AAK z28

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Anyone running no carpet at all? Is it really loud inside? Alot louder than running light weight race carpet?

chadroosa

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not in an fbody, but yea its louder and hotter

HotWhipT/A

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Its a lot louder and everything rattles more, especially if you have true duals. The exhaust makes it a lil hotter as well.

AAK z28

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who makes lightweight carpet or race carpet

happysem

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I ran no carpet for a few days, its ugly, louder, and hotter.

I put in 4 yards of Ozite (under 10lbs IIRC), cut it myself and its tolerable.
I don't think most people would notice the difference.

Weight reduction + better looking carpet (my **** was DISGUSTING) = one of my best mods yet.

bigj2717

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I stripped off all the padding off the back of my carpet and you can tell that it's louder and a lot more rattles.

9WhiteCamaro9

Do what I'm gonna do, build the motor more to handle the weight of the carpet, . But for real though, I ran no carpet in my 2000 Dodge Neon with 5in. muffler out the back and it was to much for me so after that, I said I wouldn't ever take the carpet out unless I'm cleaning it or something to where I can put it back in.

01 ss vert

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So you were a ricer...I see.

Ghostintheshell

I ran no carpet while waiting to install my sound deadener and new carpet. It sucked, and unless it's a drag car ONLY, it's not worth it at all. Really giving up *a lot* of comfort / benefits for a slightly lighter car. So - unless your worried about loosing a 100th of a second of a drag run, don't bother.

Loud. Hot. Rattles.

9WhiteCamaro9

Negative ghost rider. I didn't have the body kit, big spoiler or in better terms Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement stuff. I was setting the car up to be somewhat stock looking but with a 2.4 Turbo motor out of a SRT-4 instead of the factory N/A 2.0 and with factory wheels but lowered with coilovers. I was leaving all the factory body parts on the car.

FastRidesOnly

i wish i could find the rubber flooring like trucks have.. i'd put that in every car i own. basically one big rubber floormat. anyone know where to buy it or what its called? there has to be universal rubber floor kit somewhere.

bigpapi211

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running no carpet allows you to hear everything, and i mean everything. anything bumping or rubbing or rattling you will hear. you get used to hearing everything fast.

BOBS99SS

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fast rides i agree i loved that in my truck, was easy to clean, and never had to worry about stains and what not

WipFbody

I'm in the process of a a 4th gen build......I've been kicking around spray in bed liner instead of carpet.

BlackScreaminMachine

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I took the backing off the carpet, saved some pounds. You can feel the heat more, and a little louder. A NO carpet set up is a little extreme for a street car. Going the Ozite route is considered an ideal situation and good compromise.

sweetbmxrider

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I haven't had carpet for a couple years in a car I driver every day. Doesn't bother me a bit but to each his own. I painted the floor black too, looks decent.

Johnny-LT1-runner

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The entire stock style carpet set up weighs in at 50 pounds, a tad more for coupes. It's ******* miserable to drive around without any, and should only be acceptable for track only cars to ditch it.
If you really want to lose that kind of weight I'd start elsewhere. Tubular suspension is a good place, it'll knock out more weight than removing the carpet would.
Hell, I removed the entire HVAC system, ducting, and airbags out of mine and it all weighed in at 100 pounds, start there if you're gonna do anything extreme.