Alright everyone, you all know I give advice a lot in this forum, and generally spend most of my .org time in this section. But now I bring you a product review/recommendation.
I recently received, from Second Skin Audio, a door pack(13 sq. ft.) of their vibration damper Damplifier Pro.
This was part of a review deal. Some select members of an audio forum got some free product to test, critique, and analyze. The main reason being that they were switching to all black anodized foil backing. They needed guinea pigs. Here is the review:
First I want to say that I am very impressed with the communication, shipping time, and product quality as a whole. A+ to Ant at Second Skin.
The product itself is VERY sturdy. I was surprised at the foil thickness. Some products(not to bash, but eDead is one of them), don't even use foil. They have a foil-like mylar backing(like what helium birthday balloons are made of). It might give the dampening material a backing, but it doesn't quite stand up to the over all thickness and quality of an actual foil backed product. And the foil on this new Damplifier Pro is the thickest I have ever seen. I was scared that the black would flake off, but it doesn't! It is a permanent part of the product, and I LOVE the look(even when you don't see it), of black dampener over shiny reflective stuff.
The car: 1999 Saturn SL2. This is Pauls DD that I put together a nice little system in. He did a great job of choosing products, and him and I did a great install and LOVE the sound even before the Damplifier.
The install:
Random ass shot of the sticky side:
First thing we did was remove the door panels. We are going to do 1 layer on each door, and use the excess in trouble spots on the trunk.(tail light panel mainly).
Drivers door panel removed:
After the access holes got covered along with the entire door panel(already have some cheaper dampener in behind the woofers):
Hadn't poked holes for mounting tabs yet, but you get the idea.
Cleaning the passenger side door:
Passenger side done, INCLUDING mounting holes for door panel this time:
Tail light mounting panel before:
Tail light mounting panel after:
tail light lens panel before:
Tail light lens panel after:
For reassurance that the trunk light panel wasn't going to rattle anymore, we lined as much of the inner skin of the trunk lid as we could:
Then we had 2 full sheets left, so we found the biggest, flattest spots in the trunk(keep noise out a little bit, keep bass in, and keep rattles down):
Paul and I were both very impressed with this stuff! I was told that temperature SHOULDN'T be an issue, but we were the only real guinea pigs that dealt with cold weather during our install. Let me be the first to say that, contrary to my expectations, this adhesive is AMAZING in cold. Our install was done at about 40 degrees ambient temperature. Ant wasn't joking when he said it would be fine. The stuff is better than any adhesive on cheaper products that I have used. And comparable, easily, to the high end stuff I have used.
Paul plans on buying more when he can, and I think it's a great idea. Hopefully get his rear doors done, MAYBE another layer on the fronts, and finish the trunk.
I highly recommend grabbing some Second Skin Damplifier Pro as soon as you might need some dampener material.
I am also thinking about getting some of their Luxury Liner sound barrier product to try out. Supposed to be amazing stuff to kill road noise.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
In my family we teach that boys have a God-stick and girls have a Shame Cave. -John Stewart
