Painted Floor People

[jtek 0]

For all of you with stripped out cars, what do you use to rest your heels on? I find the paint a bit slippery and it will probably wear badly over time. I have seen the usual chequer plate jobbies but I am not really a fan, I had thought of using something like skateboard grip tape (as the floor is black anyway) but maybe that would be too grippy Any recommendations?

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Dont get why it matters about the floor to be honest... the less grip on it the better IMO.

[base-1 17]

Glue some carpet down, doesn't have to be alot, not shagpile or anything just a carpet tile, or some of one.

[tri_longer 25]

I added some treadplate to give me an even surface, though not massively grippy its better than painted floor

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Griptape works OK and is lightweight. If building a stripped car then assumedly it is stripped to make it lighter and hence faster, so why on earth put loads of heavy stuff back in it, as that defeats the object.

[marksorrento205 80]

Griptape works OK and is lightweight. If building a stripped car then assumedly it is stripped to make it lighter and hence faster, so why on earth put loads of heavy stuff back in it, as that defeats the object.

 

Agreed. Or you can get that non slip paint with the grit in it.

[jtek 0]

Griptape works OK and is lightweight. If building a stripped car then assumedly it is stripped to make it lighter and hence faster, so why on earth put loads of heavy stuff back in it, as that defeats the object.

 

Yeah that's what I thought, no point adding more metal back in really!

 

Glue some carpet down, doesn't have to be alot, not shagpile or anything just a carpet tile, or some of one.

 

Shagpile however...

[happygoron 2]

Agreed. Or you can get that non slip paint with the grit in it.

 

Or just buy some paint and add some sand!

[tri_longer 25]

My plate is 1.5mm so hardly the heaviest lump, this was done more for a flat surface and to raise my heels, as I am so short in the leg dept it made my anterior tibialis hurt with the extra angle of my foot.

[marksorrento205 80]

Or just buy some paint and add some sand!

 

Or rob some from work

[base-1 17]

Bottom left, you can see the carpet. This has little ali brackets holding it in place rather than glue, so it can be pulled out for cleaning without much fuss because it's a rally car.

 

[Liquid_106 97 1 Cars]

How does you co-driver know where your going - pretty impressive to read pace notes based on 'feeling' the corners

 

Was gonna say paint + sand, but has already been said.

Edited July 3, 2009 by Liquid_106

[Cameron 16]

Paint.

[jtek 0]

Just won some skateboard tape on ebay for 3 quid, will see how that works, if not the carpet idea is pretty smart.

[base-1 17]

Worth a punt, they're probably much of a muchness really, just with carpet you can dry/clean your feet a bit if your shoes are slippery

 

How does you co-driver know where your going - pretty impressive to read pace notes based on 'feeling' the corners

 

nice! I've heard she's a s*it co-driver, doesn't say much, just makes a bit of random noise now and again