Wild Bill

How important is the fiber and black tar like instulation around the control units in the passenger footwell - flap/compartment secured with a snap? The black sound deadening (?) stuff is all crumbling, so I pulled it out. Do I need to repalce this with something else? If it is just sound deadening, I sure don't hear any diff with it out...

Thanks,
Bill

Wild Bill

Bump

worf928

I think it's purely cosmetic. The piece on my '91 is quite a bit more substantial that on my '89. In the former case it is solid enough that I don't worry about screaming-life-fearing passengers putting a foot through $2.5k worth of computers. In the '89 I always point out the 'bump' to passengers and say "don't put your foot there."

But, to answer your question, I don't think the little computer-covering-flap has any protective or noise insulating value. On my '89 its just a bit of limp carpet. I'll likely build someting more substantial soon.