Inside firewall pads - who needs them?

[Tomnistuff]

I too would like one set of inside firewall pads for a 67 230SL Manual Trans Left Hand Drive.
Thanks,
Tom Kizer

[69 280]

Hi Alfred,

One Auto, one Manual interior and 2 trunk strips set

Garry

Garry,
Have you secretly bought left hand drives that we have not been told of yet!

[Garry]

Hamid.
No am still looking for a RHD Blue Pagoda.  it was a vane hope for RH internals.

As Alfred has said, there will be no RH internal pads so only seeking Trunk strips.

[JamesL]

Sorry, no pads for RHD - see replies #35 + 36
but I added your trunk strip request.

DaveB - your twin morphed into Garry  

Us "righties" are being blatantly discriminated against by the "sinistres". Gulliver's Travels in a Pagoda

[tapiap]

Hi Alfred,

Would you be so kind to put me down for:

- 2 sets of the inner firewall pads

- 2 sets of the trunk pads

- 2 sets of the LHD firewalls pads

Thanks,

Pablo

[66andBlue]

Updated request list.
Anyone missing from this list?

Name	Automatic	Manual	Trunk strips
Claudia	2	0	2
Hauser	0	2	2
DaveB	0	1	1
bogeyman	0	1	2
George Des	0	1	1
Jordan	0	1	1
Achim	0	2	1
ghenne	0	1	1
msalemi	1	0	1
jameshoward	0	1	1
rwh	1	0	1
mclewis	1	0	1
Rolland	0	1	1
Waqas	0	2	2
champs	1	0	1
230slhouston	1	0	0
Aligator	0	1	1
Tom	0	2	2
rmmchl	1	0	0
jszeman1	2	0	2
Gus	1	0	0
hkollan	0	1	0
Garry	1	1	2
mbzse	0	1	1
TOMNISTUFF	0	1	0
Al T	0	1	1
tapiap	2	0	2
Drewtee	0	0	1
Iconic	0	0	1
Naj	0	0	2
ricrose	0	0	1

[66andBlue]

Are you going to have enough material for all of these sets aside from the dash pads? Assuming you have a limited supply and then it's used up, do you have an alternate supply or will this be a '' until supplies last '' run?

Hi Dan,
did you talk to my supplier?  
Well folks we have just enough of the original material to satisfy the request for the LHD and RHD firewall pads in the engine compartments. When the company packed up the last remaining material they were 5 rolls short and when the packages arrived we had to discard another half a roll.
However ...  
the company offered me an alternative material  - same waffle pattern as the other but with a different, more coarser surface on both sides. It is also darker (no need for shoe paste - sorry Babak!)  and slightly thicker and therefore a bit stiffer.  We do not know whether this material was also used by Mercedes but it could well be, and Brian at Motoringinvestments believes that he noticed a similar material in an older Porsche model.
I am attaching some high res. photos that show this material - I believe that is quite suitable for the intended purpose and I plan to use it my 280SL that I am currently restoring. However, please note that there are some small areas (red circle 3rd photo) where the imprint is a bit shallow but they are infrequent.
Those of you who have already received the LHD pads should also look at the backside of those pads. The backside surface is very much like the surface of this alternative material.

I will also send a PM to all who have expressed an interest and ask whether you still want to purchase inside pads made from this alternative material.

[nikopu]

Please add me to the list: one set for inside (Automatic) and one for the trunk.

Thanks,Niko

[Shvegel]

I need an inside firewall set and a trunk set.  I could also use another outside firewall set LHD.

[jaymanek]

Hi I'm late to this but I would like one please. My car is manual and LHD. Please advise how much and to whom I pay!

[w113NY]

i would also like to buy a set. can i be added to the list? the car is a manual LHD. cheers, christian

[perry113]

I need 2 firewall pads
65 230SL Automatic left hand drive
64 230SL 4 speed left had drive

Thanks Peter

[gtait]

Hi,

I will take one set of inside mats and one set of trunk strips.

Regards

Gil

[Pawel66]

Dear Alfred,

I would also be interested inthe inside set (280SL, 1970, LHD, automatic, no aircondition), as well as in the set for trunk.

