Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I am taking the first week off work in order to work on my 1991 Sierra..
The first thing I am going to do is fix all the rust holes in my floor and put carpet in the entire interior. The carpet will be glued in and there will be a push pop up drain under the passengers, drivers and two at the very back for drainage.
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I was just wandering if this idea will work? I try to stay away from the really deep mud and I have matts as well which catch the majorit of the dirt and gunk that rocks up at ur feet after a 4X4 trip.

They pop up and get caught on everything. Every time you hit a hard bump they pop up.

The guy that had my zook before me put them in. I took them out and put in a bush button drain plug. basicly they are shut till you push the button in the center. hard to explain.
The ones your looking at are also very long and will hang down a long way.

V.W.Dave wrote:They pop up and get caught on everything. Every time you hit a hard bump they pop up.

The guy that had my zook before me put them in. I took them out and put in a bush button drain plug. basicly they are shut till you push the button in the center. hard to explain.
The ones your looking at are also very long and will hang down a long way.

Yeah I know.. I just chose them as an example. I was going to get the push ones. You just push down the button in the center And the entire button just lifts up? Send an image link and I will have a peek? But is the carpet idea good enough?

Forget about carpet.......... if anything mabey some marine carpet but even then its a $#!* fight. I am going to Rhino line mine. But thats me. To each there own

V.W.Dave wrote:Forget about carpet.......... if anything mabey some marine carpet but even then its a $#!* fight. I am going to Rhino line mine. But thats me. To each there own

What is wrong with carpeting it??? I was going to put marine grade carpet in... My brother did his Suzy with it and it turned out fine??

Carpet is fine man, just providing you aren't in the habit of letting your car sit in rancid puddles or getting into it with boot's full of mud. For those two reasons don't go glueing in the carpet, will make cleaning a little easier The third is it will trap water and all your work to fix your rusty floor will be wasted! In vic it's a rwc requirment to have carpet NFI why?

I think someone on ebay also sell's vinyl floor's for the front of sierra's. Never brought his product but maybe worth looking into.

And FWIW it took me all of about 3 hours to cut a couple of big holes in the floor, make plates to match, weld them in and paint/seal it all up. Thats for someone with limited MIG experience and no car panel experience at all. How are you filling in the rest of your week?

shakes wrote:Carpet is fine man, just providing you aren't in the habit of letting your car sit in rancid puddles or getting into it with boot's full of mud. For those two reasons don't go glueing in the carpet, will make cleaning a little easier The third is it will trap water and all your work to fix your rusty floor will be wasted! In vic it's a rwc requirment to have carpet NFI why?

I think someone on ebay also sell's vinyl floor's for the front of sierra's. Never brought his product but maybe worth looking into.

And FWIW it took me all of about 3 hours to cut a couple of big holes in the floor, make plates to match, weld them in and paint/seal it all up. Thats for someone with limited MIG experience and no car panel experience at all. How are you filling in the rest of your week?

Well i have about 4 or 5 full days..
Replacing the felt window runner seals in the doors.
Replacing my checkerplate door faces with normal sheet metal so I dont cut myself anymore
Grind out and replace all of my roll bar bolts with Stainless ones because they are rusted out badly..
Preparing and painting underneath pretty much the entire car with Ormanoid to seal it all up. Mainly under the wheel arches tho.
Preparing and carpeting as said before.
Giving it a 2-Inch lift thanks to V.W.Dave.
And maybe but on the very very slight chance I may be replacing the back bar. Maybe putting in a Cd Player with AUX IN. But very slight chance of those 2 happening.
Have you got any other ideas with things I could do?

EFI it
Gear it
Put 31s on it
Lock it
Drive it....

V.W.Dave wrote:EFI it
Gear it
Put 31s on it
Lock it
Drive it....

Hahaha come on Dave I dont have Marry Poppins pockets here geez! What is EFI?

electronic fuel injection.
its what people put on their motors when they are far too mechanically minded and are running out of things to upgrade.

86slowsierra wrote:electronic fuel injection.
its what people put on their motors when they are far too mechanically minded and are running out of things to upgrade.

I hate working on carbies. EFI on the other hand, is a dream....

My father thinks there is something wrong with me...

86slowsierra wrote:electronic fuel injection.
its what people put on their motors when they are far too mechanically minded and are running out of things to upgrade.

Your kidding right????

EFI is for te people that want to be able to overtake some one on the highway without a struggle.
EFI is for the people that want to drive higher angles without carby die.
EFI is what you need when gearing is not enough.

Next sierra I have EFI will be the first thing I do. If you drive a sierra with a 1.6 efi installed correctly you will not want anything else.

V.W.Dave wrote:

86slowsierra wrote:electronic fuel injection.
its what people put on their motors when they are far too mechanically minded and are running out of things to upgrade.

Your kidding right????

