Today we received the new floorpans from Germany for the passenger front and driver-side rear floor pans. Believe it or not, this was exciting news, as this allowed us to continue forward with the project as JP cut out the driver side rear floorpan and test-fitted the new pan (it fit!). New parts in also include 80 square feet of Damplifier Pro, 5 gallons of Spectrum and 4 sheets of Luxury Liner Pro from Second Skin Audio for the new sound deadening. The Damplifier Pro is Dynamat Extreme-style butyl-based sheets topped with foil that reduce vibrations and keep out exhaust and road noise and will be laid down on the interior floorpan and rear deck over a coat of Por-15. On top of the Damplifier will be, in select spots, Luxury Liner Pro, which also reduces ambient noise, though of a higher frequency. Spectrum is a strong curing-polymer liquid that will be sprayed as an undercoating, effectively sandwiching the floorpans with sound deadening material as well as providing a rust-resistant environment (fingers crossed).

    On a different note, perhaps a previous owner needed to transport skis (this was pre-’ski passthrough’) or wanted to mount 3 12’s subwoofers behind the back seats and decided the most convenient way to do such was to cut a large hole in the structural sheet metal that separates the ‘boot’ from the passenger compartment. Today I spent most of the day contorting myself inside the ’02, chiseling off more asphalt so JP could weld in some new sheet-metal in said trapezoidal void.

    Finally, Cris came by Saturday to drop off the wheels and tires. Unfortunately, I was not able to be there as I was out of town. The wheels look great though!