sound deadening

[spljim 10+ year member]

I have a 2000 mustang and the Trunk Lid is a pan in the a$$ to deadenin so witch will be beter for my car eDead v1 SE I have read the Testimonials at Elemental Designs.com but it is the industries thickest mat so it will be a pan to put in but the eDead v3 is a paint on deadenin mat so I will be able to put it on with out a problem but it tacks 3 layers of v3 to equel 1 of the v1se I need about 25sq ft it is 37.50 for the v1se or 50 for the v3 shud i go with the v1se and fight it or go with the v3 and save time

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[cappy72 10+ year member]

my edead mat fell off my trunk

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

many others have similiar problems

 

[Justintoxicated 10+ year member]

http://www.RAAMAUDIO.com

get like a 1/2 roll of this or something.

I love Saving time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif The only hard part about deadening is time....Man is it a pain in the neck...I just ordered another 1/2 roll and some more of that Foam (foam works great also! and is cheap)

3.5 rolls of RAAMAT in a truck lol I better not have any vibrations when I'm done (yea right)

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

yea edead mat goes edead in the heat

 

[spljim 10+ year member]

what about doing the trunk with Ensolite® MLC Sheeting from RAAMmat and the trunk lid in edv3 will this be ok I have 2 L7 12's and will this stop the wing on my car from flexing it moves a hell of a lot

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

second skin B stock spectrum is cheaper than v3

 

[spljim 10+ year member]

this may be stupid but will Truck Bed Liner work my frind will give me about 2 Gallons that is left over from when we did his bed last week

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Yes some people use truck bedliner mat'l as a sound deadener, its quite common actually. I doubt it works as well as more specialized products the sound deadening companies are making/selling, but it will obviously work as a mass loader, and at least as a sound barrier somewhat.

 

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

How long does it usually take fatmat to ship out orders? Does sound deadening drastically improve sound quality.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

How long does it usually take fatmat to ship out orders? Does sound deadening drastically improve sound quality.

To the detailed ear, yes the improvement can be 'drastic'. But I do find many times a person who has never sound deadened before tends to expect too much. Im sure some of it has to do with those ads claiming a 3db drop in the noise floor, which they equate to a doubling of your stereo's power. Almost makes your mouth water.

The over all effect of sound deadening a vehicle depends on many things, the two biggest being the actual installation of the sound deadener and material used (are we talking laying one sheet of asphault mat across your floor, or extensively deadening the entire vehicle using many methods incuding mass loading, sound absorbtion/reflection, panel stiffening, etc etc) and the second biggest factor is the vehicle to be deadened. A '74 Pinto has alot more room for improvement over a 2005 Mercedes in terms of lowering the noise floor. Then of course, there's the fact each person's definition of 'drastic' will be different. *shrug*

Your question on how drastic an improvement to expect is basically impossible to answer. But basically dont expect to feel like a whole new super quiet car unless you plan an extensive deadening *system*.

 

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

I am just sound deadening the trunk of my car to basically help with rattles. It doesnt sound bad now, so I dont care if it helps with sound just the rattling. How long does it usually take to do the trunk, right?

 

[Justintoxicated 10+ year member]

if it is your first time it will take you a little longer than your second time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I have never done a trunk, but it all varies with how many holes you have to cut out for bolts or clips and how much stuff you have to remove from the truck to get to the point where you add the deadener.

Applying the deadener itself is easy.

 

[spljim 10+ year member]

I got som RAAMAT for my Trunk ups ses I will have it on friday but i just seen that my back bumper is moving more then the trunk is the car is onely 5 years old and all the bolts are tite but what can I do to stop it I catn get the raamat on the back of the bumper so what shood i do

 

[ChiefontheDitty 10+ year member]

I recently put the fatmat in my trunk and it really helped with rattles from the outside and inside of the car. I put some on my trunk lid and yesterday I opened the trunk and it wasnt even sticking to the trunk. I assume it is due to the heat but are there anyway's to avoid this?