How to remove floor board foam?

Hi guys, I’m stupid. Ran my truck into a ditch. Water got inside floor boards on drivers side. How do I get the soaked carpets and the foam underneath dry? Thanks.

 

Can I just rip out that foam ? Do I need it?

 

rip it out get new carpet padding at home depot for cheap

prssure wash carpet at diy carwash and dry out with fans and dehumidier in a garage or small closet

 

I live in the Middle East. Lebanon. I’m sure I fan find it somewhere after lockdown ends.

can I rip it out for now and do it later? What’s the padding even for ?

 

it is to absorb water for when you drive into ditch

 

Oh lol. Ok thanks.

 

It’s for insulation and sound deadening

 

Is it worth ripping out for good ?

 

Drive around without it for a while and decide for yourself.
I had an old suburban with just metal floors and my wife’s “leather” purse melted to the floor on a road trip in the summer.
Plus I had to wear ear plugs on long trips

 

oh wow.

yeah I’ll try to dry it first. Thanks.

 

It's sound deadening material. Take a razor blade to it and cut it the section you need to replace.

I just tore apart my truck to dynamat it and when with the seats and carpet out, I had to cut the padding up to remove it. Seems to me that lay the padding down before writing the internals.

 

This happened to a guy I somewhat know a few weeks ago. He had to rip everything out of the interior. He replaced the foam and had all the carpet detailed. The water was up to his dashboard I think

 

This just happened to me as well last weekend. First thing I did after disconnecting the battery of course was gut the interior. As mentioned before you have to cut that padding out because it is under a bunch of things you don’t wanna remove. It is all still out of the truck right now. Only thing back in it is two front seats. The truck is really loud inside now. I have just received Noico sound deadening and insulation to install to replace what I took out. Just waiting on a warm day to install it. After driving around for a week now without it I wouldn’t recommend not putting something back in there.

Also, if it makes you feel better to watch someone else do something stupid watch my video. I’ll also be doing an install video of the sound deadening install.

https://youtu.be/QDwIrOAUj-Y

 

now is your chance to brush in some of that rubber acoustic paint, spray fluid film through the body holes onto frame and run any future stereo wiring etc even if not using immediately

 

Poor trucks


Reason# 5,682 to buy new

 

Did you live in Houston previously? I am from Lebanon originally, but living in the US at the moment

 

yup. Shipped my truck from Houston to lebanon.

 

Sorry for going off topic, but does anyone know what this little plug it for?
@brandon78lusch post just reminded me of it.

 

Ouch!

 

I think that is the one that plugs into the wireless phone charger.