hey guys, have you ever noticed your cavy is loud on the highway? (mine may be somewhat caused by irregularily worn tires but thats another story.) is it somehow possible to reduce interior noise, ie. with some kind of soundproofing material in the doors or ceiling. i dont know what would be involved just an idea id be willing to play with; has anyone done something like this? how much would it cost and what is involved?
Geoff
You could get some fat-mat from ebay. 100 sq ft for $100. Then strip the intererior from your car and apply it to the car. Roof, floor, doors, trunk, etc.
will 100 sq ft do the trick or would i need more? how hard is it to put in the floor?
Geoff
100 sq. ft should be plenty
Fred Ohlson "The people that devised this cruel attempt
at acceptance and fame burn in there honda civics"
has anyone used this stuff and found it worked pretty good? i actually cant even find it on ebay.
Geoff
ive heard it works great. never used it personally, but hear good things.
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as for FATMAT, heres a link
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Fred Ohlson "The people that devised this cruel attempt
at acceptance and fame burn in there honda civics"
I've read a lot of good thing about that stuff as well. I don't understand people though. Cars are going to be loud on the expressway. The wind noise, resistance, engine running higher then usual, etc
^^^you'd be surprised how quiet you can make a car with a decent ammt of sound deadening material
Fred Ohlson "The people that devised this cruel attempt
at acceptance and fame burn in there honda civics"
truck liner? wouldnt that make your car super heavy? how much does that stuff cost?
Geoff
i suggest Dynamat...its great stuff, a little more expensive, but well worth the money...
i put 150 square feet of fatmat in my car....it works REALLY well. I put 3 layers in the trunk, and 1 layer everywhere else. Haven't done the roof yet though, and i didn't do the firewall properly yet either...that's what my spare 50 square feet is for...
ive used over 330 sq. ft. of sound damping sheets wich is around 2-3 layers on the entire car not to mention various acoustical foam panels made to absorb sound, 2 cans of undercoating in each fenderwell and various foam on the back of most of the plastic panels. its very quiet. at around 140dbs the stereo can barely be heard outside the car.
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^^ well....u have me beat ^^
i used it for general audio and to quiet down my interior. works pretty well so far all i have done is the trunk, doors, and under the back seat. made the interior pretty quiet so far
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anyone know how to loosen the side pillars to get the headliner out?
Geoff
I sdynamat worth the extra over teh Fat Mat because dynamat is like $100 for 36 sq ft as fat mat is $100 for 100 sq ft on ebay? i just want to know if dynamat extreme is that much better?
www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/
Check that out, Pretty cool.
-Chris
dynamat, fatmat, brown bread are all good choices.
also might wanna check your weather stripping
14.82 @ 97 mph
Platnumbob wrote:anyone know how to loosen the side pillars to get the headliner out?
You really only need to loosen one side, than the headliner can be slid towards that side and it will come out. I personally just use a flat head screwdriver near each of the clips to pop the clip outta the body. It's easiest to remove the A- and C- pillar covers ... wait, you have a coupe! Somebody else will have to tell ya the best way to get the B/C pillar cover off since I have a sedan
Oh yea, I've used something like 10 or so cans of Rubberized Undercoating throughout my car so far, and the truck bedliner will be soon.
The Undercoating cans are applied about like so:
1-1.5 Cans ceiling, B & C pillars
2-2.5 Cans back floor and above gas tank
6 Cans in trunk and rear deck (everywhere I could possibly spray, inc trunk lid)
BTW, the smell was absolutely great!!
I also have one can of Great Stuff expanding foam in the ceiling too, the trunk lid will get a can or two of that when I get a chance to remove lid (way too messy to leave it on the car)
This is going to sound crazy, but it works! I have a 91 sunbird convertible and I wanted to make it a little quieter so I used something called "treadmill mat." It is a thin sound absorbing mat that is placed under treadmills and workout equipment (this is not the the foam mats used in a gym) it is made of NUPRENE. Its cheap ( $11.00 for a 3' x 7' mat) and it is very easy to shape and cut . It is a little less than a 1/4 of inch thick and fairly light weight (each role was about 2 or 3 pounds). I used it under my carpet, in the door panels, under the dashboard, and in the trunk. The car is quiet; I don't hear alot of engine or road noise. I imagine you could put this stuff behind the healiner in a hard top. Because my car is a convertible I have a certain amount of road noise which has reduced since I got my new top put on. The treadmill mat is a great low-cost option.
Platnumbob wrote:hey guys, have you ever noticed your cavy is loud on the highway? (mine may be somewhat caused by irregularily worn tires but thats another story.) is it somehow possible to reduce interior noise, ie. with some kind of soundproofing material in the doors or ceiling. i dont know what would be involved just an idea id be willing to play with; has anyone done something like this? how much would it cost and what is involved?
This is caused by loud tires from mainly performance tires. If you want less road noise fix the root first---change tires. Then spray a nice layer (1/2 in) rubber undercoat on the wheel well and undercarrige. Use dynamat on stratigic places, lastly use batting material on doors and/or with where you place the dynamat.
Trade-off to all this is a heavier car.
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