Jute or Closed Cell Foam for the Tranmission Tunnel

[Travel'n Man]

A question to the group.

Which is the best of the two products for the underpadding of the transmission tunnel, jute or closed cell foam. Let me know your success story and where you found the product you used. I am finishing up with installation of Extreme Dynamat and need to put a underpadding on my tunnel over the upcoming weekend. I've already reviewed the search engine on jute and underpadding but have not found the ultimate responce.

Oh yea, by the way, the glass company broke my first windshield yesterday, re-ordered and installed this morning with success. Thank goodness for warrenty and having the glass shop do the install. 323.00 for the install including the glass and labor, and $75.00 to install the rear (I supplied the gaskets and reused the old glass).

Any assist would be greatly appreciated!:classic:

[EScanlon]

That's the beauty of having the glass company install it. If they break it, since your contract calls for an installed windshield, they get to find another one.

Sometimes you can still contract with a glass installer and you supply the glass and for their fee they'll guarantee the install... sometimes even that they won't break the glass.

As far as the transmission tunnel padding...

Jute was what was commonly available. But aside from it's thermal insulation quality it also provided a bit of STC (Sound Transmission Coefficient) as well as the obvious NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient). Add to that that it was a lot easier to rest your leg on it than bare vinyl covered steel.

I've not used closed cell foam for thermal insulation, but I have for weatherproofing. I don't know if I would use closed cell for thermal, but that's my opinion. I may be thinking of the wrong type of foam.

It IS possible to install the glass yourself, but having a pro do it for a small fee...

FWIW

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