EFI is for te people that want to be able to overtake some one on the highway without a struggle.
EFI is for the people that want to drive higher angles without carby die.
EFI is what you need when gearing is not enough.

Next sierra I have EFI will be the first thing I do. If you drive a sierra with a 1.6 efi installed correctly you will not want anything else.

What do you mean highway without a struggle!! Geez why on earth do you think they make highways so damn long!!!!
So us Zookers can get a run up!

sickzuk1 wrote:and put carpet in the entire interior.

Hmm

carpet + aircon = awesome

droopypete wrote:

sickzuk1 wrote:and put carpet in the entire interior.

Hmm

Well thankyou for your completely useless input into this conversation..

sickzuk1 wrote:

droopypete wrote:

sickzuk1 wrote:and put carpet in the entire interior.

Hmm

Well thankyou for your completely useless input into this conversation..

lol.... carpet is completely useless. especially if its glued in....

danssurf82 wrote:

sickzuk1 wrote:

droopypete wrote:

sickzuk1 wrote:and put carpet in the entire interior.

Hmm

Well thankyou for your completely useless input into this conversation..

lol.... carpet is completely useless. especially if its glued in....

What is soo bad about it??? I very rarely hit up the mud anyway. I dont see what is so bad about it

don't listen to them mate. carpet keeps a lot of noise and heat out of the car
and by the way my hardtop with g16 carby motor has no problems cruising at 110kph
with the aircon on while towing a trailer.

droopypete wrote:

sickzuk1 wrote:and put carpet in the entire interior.

Hmm

X2.

I've never seen a sierra that doesn't leak some water.

Water+carpet=stench and corrosion.

It's a dumb idea with no advantages. Smelly, muddy, wet carpet isn't luxurious.

PS Carpet IS NOT a RWC requirement in Victoria.

Rooted carpet with holes in it is a RWC fail however.

My trayback sailed through a RWC with Bunnings honeycomb rubber doormats on the floor. They're great - the mud/water drops through them and the honeycomb shape acts as a baffle and stops the slop sloshing around too much. I think they were $6 each.

Interesting. last car I got a rwc for (~4 years ago, ae71 corolla) I got pinged for no carpet.

sickzuk1 wrote:

V.W.Dave wrote:

86slowsierra wrote:electronic fuel injection.
its what people put on their motors when they are far too mechanically minded and are running out of things to upgrade.

Your kidding right????

EFI is for te people that want to be able to overtake some one on the highway without a struggle.
EFI is for the people that want to drive higher angles without carby die.
EFI is what you need when gearing is not enough.

Next sierra I have EFI will be the first thing I do. If you drive a sierra with a 1.6 efi installed correctly you will not want anything else.

What do you mean highway without a struggle!! Geez why on earth do you think they make highways so damn long!!!!
So us Zookers can get a run up!

im fairly sure you are/was a mechanic.
As to the rest.. we could argue but .. meh. Lets agree your right and that i have a bigger block and tackle, we both win.

If you must have carpet for the love of good don't glue it in, it'll be a rust breeding ground in no time and you'll first notice when your feet go through the floor.

Agreed, in a "hardcore" off roader, carpet is a VERY bad idea.

In a 4WD that rarely gets used off road and never gets too dirty there's no problem at all with carpet. Glueing it in however probably isn't the best idea.

sickzuk1 wrote:

shakes wrote:Carpet is fine man, just providing you aren't in the habit of letting your car sit in rancid puddles or getting into it with boot's full of mud. For those two reasons don't go glueing in the carpet, will make cleaning a little easier The third is it will trap water and all your work to fix your rusty floor will be wasted! In vic it's a rwc requirment to have carpet NFI why?

I think someone on ebay also sell's vinyl floor's for the front of sierra's. Never brought his product but maybe worth looking into.

And FWIW it took me all of about 3 hours to cut a couple of big holes in the floor, make plates to match, weld them in and paint/seal it all up. Thats for someone with limited MIG experience and no car panel experience at all. How are you filling in the rest of your week?

Well i have about 4 or 5 full days..
Replacing the felt window runner seals in the doors.
Replacing my checkerplate door faces with normal sheet metal so I dont cut myself anymore
Grind out and replace all of my roll bar bolts with Stainless ones because they are rusted out badly..
Preparing and painting underneath pretty much the entire car with Ormanoid to seal it all up. Mainly under the wheel arches tho.
Preparing and carpeting as said before.
Giving it a 2-Inch lift thanks to V.W.Dave.
And maybe but on the very very slight chance I may be replacing the back bar. Maybe putting in a Cd Player with AUX IN. But very slight chance of those 2 happening.
Have you got any other ideas with things I could do?

dont use stainless steel bolts use grade 8.8 or higher m10 or larger bolts

inbits wrote: dont use stainless steel bolts use grade 8.8 or higher m10 or larger bolts

good pick up inbits.
Peter.