What happened to my hood!!!!

[Empty V]

I think an alien spaceship came down from the planet Dynaword and zapped it with some crazy sound dampening gun! Seriously though is this considered to be a sickness?





This was before it was rolled out.



New head unit: AVIC-Z3 finally got it in, was backordered for over a month!





Billy

[Qxxx4]

HOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYY SH*T BRO

and here i am bragging about rustproofing.

[Empty V]

HOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYY SH*T BRO

and here i am bragging about rustproofing.

Luckily I don't have to deal with the rust proofing out here in Cali. I've already dynamatted all 4 doors plus the tailgate. When work mellows out and I've got some more free time I'm going to rip the seats and carpet out and accumat the floor, then I'll finally be done!

Billy

[screwinitupagain]

Sound dampening? Eh, I wouldn't do it cause it would get soacked with mud & water. Does it really work though? Could that go in the doors?

[Empty V]

Sound dampening? Eh, I wouldn't do it cause it would get soacked with mud & water. Does it really work though? Could that go in the doors?

It absorbs some of the engine vibration and slightly lowers the amount of noise that comes through the cabin. I have 2 layers of it inside all 4 of my doors(inside the doors and between doors and door panels) and same with the tailgate. I've even gone as far as to "cushion" my rear license plate. It's made a massive difference on both the amount of road noise I hear and the way my A/V system sounds. If you took my same stereo setup and put it in an identical car without the sound dampening material the difference would be mind blowing. Plus if I turn it up you don't hear a single rattle inside or out. PLUS I can turn it up with the windows up or down and the sound stays in the car. The only tradeoff that I can see is weight. The amount of material I have added is probably about 125lbs worth, so your gas mileage probably suffers a small amount but my deal is probably slightly overkill.

Billy

[Qxxx4]

so how much has all that dynamat cost you? and labour? id say its all worth it.

[Empty V]

so how much has all that dynamat cost you? and labour? id say its all worth it.

It's totally worth it, I can't even describe how much more stoked I am every time I get in my car and I design really massive A/V systems for a living. So far I've used 72sqft of dynamat extreme and almost 36sqft of scosche accumat (for the ceiling) inside the vehicle.

Luckily I've gotten almost everything at cost: amps, sound damping material, head units, wire, and speakers... The only thing that I've paid over cost for is my JL Audio gear which I'm fine with because it's more than worth it.

The other thing I've saved money on is labor because I've done all the work with the help of friends of course. Labor for everything which is installing new speakers all around, building a perfectly tuned sub box(cut on a precision C&C router), installing amps, head unit(2 in the last 9 months) backup camera, running lots of wires for bluetooth mic, GPS and XM antennas and all the accessory modules, and sound damping installation would probably set me back about $2K. If I had to pay someone to do this is wouldn't have happened. All of this work is a lot easier than you would think, it just takes time and patience.

Billy

[bmlawless]

How do you do the doors? Do you just remove the panel and door the door assembly or do you actually get it through the holes and attach it to the door skin? That's gotta be a heckuva job on some vehicles.

If someone told me they were concerned about the effects of 125lbs of sound dampening material on their fuel economy after spending $2,000+ on car audio equipment, I would kick them, to quote Eric Cartman, "squar in the nuts!"

[jimmyzzer]

put it on the outside, easy to wash the mud off

[Empty V]

How do you do the doors? Do you just remove the panel and door the door assembly or do you actually get it through the holes and attach it to the door skin? That's gotta be a heckuva job on some vehicles.

I remove the door panel, roll the window up and stick it to the outermost part of the door interior. Then put a layer on the area the door panel mounts to including around the speaker. I got a ton of cuts from that because the material has a foil like layer on the outside that is really sharp. Just imagine lots and lots of paper cuts all over your hands but deeper. It's a pain in the *** too because you have to cut it right so you don't block access to whatever you need like holes for clips and screws.

If someone told me they were concerned about the effects of 125lbs of sound dampening material on their fuel economy after spending $2,000+ on car audio equipment, I would kick them, to quote Eric Cartman, "squar in the nuts!"

Billy