QUIET PLEASE!

STRUGGLING TO HEAR YOUR FAVOURITE TALKBACK PROGRAM? THEN TURN YOUR TROOPY’S INTERIOR INTO A SOUNDPROOF UTOPIA.

WORDS AND PHOTOS MARK ALLEN

RATED AVAILABLE FROM: www.trufitcarpets.com.au RRP: Price is vehicle- and amount-dependent. WE SAY: A great way to prevent sound and heat ingress. TROOP CARRIERS are commercial 4x4s, not luxo-barges, so it’s to be expected that they will lack some mod-cons, one of which is interior sound deadening. Unfortunately, my Troopy suffered more than most. Having been an ambulance in a previous life, they seemingly drilled, cut and hacked more holes in it than you could poke a stick at. These floorpan holes allowed tyre, driveline and road noise into the cabin and eliminated the ability to talk to passengers or listen to the radio, no matter how high it was turned up. It was downright annoying. My first step was to spend up on rubber grommets to fill as many regular round holes as possible, while a…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2016

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