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Originally Posted by TomsMR2
i daily drive, rain or shine.
i took the threads advice on 1/8 and fixed my drain tube. today is 1/29 and my carpet is STILL drying out. whatever that foam stuff is, it traps moisture like mad! i kept my interior disassembled to check for any more leaks, and the leaks are definitely gone.. thats just residual water from the tube leak.
i checked my car and theres no panel covering the hole. im sure i have all my panels intact. my lowered car is about 5ish inches from the ground where that drain hole is, a good splash is definitely going to introduce water without the plug.
i popped mine out just to check it out.. it might be a molding plug, you'll notice the chassis has plugs all over it, front to back. most cars do, im assuming they're for manufacturing purposes or something similar.
if you dont daily drive in wet weather, its probably not a concern.. but for me, that plugs really close to water, and i know that foam doesnt dry out fast!
on a side note i applied a few sheets of sound deadening stuff behind the passanger seat only (i had it and was in there, might as well). covered about 80% of the passanger side only, and it made a pretty big difference. i was amazed that so little did so much! im gonna do it piece by piece to determine when adding more does nothing. if you're gonna be in there fixing drain tubes, might want to consider tossing in some sheets of sound deadening too. i probably added 1lbs so far.
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I 100% dynamat extremed my other car, 6 bulk packs. I then covered it all 100% with Super-Insulator. That car now has an insulation value of between R8 and R16, depending on which part of the car (different amounts of layering on different parts, all is covered though). HUGE difference, I am going to throw some some deadening in the MR2 once I get some play $$ for it. Defiantly though, I recommend anyone to add some sound deadening while they are in there.
Also, I DD my MR2 as well...rain or shine (mostly rain, it's Oregon, hahaha). That's why I leave the plug in. My carpet stayed wet forever too, the Jute padding soaks up water like mad. I squeezed it and wrung it out to dry it, and it basically worked, but took forever...then I changed my mind and put in Super-Insulator. It's a double foil acoustical barrier sound deadening product from Bonded Logic. It's waterproof. I cut it to shape, put some aluminized tape on the edges to cover those...and then contact cemented it tot he carpet. The carpets been dry, and it's a damn site better sound deadening product than jute padding. it's about 1/4" thick with R4 insulation value. If you have super insulator under there instead of jute padding, leaving the plug out would matter, as it won't suck up any water. Or just do what I do...remove it once a week overnight, or remove it and go for a drive when the roads are dry, then re-install it.