Crazy Crazy Coroplast. DIY interior and Grille Block

[krousdb]

Geez. Once you work with coroplast you get all kinds of crazy ideas about how to use this durable, lightweight, sound deadening material. Since I noticed a significant reduction in road noise, I decided to add more soundproofing. I cut panels and slid them between the carpet and floorboard. And while I was doing that, I kept looking at the el cheapo rear bin plastic interior of the del sol. Not only does it look cheap, it rattles and squeaks every time I hit a bump. So as part of my weight reduction program , I removed about 22 lbs of that ugly stuff. But that left an even uglier bare metal and wires to look at. Then the lightbulb went off! Coroplast interior! I forgot to take before pics, but here are the after pics...



The coroplast , black carpeting and rubberized mesh (lighter colored stuff on upper and sides, cost about $25 all together.



No more squeeks or rattles and another slight improvement on road noise reduction.

Next project? Coroplast wheel skirts and grille block.

[SVOboy]

Yo, if you do this undercarpet lemme know, I want to take out all the sound deadening material, and I might replace with cloroplast!

[krousdb]

Originally Posted by SVOboy

Yo, if you do this undercarpet lemme know, I want to take out all the sound deadening material, and I might replace with cloroplast!

I remember your comment about how heavy your soundproofing was. Mine is like a hard lightweight fiber that is bonded to the floorboard. I decided to leave it in place and slide coroplast under the carpet for additional soundproofing. So yes, i did do the undercarpet thing.

[Matt Timion]

Originally Posted by krousdb

I remember your comment about how heavy your soundproofing was. Mine is like a hard lightweight fiber that is bonded to the floorboard. I decided to leave it in place and slide coroplast under the carpet for additional soundproofing. So yes, i did do the undercarpet thing.

That's how all honda stuff is... you have to either use a heat gun or dry ice to remove it. It's no fun at all.

[krousdb]

Here is the completed Grille Block. Notice the rectangular hole for cooling durnig warmer temps. Next winter i will cover the hole with duct tape and paint it balck.

[SVOboy]

Give us a shot from the front! I wanna see what it looksss like from afar.

[krousdb]

[SVOboy]

Man, that looks pretty badass. How did you decide on the size of the hole?

I will want to do this when I get some coroplast but I'll prolly use some sort of grilley for the hole, mehbe.

[krousdb]

This one is flush with the bumper. My previous one was made from a shingle and was recessed. Hopefully being flush will improve my CD from really crappy to slightly less than really crappy.

I would like to tell you that I got our my fluid mechanics and thremodynamics books and performed a series of complex multivariable equations to calculate the hole size. But since I forgot that stuff a long tome ago, I just swagged it.

[SVOboy]

Check out the engine temps for us when you go running around then!