Standard Equipment And Options

[desim]

The mazda miata has drain tube with "scuppers. Works great.

 

[Maurtis]

The mazda miata has drain tube with "scuppers. Works great.

Until they get clogged with leaf debris and you end up with a trunk/passenger floor full of water. Found that out the hard way last week when we got A LOT of rain, LOL. I cleaned them last month but apparently not well enough...

But you are right, they do a good job of keeping road noise out while letting water drain. People found that if they remove the rubber flaps they do get more noise in the cabin.

 

[NSTG8R]

I like the idea of no carpet and using bed liner too. I walk through my backyard to get to my driveway (our garages are all behind our houses in our neighborhood) so there is always dead grass in my carpets and keeping them clean means a lot of vacuuming. Without carpet and 1 minute with a Dustbuster and done.

But, wouldn't carpet help deaden road noise? I guess you could just put down some Dynamat and spray the liner over it. Sound deadening AND easy cleanup.

I was only half joking when I suggested truck bed liner as an alternative, but the more I think about it, the more I think I might just have it sprayed. Mine will be getting 5+ years of daily driving. Maybe I'll order the carpet upgrade and remove it when I get her home, then reinstall it once I retire and have time to play with it.

Anyway...

I think it was Ty that made the point awhile back about road noise in the Elio and it made perfect sense. Since the front wheels are outriggers the only real road noise in the cabin would be coming from the rear. So "theoretically" the cabin noise shouldn't be all that bad. The Rhino-liner I saw on a friend's truck looked to be better than 1/8" thick. So if there is road noise after you spray thing interior, have them shoot the under carriage, that ought to quiet her down.

This is all assuming there is no carpet with the standard models. Still not sure who started the conversation on that.

 

[John-b-gone]

I find Rhino-liner to be very harsh/ruff enough so as to very easily break the skin. Maybe there is a way to smooth it out like knocking down drywall compound.

 

[NSTG8R]

I find Rhino-liner to be very harsh/ruff enough so as to very easily break the skin. Maybe there is a way to smooth it out like knocking down drywall compound.

Better yet, wear shoes when you drive.

 

[Sethodine]

...This is all assuming there is no carpet with the standard models. Still not sure who started the conversation on that.

I started that conversation And the latest update to the Configurator shows "No Carpet" as the standard.

 

[Lil4X]

I sprayed the inside of my Wrangler with Rhino lining. I removed the seats put scuppers in the floor to let the water out, it worked great for 10 years. Then my poor jeep got totaled.

Never thought of a draining hole. That's a really good idea.

Good idea, that! If I don't do a carpet, bedliner and "freeing ports" (BIG overboard drains at the bottom of the cabin wall with one-way flappers to keep out the occasional breaking wave) might be a good choice after the flooding we've had down here in Houston.

 

[Chaz]

But wouldn't scuppers lead to more road noise? I guess one could devise a channel of sufficient length in which audible noise gets squelched, but that seems like more work than there is benefit. What has been your experience?

My jeep did not have a top on it for 9 months out of the year and when it did it was still very noisy. I also had no problems driving without shoes after a little while the roughness wears off. You also have to take into account I was in the Coast Guard working on small boats all day long when I bought my jeep so I had easy access to marine items.

 

[NSTG8R]

I started that conversation And the latest update to the Configurator shows "No Carpet" as the standard.

Sho-nuff does say "no carpet".

Truck bed coating it is then!

 

[John-b-gone]

Sho-nuff does say "no carpet".

Truck bed coating it is then!

Maybe you can find some with that "new car smell"