Best regards,
Pawel

[SilverSpear]

I am in too for the LHD Automatic + Trunk pieces.

[66andBlue]

The wait is over, we finally got all the inside firewall pads in.
Unfortunately, because of the limited quantity of the material (even the alternative one) we have only a small production run of 30 sets.
Second because the width of the toe board pads is a bit larger than 20" we would have had a lot of unused material.  For this reason we decided to also offer the two pads on the upper firewall under the linkages for the windshield wipers (see photo). I hope that many of you can use those too.
In my first post I mentioned a price of $125 for the two toe board pads (left and right).
1. We can keep this price but only if you order the full set of four (4) pads for $160/set of 4.  
2. If you want only the lower two toe board pads then the price will be $135/set of 2.
3. The upper two pads alone will cost $50/set of 2.
4. You can order the left toe board piece for either a manual shift car or for a car with automatic transmission but we need to know which one.

Please note that shipping costs will be added to the prices above. Because of the large size of the shipping box (24" x 24" x 3") shipping to Europe will be expensive, about $45 - $50/set of 4!

The strips in the trunk are now also available. Price for the 3 stripe and the 4 rectangles (see photo) that hold the cable down is $60.
I will send all of you who have expressed an interest an email through the web site soon asking if and what you want to order.

Please note that the pieces shown are not all installed yet and may be just leaning against the wall of the trunk floor.

[Pawel66]

Alfred, I am not sure if I was close enough on the list, but if it is available - I would go for the whole set: upper, lower and trunk for LHD automatic.

Awaiting the sentence....

[114015]

Dear Alfred,

Thanks a lot for your great effort.
Personally I would like to stick to my request in the same way as in the Nov 27 - list:

Name    Automatic   Manual   Trunk strips
Achim   0   2   1

I'd like the whole inside firewall set (2 fold, = 2 times 4 pieces) and one trunk strip set.

Thank you very much,

Achim

[66andBlue]

It appears that I did not explained in sufficient details what you get within each option.
So here is a visual description of each option:
Option 1: Four different pieces for the inside firewall: $160.00



Option 2: Two different pieces for the toe board area (must select manual or automatic): $135



Option 3: Two different upper firewall pads: $50



Option 4: 7-piece set of trunk strips: $60

[Tomnistuff]

I suppose there are no plans to make the small piece that goes on the inside above the pedals, the one that has the hole in it for the underhood power outlet.  My old brittle and broken one is about 15 1/2 inches by 6 inches.  Maybe you've got some scrap that size that you could send along with the four-piece sets and the upper sets.  I can make a dimensioned sketch from mine if it would help.  See the photo.
Tom Kizer

[66andBlue]

Hi Tom,
we did not get any requests for this part. Probably because it is so hidden few people know about.  
Making these dies is a costly problem!
So, a strip (16 x 6 inches) should be enough to cut one yourself?

[Larry & Norma]

Would it be possible for the dimensional drawings for all these parts to be posted?

[Garry]

I wonder if it is mirror imaged for RHD?

Garry

[Tomnistuff]

Regarding the extreme upper inside pads above the driver's feet (LHD), here are two Word Documents, each with half the pad pattern full scale.  Print it full scale on U.S. Letter size paper (8.5x11 inches), cut each at the cut line and tape them together.  Then cut out the pattern and use it on the 16 x 6 inch scrap material if we get some.  It worked perfectly for me.
Tom Kizer
I just tested it using the posted attachment and it worked.
Tom Kizer
MODIFICATION!:  Use the Word Documents in the next post, not the ones in this post.  The next post documents contain dimensions that can be used to check your printer scaling.
Tom Kizer

[Tomnistuff]

At Alfred's suggestion, I have modified the sketches in the Word documents to provide a couple of dimensions that can be used to verify your printer scale, and rescale if necessary.
The actual dimensions of the final pad are 15 - 11/16 inches long by 6 - 3/8 inches wide.  That's the size of the piece of material that will be required.

Also, I have attached a photo of my old pad with a couple of white lines (cords) to show that the lines are not all parallel or perpendicular, although this piece is so well hidden under the dash that I doubt a small error would be noticed or even detectable.

Tom Kizer