My experience with sounddeadenershowdown

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

Was GREAT.

Box Contents:

10 Cld panels

1 6X10 of the closed cell foam (Free)

1 6X10 of the vinyl mat (Free)

1 Tube of butyl adhesive

2 2" Pieces of velcro

That guy Don is a great guy. Monday I started looking around and decided on the CLD panels from them, Emailed him and got a quick response. Payed and almost instantly he had my order processing. Recieved it today 2 days after payment, I payed on tuesday. Shipped from connecticut i believe.

The product came via USPS which wasn't a problem, it came early with my mail so I was super excited to see it here so soon. I opened it up and found myself with the 10 CLD panels i ordered and some 2 bonus 6X10 samples of the Closed cell foam and Mass Loaded vinyl barrier (which both seem like very quality product by the way).

So I take a look at the panels, They were pretty thick, the 10 panels weighed roughly 5-7 pounds i would say. The panels had a thick butyl backing on them and stuck super well. If you read any of my other posts i posted that I had once sprayed some asphalt road noise eliminator in the trunk lid as a GHETTO form of sound deadener, That didn't work to well. So I went ahead and chiseled off some to get some bare metal in 3 places. I took a sheet of the panel and cut it to fit the opening and stuck it on. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Knocked on one of the spots I chiseled away at with just bare metal, hear ding ding ding, Hit where i put the panel, THUMP THUMP THUMP. I was impressed and excited to finish. Started cutting and sticking it everywhere. My main concern was my licence plate because it had a mean rattle to it, Like really bad and really loud. So i put a sheet behind the plate, And then covered a good amount of my trunk. 10 Sheets when a long way. Got like 75 percent of my trunk lined, Which was overkill but worth it.

Afterwords I had this bright idea. I knew how bad my plate rattle was from the start and I wanted to never worry about it again so I took those nice samples I recieved and took the butyl adhesive that came with it and stretched it to fit around the mat, just a thin string of it all the way around, it wasn't a lot, but that stuff really sticks! So after I put the butyl on it i stuck it behind the plate over the CLD for some extra protection. Then I took the closed cell foam that also came is as a goodie, stuck the velcro on the ends and put it over that mat. Anything is better than nothing imo.

Closing the trunk it just sounded quieter. I started knocking around and was amazed. It went from sounding like im tapping on a tin can to sounding like I'm tapping on wood. Literally.

So I go down the street to a parking lot, put on a bass heavy song, crank it to max, then get out and listen. Only rattle was this thing over my plate and that's because its loose. Nothing a piece of double sided tape hasn't stopped before. I held down the loose part I knew was always the problem and WOW. Like I seriously had no rattle, all I heard was clean bass. Very good.

I'm very impressed by the product and the price isn't bad at all, Something like 3.25 a sheet if you buy 10 or more to a certain number, then it is discounted more after that. I would recommend this product to anybody. The guy Don is a great guy and he is very easy to deal with. Shipping was quick and the customer service was awesome as well. I haven't used any other deadeners like second skin or dynamat, but this product was great and i would recommend it to anyone. It had easy application and was a thick quality product for a good price.

Best 38 dollars shipped I have ever spend on the car!

Just thought i would share my experience with them.

Oh and btw, I would have taken pics but I could not find the charger to my camera. So annoying. Maybe when I find it I will take pics/vid of the finished product.

For more info on the product I would shoot over to http://sounddeadenershowdown.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi and if you need anything else answered I wouldn't hesitate to Email Don with your questions. I'm sure he would be glad to help.

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[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I read it. He says it's good stuff brah. Best 38 bucks he spent not on a shim

j/k. I want to try some of the stuff out. I know my plate and back door panels rattle like hell.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

ya pretty much long story short, Good stuff, good price, Works as it should and you don't gotta cover every square inch

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Are the plates flexiable.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

ya actually, i even put some over the bends in the trunk lid and it stuck really well with no issues, You could bend it around no problem

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

i could use them in my doors.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

i could use them in my doors.

Your right

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

This was a good writeup. From what you saw of the other products do you see yourself using those in the future?

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

No, From the price I did some math and you got close to the same amount of the cld panel, which is thicker and you need to cover less area with it, for the same price. Not putting down any other product. Sometimes you need to use different product for different applications, But this produc would work pretty well anywhere.

Edit: well not so much the same price. But if you look, the cld is double the thickness in the foil

Compared to second skins damp pro, which is 6 mil thick, The cld is 8 mil thick.

damp pro being 10.01 a sheet for about 240 sq inches while the cld is 180 sq inches for 9.75 which is 3 sheets. Its what you would prefer i guess

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

Questions comments concerns anyone?

 

[Rudy 10+ year member]

Very glad you're happy with the products. I like to see someone actually putting the samples to work - license plate is a good application.

I chose 6"x10" because it seemed like the best size to work with. A nice unintended side effect is that I can fit 36 of them in a USPS Priority Flat Rate box and ship them anywhere in the US - including Alaska and Hawaii - for $10.35. Saves customers a good bit of money.

 

[marcotheclepto 10+ year member]

This was a good writeup. From what you saw of the other products do you see yourself using those in the future?

i believe what he meant here was would you see yourself using any of the free samples for other applications in your fututre based on how they performed.

 

[marcotheclepto 10+ year member]

Very glad you're happy with the products. I like to see someone actually putting the samples to work - license plate is a good application.
I chose 6"x10" because it seemed like the best size to work with. A nice unintended side effect is that I can fit 36 of them in a USPS Priority Flat Rate box and ship them anywhere in the US - including Alaska and Hawaii - for $10.35. Saves customers a good bit of money.

how much would you recommend for 2 doors and a large trunk? cld tiles tha is?

Buick lesabre if that helps any at all.

 

[Rudy 10+ year member]

how much would you recommend for 2 doors and a large trunk? cld tiles tha is?Buick lesabre if that helps any at all.

The best approach is to actually measure the areas you want to treat - total square inches / 240 = the number of tiles you will need.

Generally, 5-7 CLD Tiles on each exterior door skin, 2 more, cut into smaller pieces on the interior door skin and if you like, 2 more for the back side of the trim panel.

For a trunk. 10-12 on the floor, 3 around the sides of the spare tire well, 3 or 4 on each quarter panel, 2 or 3 on the trunk lid and 3 or 4 on the rear deck.

38 for a good job, 52 if you are going to pound on it.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

are these tiles hard or a bit flimsy like other mats. like as in hardcover book or thick paperback?