please, i'm doing this within the next day so any help would be appreciated!

 

Not an expert on this, but I would think some good thick pile carpet over some good carpet padding would block out external noise pretty good. But that solves only half of your problem....the other half being vibration. Dynomat in the right places works very well if you can stomach the price.

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92 Camaro RS, LO3, 5-spd, T-tops

Performance:
K&N Open Air Filter, Edelbrock performer TBI intake, Fastchip Prom, Timing +4 degrees, Centerforce clutch, Xact 8mm wires, SLP 1 3/4" Headers (coated), Flowmaster Catback Exhaust, Z28 Grille w/aftmkt fog lamps, MacEwen white-face guages
Electronics:
Alpine 8030 Alarm System, Valentine One Radar Detector (How did I ever drive without one?), Pioneer DEH 7450 Head Unit w/6-pack CD changer, Pioneer DEQ 7600 Sound Processor, 2 Kenwood KAC-846 Amps powering 2 12" Pro Red subs, 2 Pioneer 6x9 and 2 MTX 4x6 speakers.
NEXT UP: TBI mods, 3.42 gears w/Torsen posi

 

thanks for the advice, i'm only doing it once, want to do it right! any other opinions?

[This message has been edited by Kandied91z (edited May 30, 2001).]

 

Dynomat all the way. I had Dove Gray carpet in my car & switched over to black carpet, that was a great move. What I did was pull everything except for the radio pod. If you get the carpet from A1 Auto then you are getting top notch carpet that you don't have to play w/ that much. But what you have to do is cut out holes for the bolts to where all the seats bolt in. You also may need to trim the carpet cause sometimes they cut it too long as well. Here is what you do w/ the carpet, lay it out in the heat for about 3hrs to let it get all the kinks out of it & then Scotch Gaurd it. Get 2 cans cause you will need it. While you are letting the carpet lay out in the sun Dynomat the entire car. That is what I did & the bass response in the car is that much better. I was lucky enough to get two 13ft rolls of Dynomat online at http://www.ubid.com for $30 a roll. Not bad since Dynomat is expensive. Hope this helps. If you have any more questions e-mail me.

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- Mike Harvey -
1986 Firebird S/E

 

i'm sure im gonna get flamed but ive been pretty satisfyed with ruberized undercoating. I can thimk of better ways to spend my money than on sound deadining.

 

thanks for the input guys, while money is important; i'm only doing this once and i'm going to do it right so it really doesn't matter.

 

No one really takes this seroiusly but heculiner is the best deadener that I have used and it can prevent rust, you know the accidental spill of a big gulp that gets very little atention after the inital clean up.
dynomat is an excellent product although very expensive and the spray in dynomat is no better than undercoating. 110$ 1 gallon of herculiner "basicly cheap rhyno liner" will reduce all vibration an eliminate 99.9% of noise coming from you floor "road noise".
http://www.herculiner.com/
It's made for truck beds but it works excellent inside a car for deadener also works under the hood, basicly you get enough to coat everthing you want quiet.
SSC

 

theres stuff called b-quiet that is a $hit load cheaper than dynamat or v-block. only thing is you have to buy more material (still costs less) and layer it. here's the addy. http://www.b-quiet.com/

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1979 L-82 Beefed up Corvette. Bright-orange with orange pearl.
end of summer: NOS!! im thinkin 250 shot. (already have a full race engine.)
god i love this car.

1985 WS6 Trans AM T-tops
bone stock sloth of an engine on its last leg(LG4 w/ 172,000mi)
T-5 tranny. thank god, i couldnt stand an LG4 auto.
Plans for an LT1,
dual flowmaster exaust,
& a pounding stereo.
but its gotta wait for my Vette to be a badarse before it will be.

 

Do not buy b-quiet if you live anywhere where the temp goes above 80-90 degress F. I'm in the middle of writing up a review of this stuff and the problems that I've had since I bought a roll of it. My opinion is that I wasted $100 and now I'm in a world of hurt because I'm stuck with tar all over the sheet metal of the car that is going to be near impossible to clean off to go back and do it right.

Among the best would be dynamat or dynamat extreme or Stinger Accumat. The stinger product is actually a favorite from many people that I have talked to.

Good luck



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Carl
CarAudio Resources