Opinions on Hothead Headliners

[skorr]

Welcome to the forum. Love Bozeman. Much too expensive to love there, though.

Not sure what kind of lovin' you're after but I get mine for free.

 

[ejay]

Not sure what kind of lovin' you're after but I get mine for free.

I'm married. Nothing is free.

 

[SSTJ]

Sorry to revive this thread, but I couldn’t find a whole lot on the hothead for the camel interior before I purchased and installed mine. I purchased mainly for quieting down wind and road noise and I was satisfied by the difference it provided. Can easily hold a phone conversation with the phone on speaker while on the dash at highway speed. I bought the med oak hoping it was going to be close to matching the camel interior. It wasn’t exact, but it was very close And looks great. I installed with the had top on, wasn’t very difficult with one person. Most difficult part was the rear panel fitting around the sound bar without having the velcro adhesive stick before it was in position, but again wasn’t difficult by any means. I had to remove the rear hard top light housing to get it into place correctly, and the light housing doesn’t sit flush with the hard top upon reinstalling. It leaves a small gap at the top, but should be easily remedied by shaving a little plastic off the housing. For me, it’s not enough of an issue to mess with it right now. Hope this provides someone some insight when deciding whether or not to get one. Attached a couple photos to see the Med Dark Oak comparison when installed with a Camel interior.

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Thanks for this. So it looks like the Medium Oak is a bit darker than Camel? I have T6 "Saddle Tan" interior, which I think is a little darker than camel. So I'm wondering if this might be a good match for me.

 

[SSTJ]

I went with the Boom Mat headliner. It's 1" thick, and appears to be EPDM foam with a rubber fabric liner. It made a significant difference on heat and noise insulation.

It isn't offered for the LJ from what I can tell.

I also surrounded it with hydrophobic melamine foam where the coverage was limited, and then stuffed any voids in the hardtop with polyester filling. Between the liner and the hardtop, I also put a layer of dampening material.

Overall, it made a great improvement on sound and heat retention with the hardtop. My hardtop is now actually (significantly) quieter than my soft top...

That sounds very thorough. Did you write it up anywhere, or post any pics?

 

[Kraken72]

Just purchased one for my 98 TJ Soft Top. It's in the 90's here in Louisiana. As soon as I install it, I will report back it's effectiveness. Hopefully it makes my interior a little cooler. Since I shave my head, I hope it helps with the heat from the soft top, I can definitely feel the heat.

 

[Steel City 06]

That sounds very thorough. Did you write it up anywhere, or post any pics?

Not really. The Boom Mat does 90% of the coverage. I used Second Skin melamine foam for the sides, and then just bought some generic headliner fabric and used high temp hot glue adhesive to bond it.

The headliner stuff looks pretty mediocre, but the Boom Mat looks quite professional. Makes a big difference.

I also bought a bag of polyfill, like the type used to make pillows. That I shoved in every void in the hardtop, including the two very long ones that run along the sides of the rear roll cage, and the two big ones over the windshield and the rear window.

 

[mxz800]

I'm a cheap bastard, so I bought the Hooke Road brand on Amazon for 50 bucks.

Condensation was my problem, the roof would drip on me. The added bonus of less noise and less heat was great.

 

[Hokahay]

I'm married. Nothing is free.

You know the difference between paying for sex and sex for free?

Paying for it is cheaper.