I'm Ryan from extremeterrain.com and this is my review of the Boom Mat Sound Deadening
Headliner, fitting all 2007 and up JKs.
Now there are a few different versions of this headliner.
One is going to be for those of you with the 2007 to 2010 JK and another for those of you
with the '11 and up.
And, there's also a different version for those of you with the two door and the four
door of course.
These are also available in three different colors - black, gray and white.
So you do have a couple of decisions to make when purchasing these, but make sure you get
the proper fitment and the color that you like.
We are going to discuss how these get installed in your Jeep which is a very simple process,
as well as a little bit about the construction and ultimately what these are designed to
do.
This sound deadening headliner is there for a couple of different reasons.
One, the Jeep can be very noisy.
Of course we don't have any sort of headliner from the factory in your hard top JK, so you
can get a lot of noise, especially if you have a big knobby tire.
So these will knock down a lot of that noise and make it a little bit easier to have a
conversation on the inside of your Jeep.
These are also going to help to insulate the hard top.
So if you have the Jeep parked in the sun and you have a black or even a dark body color
hard top on your Jeep, you know how hot it can get on the inside of your vehicle.
Or, to the contrary of that, in the wintertime you can get a lot of cold bleeding through
the top into the inside of the Jeep.
Well, these will help with that.
These add a thick layer of insulating foam which helps to keep the outside temperature
outside and the inside temperature inside.
Finally, in my opinion one of the big benefits of a headliner system like this is that it
really makes the inside of your hard top look a lot more finished.
I personally don't know why Jeep leaves the inside of the hard tops white in the first
place.
I think that they should be a dark color or even black.
However, they do, and having this in there makes it feel like it's a much more finished
product in my opinion.
Even if these didn't have any of the sound deadening or do any of the insulating that
they do, I personally would still like to run a set of headliners like this just because
of the way that they look.
Now, these are going to be right around the middle of the road as far as a headliner for
your JK goes.
There are certainly less expensive ones that are going to be thinner and probably not do
as good of a job insulating, and there are also ones that are more expensive that in
my opinion are better made than these.
But, these are going to be a nice middle of the road.
These are made of a one inch thick foam material that again is designed to both insulate and
cut down on some of the noise inside your Jeep.
Now the foam that these are made out of is a fairly low density foam and that's not necessarily
a bad thing but it does contrast to some of the foam used by some other headliner manufacturers
on the market.
This is going to be a little bit of a softer, less dense foam.
These also don't have any sort of finishing material on the top.
The foam is designed so that it has a little bit of a texture, and it does look nice on
the side that you actually see.
However, these aren't wrapped in any sort of actual headliner material or carpeting
like some of those other manufacturers on the market.
These are again designed to fit specifically into your year range and your body style Jeep,
so they do fit really well.
As far as how they secure to the inside of your Jeep, the whole back of these is adhesive.
You simply peel off this backing strip and the whole back is adhesive.
So, you're not going to have to worry about these falling down, however you're also not
going to be able to easily remove them if you've got a new top or a new Jeep of the
same year range.
To get these removed you're probably going to end up tearing up the foam material.
I'll give these a strong one out of three wrenches for install.
You don't need any tools and they literally just stick in place.
However, in order to get them installed you do have to completely remove the hard top
from your Jeep and invert it which you will need at least one other person for, not only
to remove the top but to safely invert it without causing stress to the top which can
cause cracking.
Once you have the top removed and inverted you want to clean the entire inside of the
top with an alcohol based cleaner to make sure that the adhesive on the back of the
headliner is going to do a nice job sticking.
If you have a Jeep that has the ribs on the inside of the top, this does come with filler
strips that you'll have to put down before installing the actual headliner pieces.
Once you have the filler strips installed, if you need to use those, it's simply a matter
of peeling off the white backing strip and sticking this down and making sure that you
press it into place.
That's really all there is to it.
Again, the most difficult part about this install is removing the top and inverting
it.
After that, you won't need any specialty tools to get this done, just a good alcohol based
cleaner.
And, of course you'll have to have an extra set of hands around.
I would probably give yourself around an hour or so to get this installed by the time you
remove your top, clean it, install these and put the top back on the Jeep.
Like I said before, these are sort of middle of the road as far as a headliner kit goes
for the Jeep.
I think that there are certainly less expensive models that aren't going to be as thick and
they're not going to do as good of a job at sound deadening or of insulating from outside
temperatures.
However, there are also more expensive versions of these from other manufacturers that actually
have a headliner board on the back of them, have a foam material and then have a headliner
material over the top.
In my opinion those ones look a little bit better.
I don't think that they necessarily insulate or cut down on sound any better, however they
do look better and the construction just feels more substantial.
However, for the price point of these, which again is really middle of the road, I think
that these fit right in between those lower priced, less effective ones and the higher
priced ones that are going to look a little bit better.
Whether you're looking for a headliner kit for your hard top because you want to cut
down on sound from the exterior, you want to insulate the top against hot and cold temperatures
outside the vehicle, or you just want to finish off the look of the inside of your Jeep, this
is going to be a really nice option.
Again, this is middle of the road as far as price goes.
It's going to be very effective in insulating and cutting down on noise as well as finishing
off the look of your interior.
But, it doesn't have quite the fit and finished polish of some of the more expensive versions
of these headliners.
That's my review of the Boom Mat Sound Deadening Headliner fitting all 2007 and up JKs that
you can find right here at extremeterrain.com.