]

^ I second this notion. Blasphemy! Do you have air conditioning too?

 

Heh, heh.... Got a heater too! And I live in Florida. I have to say, I thought about removing the heater to save weight. BUT, once I realized that it allowed me to use the car when the temp dropped below 75 degrees, I kept it.

[supersportsp]

You might want to check out Inteface Flor as an option. Carpet tiles with a rubber base that would likely stick fairly well to the aluminum. You can cut to fit very easily. http://www.interfaceflor.com/

[Mondo]

I was thinking of putting this on the sides of the footwell between the chassis tubing

 

http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_info.php?products_id=494

[Alaskossie]

I have used the Caterham factory carpet on the tunnel in my '07 Executive Superlight, held in place by HD Velcro.

 

In the footwells, I have positioned two layers of Summit racing reflective heat fabric and one layer of carpet (all removable) at the ends of the footwells. On the floor, I have a light piece of roofing rubber membrane (commonly called "Bitchithane") against the aluminum. Then I have the Caterham factory floor carpets each fastened (also removable) to a sheet of stiff carbon fiber, with nylon-strap tabs to lift them up and out for cleaning.

 

An added advantage of the c/f on the footwell floor is that it guards against a sharp piece of road debris coming through the floor and slicing up my legs....

 

i have found that over long distances in others' Sevens, it is the engine heat -- not the sun or the wind buffeting or the engine noise -- that really wears me out. So I made certain that my Seven is as well insulated against engine heat as is reasonably possible.

[DLW]

When I finally build my Se7en, I plan on using thin grooved rubber matting bonded to the floorpan. No carpet for me, I don't even like it in my house or my daily-driver, but am stuck with it as far as the house goes since I'm renting. At least rubber mats are readily available for my daily!

[powderbrake]

I used Cool Mat from JEG'S, placed it between the frame rails, and covered with Cloroplast , the plastic yard sign material that looks like plastic corrugated cardboard. This stuff is super light, and is available at sign or plastic companies. This keeps the passenger side cool, as the exhaust is on the passenger side.

 

I also used it for my floormats. It just lays there, and is not glued or screwed down.

Edited August 7, 2010 by powderbrake

[Mondo]

I have a lot of left over coolmat from doing my truck but I wasn't sure what to use for the siding.

 

Jerry, this the 3rd or 4th time I'm going to copy something you've done.... except the color. The car gets enough attention already;)

 

Thanks for posting

[DeanG]

Did you cover the Cloroplast with something or did you get it that color? What do you do with the edges to seal them?

[powderbrake]

Did you cover the Coroplast with something or did you get it that color? What do you do with the edges to seal them?

 

The material comes in lots of colors.

You do not have to seal the edges, there are no "loose"pieces, it's all extruded as one piece.You can see the corrugations when you look at it parallel to the corrugations. I didn't want to add another color to the car , so I did nothing to the edges.

 

I just realized that I misspelled Coroplast. here is a link to the manufacturer's website

http://www.coroplast.com/

Edited August 9, 2010 by powderbrake

[DeanG]

Jerry;

 

Thanks, you are an OK guy even if you are a snoot elitists

[powderbrake]

Jerry;

 

Thanks, you are an OK guy even if you are a snoot elitists

 

You are welcome, us snooty elitists have to stick ogether.:rofl: