Hot rear floorboard

We recently drove from PA to WI on our first long trip with our new JL 2 door. We removed the back seat to have more room to store stuff. When we got to the hotel I noticed that the metal floor hook to secure the back seat was very hot. I felt around the floorboard and it was also noticeably hot. I crawled under the jeep and it seemed to be hotter than my experience with other jeeps we have owned under there. It was all centered around the muffler area. I realize that the muffler gets hot but I never experienced this level. Anyone else notice this?

With that muffler sitting right under the rear cargo area and that long of a drive, that area is gonna act as a big ol' heat sink. Used to happen to me in my JK same way until I got tired of smashing the shit out of my tailpipe & relocated the muffler.

It gets hot back there for sure. Pretty normal to me.

Okay. Thanks. Might try some floorboard insulation to see if it helps. Hot hook actually melted plastic on our suitcase.

Dynamat if you’re really worried about it. It’s normal though.


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OverlanderJL said:

Dynamat if you’re really worried about it. It’s normal though.

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Yup, this stuff ^^ It'll also help quite things down if you put it everywhere :yup: