questions on dashmats

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

what are they really used for, and do they do their intended job well? where do you buy them?

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Theres only two reasons to use a dashmat.

Either to cover up a cracked dash, or to preven the dash from crackimg due to exposure to the sun.

There are treatments to prevent UV damage, so unless its already cracked........yech!

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

so you're saying they make no difference in SQ in any case?

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

so you're saying they make no difference in SQ in any case?

huh? Exactly what difference would you expect a carpeted dash to make in the sound quality of your system?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

thats the question.... i have seen a few people with high end SQ installs with dashmats on thier dashes.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

thats the question.... i have seen a few people with high end SQ installs with dashmats on thier dashes.

I remember seeing a thread about this somewheres....can't remember if it was real or sarcasm, but I saw it somewhere as well.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i posted the same question on DIYMA and some people are saying they help with SQ. i could see it taming harsh highs caused by reflections off of the dash and windshield.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i have no speakers in my dash or pillars so it probably wouldn't make any difference for me anyway.

maybe there aren't really many people here into SQ to know in the first place.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

i have no speakers in my dash or pillars so it probably wouldn't make any difference for me anyway.
maybe there aren't really many people here into SQ to know in the first place.

might be some truth to that.

My ideal setup is something I can crank at 90 on the interstate with the windows down and still be able to hear/feel it over the wind. Pretty much no SQ involved there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

i posted the same question on DIYMA and some people are saying they help with SQ. i could see it taming harsh highs caused by reflections off of the dash and windshield.

Yeah thats somethin that would fall under having a leather interior compared to a cloth interior???????

 

[jblayz1 10+ year member]

mine's in the mail. and it's suede //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

mine's in the mail. and it's suede //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

nice!

what i guess i'm looking for will probably not be answered here in this forum, most people here just want to be loud.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

what are they really used for, and do they do their intended job well? where do you buy them?

We car audio people don't use them for their "intended use". Their intended use is pretty much as Rich B said.

But what we use them for is to help with taming reflections from the dash/windshield. Some people have noticed a slight change in imaging/etc with using them. Though I've not seen any sort of before/after FR plots, so it's pretty hard to say how much of it is placebo and how much is actually affecting the response. But a lot of competitors do/used to use some sort of dash mat.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

We car audio people don't use them for their "intended use". Their intended use is pretty much as Rich B said.
But what we use them for is to help with taming reflections from the dash/windshield. Some people have noticed a slight change in imaging/etc with using them. Though I've not seen any sort of before/after FR plots, so it's pretty hard to say how much of it is placebo and how much is actually affecting the response. But a lot of competitors do/used to use some sort of dash mat.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/clap.gif.178cba2c538c68e720c727fcb024b19c.gif thanks! thats what i thought.

 

[doitor 10+ year member]

I'm no expert, but have my tweeter on the a pilars. When you use a dash mat it controls a lot of the reflections from the dash and kill a lot of harshness. I don't think it will work if you have your speakers on the door or kick panels. If you are planning on buying one, the cheapest is to go to the autozone web, type dashmat on the search box. That will redirect you to the dashmat web page, but you will get a discount of aprox 10 dlls. Don't ask my why, but it works.