Brennan

i know this was a thread before butt the search feature isnt working(ahem)and i cant find it for the life of me butt does anyone have any tips on stopping rattle proofing my car from my subs?

TheBandit

dynamat... either the roll on stuff or the material you just roll out and stick on.. thats about i i think

Brennan

i was wondering more along the lines of problem areas like interior panels and stuff

t/agta

ya i was wonderin the same thing. what would be the best places to stick it? the stuffs relatively expensive and i dont wanna be puttin it in places where it wont be affective

t/agta

No1 can shed some light on this?

TheBandit

id say trunk, door panels... i mean the stuff is expensive, but theres not that much in our cars to cover, granted your not laying it down under the carpet.. the trunk under the carpet and along the sides and the doors.. i would probably do the sail panels if it was me also

Brennan

wow i never thought id get an answer on this

luvofjah

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try www.secondskinaudio.com they have great products... there is an online sound deadening showdown somewhere.... Ah... here http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/

Just today a friend and I began a very thorough job of sound deadening my Formula... No Hatch, cuz it's a Notchback and stock struts don't work (another weekend project...)

He and I are working Tue and Wed this week on just the sound deadening stuff...





I bought my stuff from Second Skin Audio, great products and customer service...

joshh44

looks good.

KYLE87

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Damn that is expensive, I need a cheap alternative!

HCR13

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a cheap alternative is roofing mat at a local hardware store...its basically the same thing... I'm thinking of emptying out in the hatch area (spare tire, loose nuts bolts) and tightening things up before I try any sort of sound deadner... that stuff is pretty heavy...

cdoyle

Yep, peel and seal. I did the whole car with it, it's an asphalt based material so it could have more of a smell too it on hot days. But I haven't noticed it when I'm working on the car.

I got it at lowes, I think it's $13 per roll.

darrencarr

Ive found that the loudest rattle on my Camaro is from loose bolts and that stupid license plate. Not sure how to fix the latter, but unless you're going with a show quality high-powered crazy setup you should be fine going through and tightening all those bolts should help a lot...

Brennan

even tho i started this i have found a few answers myself and one spot i found really bad was the little sleeve over the stud that the seat hooks into i dont even know if it belongs there but it was always there and it rattles baddd

luvofjah

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From Second Skin Audio...

The majority of reducible noise in any car is structure borne, meaning it comes from vibrations, like a wind chime. Unlike wind chimes however, our cars are not tuned to any specific musical frequency, so what we end up hearing is the road noise, engine rumble and exhaust drone.

Stopping the vibrations on your cars metal panels is much like stopping a noisy wind chime with your hand. Once the vibrations stop, the noise stops.

Traditional noise mats are mostly inefficient mass loaders; heavy & foul smelling tar boards that work by adding weight to the cars metal to quiet it down.

Damplifier Pro is not a mass loader. It is a constraint layer damper that converts the vibrational energy in to low level heat. This conversion of energy makes it 300% more efficient than mass loaders while weighing much less.
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Here are some more pics...
At first doesn't look like much progress... we did do the rear seats, under the carpet.. we did the rear side pillars, inside out... which took time cuz of all the shapes / pieces....



Inside the rear pillar, backside of outer wall and inner wheel well...



Inside hole, facing the front... that's the vent you see when you open your door, from the indside...



I purchased 80 sqf of stuff and I only have about 4 sheet left... need to do the whole floor minus rear seats and both doors and roof, probably won't need 80, but half or so... I also need the proper tools to remove the seat belts!?!?!?

My friend and I have put "dynomat" in a car, but nothing like this madness... 2 days and I'd say we're more than half done... the completed area is the most difficult... know to go look for a pot of gold

Raf