EG Firewall Mat - Removal?
10-06-2003, 09:39 PM
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EG Firewall Mat - Removal?
Ok guys the firewall mat on my EG needs to go, putting the car on a lil diet. I am just wodnering how did you guys pull it out?
Do you just need to take the dash off, or the underdash components too?
thanx
Do you just need to take the dash off, or the underdash components too?
thanx
10-06-2003, 10:54 PM
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Re: EG Firewall Mat - Removal? (navin)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by navin »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok guys the firewall mat on my EG needs to go, putting the car on a lil diet. I am just wodnering how did you guys pull it out?
Do you just need to take the dash off, or the underdash components too?
thanx</TD></TR></TABLE>
how much weigh is there w/ the under dash matting?? i currently have my dash out so i can fix a broken heater core and i could rip this stuff out before i put the dash back in.. will the road noise be tolerable?? i have pol motor mounts also, will this make more rattles?
Do you just need to take the dash off, or the underdash components too?
thanx</TD></TR></TABLE>
how much weigh is there w/ the under dash matting?? i currently have my dash out so i can fix a broken heater core and i could rip this stuff out before i put the dash back in.. will the road noise be tolerable?? i have pol motor mounts also, will this make more rattles?
10-07-2003, 04:17 AM
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Re: EG Firewall Mat - Removal? (navin)
Honestly bro I pulled mine out after pulling the dash out, but I'd bet that you might be able to get it out by cutting it out if you don't want to pull the dash out.
I wasn't targeting just the mat when I was taking the car apart, so I wasn't really thinking of the best way to get just mat out and reassemble.
I'm sure that the dash being out will make it much easier, unless of course you find it hard to remove the dash.
I wasn't targeting just the mat when I was taking the car apart, so I wasn't really thinking of the best way to get just mat out and reassemble.
I'm sure that the dash being out will make it much easier, unless of course you find it hard to remove the dash.
10-07-2003, 05:59 AM
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10-07-2003, 06:03 AM
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Re: (v4lu3s)
you're going to get a lot of road noise and firewall heat coming through if you pull out that mat...
the 5 lbs max that you'll save by pulling it out in my opinion just isn't worth it.
the 5 lbs max that you'll save by pulling it out in my opinion just isn't worth it.
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10-07-2003, 06:22 AM
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Re: (stackz)
tore mine right out with the dash still in tact.
had to cut a few spots to get the mat around a few mounting tabs.
there is definitely more HEAT from the engine on my feet that I can feel on long drives thats for sure!
not much more noise though.
but really a lot more HEAT on my FEET ! not that it hurts but its noticable.
had to cut a few spots to get the mat around a few mounting tabs.
there is definitely more HEAT from the engine on my feet that I can feel on long drives thats for sure!
not much more noise though.
but really a lot more HEAT on my FEET ! not that it hurts but its noticable.
10-07-2003, 07:27 AM
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Re: EG Firewall Mat - Removal? (navin)
The mat really is heavier than even some of the tar that comes from some of the tarriest Civics.
Civics are not nice.
Civics are not quiet.
If I wanted a nicer, more refined car I'd not own 3 Civics.
Sometimes people realize that they don't care so much for the creature comforts, so they start tearing things out.
The only thing that gets on my nerves sometimes about my car is the exhaust smell. Is it from the firewall mat being gone? Who knows? I'm also missing my carpet, tar, interior plastics, etc.
It only happens at full throttle and when I shift really hard, like when the header and cat become sepearated briefly at the spring-loaded flanges.
Civics are not nice.
Civics are not quiet.
If I wanted a nicer, more refined car I'd not own 3 Civics.
Sometimes people realize that they don't care so much for the creature comforts, so they start tearing things out.
The only thing that gets on my nerves sometimes about my car is the exhaust smell. Is it from the firewall mat being gone? Who knows? I'm also missing my carpet, tar, interior plastics, etc.
It only happens at full throttle and when I shift really hard, like when the header and cat become sepearated briefly at the spring-loaded flanges.
10-07-2003, 08:21 AM
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Re: EG Firewall Mat - Removal? (B18C5-EH2)
huh?
maybe you had better look into a better sealing joint in your exhaust.
cant be from just removing the firewall mat.
me, I dont get any bad smells in my car except my leaky gastank
maybe you had better look into a better sealing joint in your exhaust.
cant be from just removing the firewall mat.
me, I dont get any bad smells in my car except my leaky gastank
10-07-2003, 06:03 PM
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i get hot engine smells
only thing left in my interior is the seats and shell of the dash though.
i can also hear tranny noises very clearly specially since i switched to synth oil in it.
can hear my intake rattle on hard shifts.
only thing left in my interior is the seats and shell of the dash though.
i can also hear tranny noises very clearly specially since i switched to synth oil in it.
can hear my intake rattle on hard shifts.
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