formerpassat

Hi folks,
Am interested to see if anyone has planted some sound deadening material on their floorboards?

I have a Outback Sport wagon

Thanks for any advise...am rather new to this brand of auto.
Peter
Seattle

Monkey Boy

I'm thinking about it as well... Dynamatting the trunk will make the car much more quiet, but the cost is additional weight... I remember seeing somewhere an aproximate lbs. -> hp ratio... hmmmmm...

jcme262

yeah ive done about 3/4 of my car and just haven't found the time to do the rest. I'll probably finish it this winter, and yes it's a hell of a difference.

Monkey Boy

I bet... What sounds deading material did you use? It seems to me that the trunk (I have a sedan) seems to have a large impact on cabin noise. Would you agree? Disagree? Thoughts?

Monkey Boy

Dynamat... Check it out here. It is sticky as all get out and you can use a heet gun to mold it to contours of the metal... You might want to use the heat blocking (extreme I think) for the truck becasue the exhaust can get kinda hot back there...

My $.02

Twizzstyle

I have done just my floor pans with on Dynamat Extreme door kit so far. The door kit is only 12sq ft, and was a whopping $100 at Magnolia Hi-Fi!!! BUT, you can get bulk packs of Dynamat Extreme off ebay for around $100 (that's 36 sq ft, 3 times as much).

Like I said, I've only done the floorpans so far, and it made a huge difference. But there is still a lot of noise coming from the doors (gonna do those soon) and the back (trunk I assume). I think its well worth the money. It's a fun install (get to gut the interior! ) And you can actually TALK to passengers on the freeway! I've heard of people using other brands...Brown Bread, FatMat, etc etc. Also this stuff called "Peel and Seal" its roofing material, but I've heard it stinks like tar. And if you're gonna do it, I say spend the extra money and get the best stuff. You get what you pay for. I say go with the Dynamat Extreme!

jcme262

Monkey Boy
Sorry for the late response, as far as noise in the car I think that the whole dam car is a rattle bucket thats how they get the car in the 24.000 range. I say do as much as you can it makes the car a much more pleasureable experience, and I dont want to hear it from the weight junkies it's really not that much weight added.... Just make it up with more HP
*I got mine here it's a bit cheaper and just as good
http://www.b-quiet.com/