Sound Deadening, raammat, dynamat, or second skin

[darksparkz 10+ year member]

I have CDT-EF61s in front of my 97 Camry and am considering sound deadening both front doors only. The rears have some Kenwood 6x9 on the rear deck, but I think it's unnecessary to deaden those now.

I've done some researching and pretty much know what to do. I'm planning to apply one layer of butyl to the outside of the door, and one layer of closed cell to the inside of the door. I think the doors are about 8 sq ft, so I need 16 sq ft of butyl and 16 sq ft of closed cell for both doors.

I've narrowed it down to three brands, Raammat, dynamat, and damplifer from second skin audio. If I were to go with dynamat, I'd get the Dynamat Xtreme door kit for 4 doors for like $50 off ebay, but then I'd need two kits if I'm going to do inside and outsode of the door, so it'll be $100 for dynamat.

If I were to order from raammat, I'd have to get a roll of 62.5sq ft, which'll be $118.96, and about 2 linear yards (14sq ft per linear yard) of Ensolite would total out to $160 shipped for everything.

Second Skin Audio would be a 40sq ft pack and a OverKill closed cell sheet with 21sq ft for a total of $125 shipped.

So the best choice would be the Damplifer from second skin audio right? 40 feet would give me even enough for all 4 doors, and I can put closed cell sheets on the front two doors.

A bit long, but just wondering if Damplifer would be the best choice.

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[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

i just bought the 62.5 sqr feet of Raammat for like 140 shipped to my door.... that's $2.24 a sqr foot for me.....

ensolite will run you $5.71 a square foot

2nd skin would be like $2.04 a sqr foot for you........but i forget if it's 2nd skin or eDead i heard some mixed or bad reviews about......i do remember raammat doing very well in the offical deadener showdown thread a lil while back, thats why i went with them.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

secondskin is good stuff

edead is the shitty stuff

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com

There has also been some nice reviews of some deadening from ebay (have to search for it, cant remember what its called.)

Also might be worth mentioning that edead now has butyl based stuff, too.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

secondskin is good stuff
edead is the shitty stuff

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[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Edead v12 is only 80cents a sq ft on forum discount, ive had some in for awhile and it sticks

Just bought 30 more sq ft