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<blockquote data-quote="Lakota" data-source="post: 5868925" data-attributes="member: 559574">Most of the 4 door SUV&#039;s have a larger cargo area and are louder because of it.&nbsp; In my experience the 2 door Explorers are at least 2 dB down from a 4 door Explorer.Having more doors doesn&#039;t necessarily mean there will be more &quot;leak.&quot;&nbsp; Yeah, it seems like common sense, but SPL doesn&#039;t always work that way.&nbsp; My door flexes pretty good when I burp.&nbsp; Everybody told me that I was leaking air out of the door jams and was probably losing score.&nbsp; I decided to test out this theory and tape the door shut to where I wasn&#039;t even able to pull it open.&nbsp; I did not even gain 0.1 dB from doing so.My point is that everything is car dependent.&nbsp; Some cars like to leak at certain places where others do not.&nbsp; There is never a simple answer for SPL, if there was then everybody would be good at it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lakota, post: 5868925, member: 559574"] Most of the 4 door SUV's have a larger cargo area and are louder because of it. In my experience the 2 door Explorers are at least 2 dB down from a 4 door Explorer. Having more doors doesn't necessarily mean there will be more "leak." Yeah, it seems like common sense, but SPL doesn't always work that way. My door flexes pretty good when I burp. Everybody told me that I was leaking air out of the door jams and was probably losing score. I decided to test out this theory and tape the door shut to where I wasn't even able to pull it open. I did not even gain 0.1 dB from doing so. My point is that everything is car dependent. Some cars like to leak at certain places where others do not. There is never a simple answer for SPL, if there was then everybody would be good at it. [/QUOTE]

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