SeattleCoug's Black Beauty Build

Dynamat'ing​

The entire cab... I started ripping apart and went whoops I forgot about during pictures, so here they are:




Carpet Before --> Gonna deep clean the sh!t out of it while it's pulled out:


Back Pulled Off:



Carpet Out:



Carpet Out II:



Rear Jump Seat Area:



Ran out of daylight, had to move the truck inside:




Everything pulled out, ready to vacuum, clean and start laying dynamat:

 

My maintenance log, just got bored and took a few pics of it

 

I also got a CRAVEN SPEED STUBBY ANTENNA

The reception isn't as bad as they say, I had 1 out of my 6 stations coming in very scratchy at first but then it came around and only had a little static.. might be cause I'm in the garage. Either way I don't listen to enough radio aside from Highway Advisory stuff to make it a headache



Before/Afters as usual with this thread:

 

Progress:

 

One of the many things I'd like to do someday. I guess I'll do it when it's not my dd anymore haha

 

NICE ASSES ON THE WALL MAN!!!!!!

 

Dude those kids foam mat things are amazing. They saved my knees during my suspension install and last brake job. Hell, I use them every time I even look at my truck in the driveway lol.

 

It was real easy taking everything apart & laying down the dynamat, but now comes the hard part of putting everything back together... and already having trouble on the rear seat belts... fack.

Thanks, it's my Dad's butt collection, there's probably somewhere around 219 butts..... just a guess though

The grey mats you mean? Yellow ones were in the rear walls by the speakers... if so then hell yes! Those things are AWESOME. I don't even want to kneel on the ground/bare cab without em, knee savers for sure.

 

Starting to look like an interior again

 

How did you install your Expos?

Did you have to cut out the bolts or were you able to get them out and just re-used all of the bolts and shackles?

 

I was able to use the stock shackles/hardware. I fudged up on one of the shackle pins (passenger side I think) but luckily I had a second vehicle at the house and was able to go get another pin from the (somewhat)local hardware store

 

Ill comment since my retros are messed and I've been using my D2s as driving lights, bright as fuckkk and literally lights up the inside of passing cars on the 4 lane haha but no one has flashed me or looked as if they were being blinded I also aimed them down so it's not as bad

 

How much did you spend on dynamat ?

 

Excellent

Bought it off Amazon for $135. Although I need to buy a little more since I (just barely) didn't have enough for my front doors -_- damn

 

Progress Pics








aaaaand good news I put everything back together without having spare screws.... But I snapped a screw for the rear bench where the jump seats set on. Oh well shouldn't be an issue

 

Great looking truck man...can wait to see that bumper on!

 

Thanks- me too! Just hoping it'll get here before the end of the month otherwise y'all will have to wait till next spring

 

This post is gonna bog down this particular page, so just bear with me... y'all know this build thread is well.. pic heavy so deal with it

Dynamat​

Tearing it all apart with the help of Black Coffee & Everclear :











Ended up clearing out approximately 50' of dead ended wires from the rear door panels & underneath the carpet:








The rear jump seat platform was REALLY noisy when I took it out, and to think my subwoofer sits on top of that !!!





So now I finally cleared out the other wires. Now all that's left is my amp wires & the CB coaxial cable, ahh feels so much better to finally know that the only wiring that I WANT is under the carpet!:





and the Dynamat begins :





Wow that was quick in the pictures haha, all in all from the last pic to this one only took about an hour or two intertwined with A LOT of dicking around:











I found that the rear quarter panels had very little foam in them to protect against noise/vibrations, so I cut up some old foam pads that I had for camping way back when and stuffed em into the panels:
Passenger Side (sorry it's blurry):



Driver Side:





and while I was at it, I scrubbed the shit out of the carpet so now it looks quite a bit better than it did before:





Dynamat Complete w/ Foam Installed in Rear Quarter Panels:












Ceiling Dynamat:





Almost completely back together:





aaaand everything goes back together (minus the seats/console) FINALLY after about 36 hours of near constant work, well... intertwined with a lot of BS:

 

Before/After Dynamat videos will come shortly, along with a video while driving in my Dad's completely stock 2002 SR5 TRD Tacoma-- just for a comparison. If anyone knows how to link them all into one on Youtube that would be awesome! Just PM me

 

Cleaned up the wiring from my LightForce 240 Blitz's and my Rigid Industries D2 lights:


A Mess:


Getting Better



and then I installed a Blue Sea Fuse Block
All Hooked Up-- 3 spare slots



The Wiring Now: