I'm sick of all the road noise in my truck, so I'm going to rip out the entire interior to install some sound deadening material. I know I should just buy a Lexus, but I love my truck. Has anyone ever done something similar? My main questions are:

How does the back seat come out?

How does the headliner come out?

What about the A, B & C pillar trim?

How hard is it to remove the rear heat/air vent apparatus?

How do the kick panels come out?

Are any specialty tools required?

Thanks

 

Here's a simple answer to your questions, get yourself a pair of industrial ear plugs !

 

The rear seat comes out by removing the various nuts that hold its brackets to the floor. I think there are something like 8 or 10 of them. There is a way to disengage the seat belts from the seat, then you just fold the seat bottoms up and lift each side out. You have to lift up to get the seat backs unhooked from their guides that are attached to the rear of the cab. Having two people helps with the process but I did it myself when I put my subwoofer and amp in.

As a side note, with the rear seat removed you will be shocked at how loud the road noise is.

Rob

 

My only comment would be - try using some dynamat on the floor and bulkhead before you bother removing anything else - especially the headliner. Unless you are getting buzzed by aircraft, doing the ceiling seems silly.

 

I'm going to do the easy parts first and see how I like the results. Floor, kick pannels, firewall, rear cab wall, and doors. I'm only going to do the roof if it's still too loud.

Thanks for the help.

 

get yourself a pickle jar and sit on it

 

I have the same plans in mind. Ive done it to every car I've owned. I have no intentions of doing the roof though, firewall and doors for me.