The biggest thing I noticed without the carpet, was the noise increase. It's quite a bit louder than it was with it in. I sprayed some undercoating/sound-deadener in there, bet that didn't help much. I think I need to find some dynamat or something similar to put down, then put my floor mats (18-wheeler mud flaps) on top to protect them. The biggest annoiance is the noise, especially when you get into the gas, it does start resonating quite a bit. I didn't notice any increased heat or anything, just noise. For the wires, I just put them in a big wire loom to help protect them, but I didn't have any running down the middle or anything, so they were already pretty well protected.

Richard <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />