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on 10/5/01 8:05 PM, jesse and monica at jjmojo@blazenet.net wrote: > Hey John, > i also bought the tar boards from McMaster. I covered the whole pan of > my squareback as well as the kick panels down by where your feet rest > and i only used one layer. The stuff worked great! My car is way more > quite than when i had the original factory tar boards in. The stuff > really forms well to the stamped pattern on the pan. From what i know > it's really important to make sure every area of the stuff is stuck to > the pan leaving no air pockets. I used an edge of a big socket on an > extension to smooth out the tar board around all of the nooks and > crannies. Just my 2 cents. Let us know how it turns out. > later, > jesse > 71 fi squareback > > John wrote: > The tarboards from McMaster Carr come in a sheet (actually they ship it > rolled up) that is 36"x 54'. It is only 0.070 inches thick. They are > self-adhesive on one side. Just peel and stick. They are thinner that > the OEM boards, but the areal weight is pretty close so they should do a > decent job of sound deadening. I am going to start with a single layer > and see how it does. The stuff is cheap enough that I might double up > the layers. I paid $12.38 per sheet. I order 3 sheets and the shipping > was $6.00. I ordered on a Thursday and got them on Monday. > > Only negative to McMaster's website (http://www.mcmaster.com/) is they > don't have a shipping estimator built in. I ended up calling and > talking to customer service to get the shipping costs. Customer service > was very friendly, knowledgable and helpful. > > I will let everyone know how the installation goes and what the results > are. > > Later, > John Jaranson > '71 FI Auto Fasty (Jane) > '66 Square (???) > About Half a Late Square (Organ Donor) > http://hometown.aol.com/jaransonT3 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > Yeah I guess it goes without saying that one should be absolutely positive that no water is getting into the car before installing this stuff. Otherwise it just becomes a water trap. -- Mike Wodkowski 72 SQBK Brooklyn wodkowski@mac.com