Where to Dampen... and why

[Ali1 10+ year member]

i'd remove your trim panels to get underneath and apply the dampening there

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

The question is what area first(assuming I only end up doing one at a time instead of a shotgun of the entire thing).
I know what to do with the product, just trying to get an idea of the most crucial area to cover before all others.

Get the hatch first. so less impact on your hatchback

If you got enough money, remove the amp, remove the carpet, and dampen to the metal

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

i'd remove your trim panels to get underneath and apply the dampening there

That's what I was thinking too after hearing all of this. Was also thinking the rear soundbar(can see it in one of the pics with the CD case sitting on top of it) because it's just covered by a small plastic cover and that I could imagine that shit rattling pretty bad with the right music on.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

Get the hatch first. so less impact on your hatchback
If you got enough money, remove the amp, remove the carpet, and dampen to the metal

Yeah, the entire back is coming out. Got this enclosure coming, so I figured it'd be best to dampen the entire back end when I rip out the trunk carpet before I put it in.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

i know you don't wanna spend mula on sound deadener, but you'll thank me later when you made this choice because you will still have rattles, but can you imagine how much more rattles you would have gotten without the deadening.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

...you'll thank me later when you made this choice...

Which choice?

I'm probably going to do the entire trunk area first. I just don't want to spend needless moola on crap deadener in the wrong places first.

 

[SubNit 10+ year member]

The question is what area first(assuming I only end up doing one at a time instead of a shotgun of the entire thing).
I know what to do with the product, just trying to get an idea of the most crucial area to cover before all others.

Look where your subs are firing, then follow the next logical step and....

I find it hard to believe you honestly don't know what area will be most important to SD. You drunk?

Which choice?
I'm probably going to do the entire trunk area first. I just don't want to spend needless moola on crap deadener in the wrong places first.

Don't be fooled by the people on here who use the %100 coverage/multi-layer rule. You can achieve the same results with the right location and good product

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

the best answer is find out whats rattling once the system is in and go from there?

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

I find it hard to believe you honestly don't know what area will be most important to SD. You drunk?

lol no. I knew all of this shit 10 years ago, but I've just started to get back into the car audio scene and remembering little things now. It's more of what I think I remember combined with what everyone says which is helping me remember a lot from long ago //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

if I were you I would cover all of my windows in it so they don't get blown out

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

if I were you I would cover all of my windows in it so they don't get blown out

Yeah, pretty much worst advice ever. Good going.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

fine wrap it around your head so you can't hear any rattles

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

spray some on your seatbelts so they dont rattle.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

What's a decent square footage to cover trunk and doors?

Looking at buying some, but I don't want to go overkill on a sports coupe.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

fine wrap it around your head so you can't hear any rattles

My mistake... THIS was the worst advice.