Topic: HOT floors!

[jcoleman]

Well, I removed my carpets just because they were old and gross, and I began to notice soon after that my floor and center console get really hot.  I was wondering if anyone knew of a remedy for this, because when i wear sandles I feel like my feet might melt to the floor.... I really don't want to put my carpets back in.  Plus I like the look of the black floor  .  Is there a heat resistant paint I could use on the under carriage that might help?

Thanks,
Jake

[lanulos89]

bedline it, lol or deal with it, cmon its a jeep

[jcoleman]

haha, well the heat will come in handy during the winter.  And I was thinking about bedlining it anyway. Will that help though? I wasn't sure if that would act as a heat shield.

[lanulos89]

umm idk i would think it would but who knows, i plan on hurculining mine in the next few weeks ill report back.

[Jeffy]

I'd first check and see if you have the heat shields still attached.  The passenger side foot well does get hot since it's above the cat.   There isn't one over the cat, just the muffler.  You could make one though.

[Liljeepz]

I herculined mine about a month or so ago... It helped with the heat, but its still warm. when I'm on the trails its get really warm, almost hot to the touch. But it is nice in the winter like JC said.

[jagular7]

There is really nothing specific you can do about the floors being hot from a running engine/driveline. Metal will absorb the heat and dispurse it over itself. That is what you are feeling. Jeep insulates the bottom of the carpet to minimize the heat transfer to the inside. You may be able to use some 'dynomat' material which you glue down, then you could herculine over that. The heat then should be minimized.

[jcoleman]

Thanks for the information guys.  I actually didn't even know hurculiner existed.  As usual the information has been great.

thanks a lot!

Jake

[jcoleman]

I think that dynomat with the hurculiner is the way to go!  I had no Idea about either of those products.  I'm curious how much dynomat material i should get if I want to do the whole floor? Would 10' suffice or should i get 20'?

jake

[oldjeep]

I got some self adhesive reflective heat shield that I stuck to the bottom of the tub, right above the cat.  My floor was getting smoking hot due to the drivetrain being mounted so high in the jeep.   Now the floor stays a normal temp.  I do have herculiner on the inside of my tub as well but I don't think it makes much of a heat shield.

[oldjeep]

I got some self adhesive reflective heat shield that I stuck to the bottom of the tub, right above the cat.  My floor was getting smoking hot due to the drivetrain being mounted so high in the jeep.   Now the floor stays a normal temp.  I do have herculiner on the inside of my tub as well but I don't think it makes much of a heat shield.

This is the stuff I used:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=DEI%2D050501&N=700+0&autoview=sku

[SDWE61988]

I Hurculined my jeep a couple of years ago, and did not notice much of a difference as far as minimumizing the heat transfer. Check for your heat shields underneath, and maybe use the dynomat.  I not sure how well that will work though.