Flex68
08-07-2012, 03:05 PM
“tl;dr”
[I’ll go ahead and get the jump, here, for the folks who aren’t interested enuff (or bored enuff!) to look over a long sound deadener install thread, lol]
My sincere thanks go out to Rudy ; for the great products he sells, and the knowledge and assistance he shared.
Thanks a bunch, Don! There aren’t many like you in this industry!
I am very pleased with the dramatic improvements realized from the use of SDS’ CLD tiles, MLV, CCF, and Thinsulate.
Just to quickly outline a few things I have noticed:
• I still have the sad little OEM/stock system, for a bit longer, but am pleasantly surprised with the difference after the SDS materials were installed. I originally was able to turn the volume up to only 23/ or 24/38 before I started getting nastiness in return (distortion, vibration, etc).
I now am able to consistently turn the volume to 34 – 38 on the majority of music selections, with no issues, whatsoever.
Pink Floyd be sounding good at max on every song on the CDs, and the helicopter lead-in to “The Happiest Days of Our Lives” gives me a semi !
(And we are talking about some pathetic little “Made in Mexico” speakers, here…can’t wait to see what decent comps sound like!!)
• I have aftermarket dual exhaust. Still sounds good, but is no longer an ‘aggravation’ in the cab on longer rides: the staccato and high-end is gone.
• Likewise, the road noise and wind noise is much reduced from before, and the ‘noise pollution’ from the speakers is much less a concern. (The cops will hopefully agree!)
• The A/C performs much more efficiently, now. There were apparently quite a few ‘losses’ in the system, before. I would have to turn the fan up to mid – max and leave it there to maintain cabin comfort, depending on how hot it was outside. Now, I actually have to turn it OFF on occasion because it gets cold enuff to hang a side o’ beef in there!
• The difference in the ‘solidity’ of both the exterior panels and the interior door panels is obvious. Now when I rest my knee against the door, there is no ‘give,’ whatsoever to it, and the ‘hollowness’ upon closing the doors is gone.
• Gas mileage has not decreased notably. I am going to say I might attribute around ½ MPG less per tank, if that…far less than I feared for adding 80-100lbs of weight.
• For those desiring quantitative data, I had every intention of including a “Before” and “After” RTA, but technical difficulties prevented the “After” reading from being completed…Hope and intend to get that info up later.
Again, I am very pleased with the results I experienced, and definitely would recommend SDS to others!
On to the pics…
The roof with the factory deadener…
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic1_Roof_factory_tile.jpg
The roof with CLD tiles. Went with a bit more than 25% since no MLV was going here, just CLD and Thinsulate (which we failed to get a pic of before reinstalling the headliner…)
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic2_Roof_after.jpg
The floor and back wall of cab after removing seats and carpet. Yes, we did clean it good before putting down the tiles, etc.
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic3_Floor_backwall_before.jpg
The floor and backwall of cab after placement of CLD tiles
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic4_Floor_backwall_after_tiles.jpg
Rear underseat wells (where fiberglass enclosures for subs will go) after the MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic5_Rear_wells_after_MLV.jpg
The rear floor after putting down the MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic6_Rear_floor_after_MLV.jpg
Shot of the front floor area before
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic7_Front_floor_before.jpg
Shot of the front floor area after CLD tiles
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic8_Front_floor_after_tiles.jpg
Shot of the front floor area after MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic10_Front_floor_completed.jpg
[I’ll go ahead and get the jump, here, for the folks who aren’t interested enuff (or bored enuff!) to look over a long sound deadener install thread, lol]
My sincere thanks go out to Rudy ; for the great products he sells, and the knowledge and assistance he shared.
Thanks a bunch, Don! There aren’t many like you in this industry!
I am very pleased with the dramatic improvements realized from the use of SDS’ CLD tiles, MLV, CCF, and Thinsulate.
Just to quickly outline a few things I have noticed:
• I still have the sad little OEM/stock system, for a bit longer, but am pleasantly surprised with the difference after the SDS materials were installed. I originally was able to turn the volume up to only 23/ or 24/38 before I started getting nastiness in return (distortion, vibration, etc).
I now am able to consistently turn the volume to 34 – 38 on the majority of music selections, with no issues, whatsoever.
Pink Floyd be sounding good at max on every song on the CDs, and the helicopter lead-in to “The Happiest Days of Our Lives” gives me a semi !
(And we are talking about some pathetic little “Made in Mexico” speakers, here…can’t wait to see what decent comps sound like!!)
• I have aftermarket dual exhaust. Still sounds good, but is no longer an ‘aggravation’ in the cab on longer rides: the staccato and high-end is gone.
• Likewise, the road noise and wind noise is much reduced from before, and the ‘noise pollution’ from the speakers is much less a concern. (The cops will hopefully agree!)
• The A/C performs much more efficiently, now. There were apparently quite a few ‘losses’ in the system, before. I would have to turn the fan up to mid – max and leave it there to maintain cabin comfort, depending on how hot it was outside. Now, I actually have to turn it OFF on occasion because it gets cold enuff to hang a side o’ beef in there!
• The difference in the ‘solidity’ of both the exterior panels and the interior door panels is obvious. Now when I rest my knee against the door, there is no ‘give,’ whatsoever to it, and the ‘hollowness’ upon closing the doors is gone.
• Gas mileage has not decreased notably. I am going to say I might attribute around ½ MPG less per tank, if that…far less than I feared for adding 80-100lbs of weight.
• For those desiring quantitative data, I had every intention of including a “Before” and “After” RTA, but technical difficulties prevented the “After” reading from being completed…Hope and intend to get that info up later.
Again, I am very pleased with the results I experienced, and definitely would recommend SDS to others!
On to the pics…
The roof with the factory deadener…
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic1_Roof_factory_tile.jpg
The roof with CLD tiles. Went with a bit more than 25% since no MLV was going here, just CLD and Thinsulate (which we failed to get a pic of before reinstalling the headliner…)
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic2_Roof_after.jpg
The floor and back wall of cab after removing seats and carpet. Yes, we did clean it good before putting down the tiles, etc.
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic3_Floor_backwall_before.jpg
The floor and backwall of cab after placement of CLD tiles
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic4_Floor_backwall_after_tiles.jpg
Rear underseat wells (where fiberglass enclosures for subs will go) after the MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic5_Rear_wells_after_MLV.jpg
The rear floor after putting down the MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic6_Rear_floor_after_MLV.jpg
Shot of the front floor area before
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic7_Front_floor_before.jpg
Shot of the front floor area after CLD tiles
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic8_Front_floor_after_tiles.jpg
Shot of the front floor area after MLV
http://pics.rubylane.com/shops/crazy4carnival/ftp/Pic10_Front_floor_completed.jpg