Started to insulate my top.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:24 pm

Well It's getting hot so I decided to insulate my top here is a few pic's.

Once done I will have it sprayed with LineX

russ · Post by **russ** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:33 pm

Is that closed cell foam? The biggest thing I did with my top is to paint it white! After that I found I really didn't need any insulation.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:38 pm

russ wrote:Is that closed cell foam? The biggest thing I did with my top is to paint it white! After that I found I really didn't need any insulation.

Yes,. I plan on painting it white. How did you get rid of the condinsation? I don't remeber any insulation on your roof?

russ · Post by **russ** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:48 pm

I used half inch closed cell foam from home depot or lowes. It has a silver side. It is fairly rigid. Works well but you definitely need the right adhesive, especially if you put it up before you paint the top white!

I will see if I can find what adhesive I used. There is one type of 3M that won't work.

ka · Post by ka » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:10 am

btw: re white paint - there are differences. some reflect ir really well (designed that way) and other dont as well. it's worth seeking out the good stuff.

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:01 pm

I know some guys who work for NASA. I wonder if they even come across scraps of stuff that would be well suited to that application?

krick3tt · Post by **krick3tt** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:25 am

I insulated my top with the bubble stuff with foil coating that is used for water heaters. Spray adhesive used to put black Sunbrella fabric on the cab side. Works great and very inexpensive.
Will do the back as soon as I can get some 4 foot wide stuff from HD or Lowes. Comes in 25 foot long rolls and enough for 3 pinzies. I want to be able to share with local folks if anyone is interested.

Morris

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:52 am

I used polyethylene foam. Came in 4' * 12' lengths and was and inch and a half thick. I am having a hard time finding the right adhesive to use.

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:51 pm

So does adding in some insulated material (that's either already white or would be painted such) really help to make the cab and rear of a Pinz more comfortable? It sounds like a good idea and this seems like an easy to execute project but does it really do anything useful?

It's going to reach 100F this afternoon and other than dragging around an Aggrekko mobil a/c unit, it would be nice to make the summer time driving experience here just a tad less brutal.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:08 pm

texas pinzgauer wrote:So does adding in some insulated material (that's either already white or would be painted such) really help to make the cab and rear of a Pinz more comfortable? It sounds like a good idea and this seems like an easy to execute project but does it really do anything useful?

It's going to reach 100F this afternoon and other than dragging around an Aggrekko mobil a/c unit, it would be nice to make the summer time driving experience here just a tad less brutal.

Makes a big diff here. My hard top got so hot last weekend my son burt his hand on it. It's been 102F sense sunday and rain for three days before that.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:32 pm

Put eight hundred miles on the pinz over the weekend. Was hot to say the least so hot the insulation wanted to pull away from the body so I removed it in areas. Ideas on what glue to use?

Figured i'd post a few pics here instead of starting a new thread.

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:35 pm

How did you put that much mileage in over the course of a weekend driving a Pinzgauer?

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:38 pm

texas pinzgauer wrote:How did you put that much mileage in over the course of a weekend driving a Pinzgauer?

three days. Not that hard when you're doing 3500 RPM had to keep the speed up to get a breeze. A/c unit is to big and drained my batteries once I get it all insulated i think i'll put in a A/c like mark has.

ABSOLUTSECURITY · Post by **ABSOLUTSECURITY** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:40 pm

texas pinzgauer wrote:How did you put that much mileage in over the course of a weekend driving a Pinzgauer?

400 miles out and 400 miles back!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!

FDLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

Glynn

ABSOLUTSECURITY · Post by **ABSOLUTSECURITY** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:41 pm

Erik712m wrote:
texas pinzgauer wrote:How did you put that much mileage in over the course of a weekend driving a Pinzgauer?
three days. Not that hard when you're doing 3500 RPM had to keep the speed up to get a breeze. A/c unit is to big and drained my batteries once I get it all insulated i think i'll put in a A/c like mark has.

What kinda of AC are you using! Upgraded alternator?

G

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Started to insulate my top.

Started to insulate my top.

insulated top

But does it really help?

Re: But does it really help?