Has anyone used firewall insulation pad from yearone??

[72Z/28]

Hi guys

I have been doing some research regarding some heat barrier stuff to put on the firewall from inside because the interior gets very hot from the firewall and floor pans... areas

I have found a firewall insulation pad and carpet underlays from YEARONE..

So I wonder if some of you guys have used those pads like the firewall pad that fits directly behind the firewall.

here is the link to it
http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...in2.asp?cat=8: (http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?cat=8:)

http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...ain2.asp?cat=8 (http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?cat=8)

If so, how effective are they as heat barriers. I have read about Dynamat and Fatmat in (about DAYNAMT) thread. I understood from the replies that they don't work good or do a good job as heat barriers. Besides, lots of complaints about FATMAT customer service and shipping delays..

Last but by no means least, I am not familiar with how to remove the dash board in order to put the firewall insulation pad, any ideas ?? I do have the assembly manual from yearone, but the illustrations are not that good

Thank you guys in advance

[barno68]

I have not used the YearOne pad, but did buy one from Classic Industries for my '71 that work pretty well. It was about 1/2" thick with one side of jute and the other 1/8" of rubber. It also had removable sections for all the various holes and could be cut out for either heat or AC cars. It really knocked down the noise, but I can not comment on heat reduction as I always had my windows down anyway.

I plan to reuse the pad once I get the shell back from the body shop, but will be putting a layer of ED sound deadener behind it and using a combination of ED on the inside floor and Lizard Skin underneath. So hopefully that will overcome the issues of the Camaro sweat box. Hope that helps.

Brent

[Nine Ball]

I used the Year One firewall pad on my red '69. It was basically a stock replacement jute type pad. I was still getting heat coming in from the front floorpan though, so I stuck some 1/2" foam pad insulation under the carpets too. I found those in the form of "welcome" mats at the local hardware store, just cut them to fit. Nice floral designs on one side, lol.

But, they WORKED :)

Tony

[Chad-1stGen]

I haven't used the mat you are asking about but thought I would add that I covered by firewall with secondskin damplifier pro sound deadening and it does a pretty good job on heat. I was driving in stop and go traffic (all 1st gear true stop... go) yesterday down here in socal it was about 80+* out. I was getting pretty warm in the car if I tried leaving the windows rolled up. So while driving I felt around the firewall and the few places I could touch/reach from the drivers seat were totally cool to the touch. This stuff is thin enough you could run it and a firewall pad if you really wanted to minmize heat (and noise). I covered my floor pan with it too.

[72Z/28]

I had to order a pad from oldmusclecars.com because YEARONE did not have the pad for A/C car.

I received the pad, the jute is sort of 1/2 inch thick. I am planning to put some FATMAT on the firewall, then put the firewall pad.. Maybe some type of Foam like what NineBall mentioned..

Heat is a big problem in those cars..