Great stuff as a sound deadner????

[Scar13 10+ year member]

Any one ever heard of using great stuff as a sound deadner in car door panels?

Its water proof and basicly is a foam, just curious if anyone has heard of this?

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[$$mok3d 10+ year member]

In my old car i used great stuff to fill the holes in the trunk. It made a difference when i just had 1 8" sub in there but when i got 2 12's it wasnt worth it.

 

[Scar13 10+ year member]

Well ths is for my f250 door's, I guess I could use egg crate???

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish ?

Great stuff is typically just used to fill in nooks and crannys that you otherwise wouldn't be able to deaden...it's not used as your primary deadening agent.

 

[Scar13 10+ year member]

Just something to go inside the door to quiet it down, with ouy breaking the bank.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Roofing tar?

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

Just something to go inside the door to quiet it down, with ouy breaking the bank.

I remember reading in a computer magazine (maximum PC, I think), they did a report on sound deadening within the pc. Well anyways they said that rice cakes (non-sugar plain jane ones) produced good results when they used double sided tape to stick it to the case walls. If your looking for a cheap way to deaden your vehicle, this idea might work. If you ever get hungry you could always run to your trunk and grab a rice cake.

 

[BCONNELLY 10+ year member]

If you put too much in your door panels,

your windows won't able to go down!

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

umm, just get some second skin and be done. second skin is the ****!

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

yea...order like 9 sq ft of real deadener for each door, and youll be good

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

i know a guy who competes in meca, he asked me if using great stuff was a good idea right....in which i replied "yeah its ok for filling places you cant reach, like in your SUV hatch door"..... so I get a call the next day and he cant open up his back door cause he filled the entire door full of foam - including the lock mechanism. I lol'ed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Anthony Collova 10+ year member]

Minimal expanding foam is ok in the crumple zone braces or in the pillars where you can not reach with mats or sprays.

But be careful. it is very easy for that stuff to get out of hand.

I would never use it as a stand alone sound deadener though.

Look in to a gallon of liquid damping. Usualy about $50-60 per gallon and one gallon will dampen 2 doors decently.

Hope that helps

ANT

http://www.secondskinaudio.com

 

[Anthony Collova 10+ year member]

Yeah, the stuff at partsexpress is junk. Made by the same company that made Dynamat Original for Dynamic control. Partsexpress was a bit thicker though.

Dynamic control no longer sells Dynamat because it was crap and would melt under normal temperatures and did not do a very good job at sound deadening.

ANT

http://www.secondskinaudio.com

 

[apt 10+ year member]

as others have said, use mat if u can. and foam in hard to reach places

i put great stuff foam in my trunk lid and it stunk up my car for days.

 

[Fate710 10+ year member]

As squeak said I wouldn't use it as a stand alone deadner. I'm using it in my car to fill all the holes from the factory where I can't put deadner