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GSport's New Damping Material
By Grant Peterson
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To boldly go where no man has gone before: under the carpet of this '79 Chevy truck. The seat, seatbelts, carpet, and insulation needs to come out.
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Wow, the floors wound up being... 
   
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Wow, the floors wound up being in better shape than a lot of cars' exteriors. Still, they got scrubbed with Simple Green to get rid of any dirt and grime.
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Here is our line of GMUFF... 
   
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Here is our line of GMUFF products, the Titan-lite material and the G-Spray. The Titan-lite comes in rolls of 12x54 inches. It took about eight rolls for the truck cab and two cans of G-Spray.
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Before we got too carried... 
   
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Before we got too carried away, I marked the sill plate and package tray holes for reference so I can open them up after the Titan-Lite is installed. The seatbelt and seat mounting holes are big enough you can easily find them to cut out.
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Starting at the back of the... 
   
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Starting at the back of the cab seemed like a good place to start; It had a nice straight reference to go off of. Remember to plan your attack if you use a whole sheet at once, because once it's stuck, it's stuck.
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When trimming smaller pieces... 
   
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When trimming smaller pieces to fit, I used a marker to reference their position so I could fit it in the desired place after trimming.
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If you get air bubbles you... 
   
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If you get air bubbles you can make a small cut with a utility knife to get rid of them.
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It's looking fine now that... 
   
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It's looking fine now that all the Titan-Lite is in. What's worth doing is worth over doing, right? With probably 90 percent coverage we called in the G-Spray. My obsessive-compulsive disorder started kickin' in, and I made the truck's owner and Publisher Tim Foss, spray the cab corners and all the seams on the floor as well.
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Here we can see it coming... 
   
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Here we can see it coming together. I tried to do as many big pieces first and then go in and fill in the gaps with smaller ones. The heat gun is the key to things looking and fitting well. With the heat gun, the Titan-Lite will stretch and move quite a bit. Be patient with it and it'll work out.
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Everything is coming together... 
   
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Everything is coming together now. It looks almost like we knew what we were doing. The back of the cab was done up to just under the seat covers.
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Tim's getting as much of the... 
   
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Tim's getting as much of the inner door as possible with the G-Spray--the more the merrier. Remember to roll up the windows.
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Badda Bing! Just tapping on... 
   
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Badda Bing! Just tapping on the sheetmetal you can tell a difference in the damping qualities. Stay tuned for new carpet, new seat, and the rest of the interior.
Mr. Gasket
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