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BJ8 Carpet Padding

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OK so I have seen all kinds of padding for carpets. I am replacing my carpets on my BJ8. I used the jute padding from Heritage on my 100. If I remember correctly it was about 1/4" or 3/8"? I am going to use Dynamat on the floor pans. What is a good padding to use?

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Tod
 
When I redid my BT7 a few years ago, I installed Hushmat, then a layer of bubble wrap with foil on both sides followed by the carpet which had about 3/8" padding attached. The whole system was about 3/4" thick. While I may have lost some interior space the reduction in cockpit heat was well worth it.
 
Heres my 67 before the main carpet sections went in . Thats the jute from Victoria British over everything including the tunnel . Under that is that sticky rubberized foil backed heat blocker stuff . It goes from right up the front of the footboxes
all the way to the rear kickpanel .
 

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TodE said:
Healey Nut is the jute 1/4"?

Thanks for all your help!
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Yes , thats what it says on the VB website , and the foil heat matt stuff ads another 1/8” ish
 
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