Sound/heat deadening on a budget...
#1
Sound/heat deadening on a budget...
Interested in lowering the in-cabin sound/heat from outside sources. Bought a roll of Reflectix from Lowes - should help with heat. What sound deading material should I buy? C3 Corvette guys use "Frost King" and/or Reflectix from Lowes... Would Reflectix be enough for mild sound deadening and use on door panels? Does anybody here have experience with these products? Any recommendations? I haven't opened up the Reflectix yet so I can still return it... Was only $28 for a pretty large roll. This is what it looks like when applied:
I guess the best way to describe it is lightweight aluminum bubble wrap. It's to be glued to the body and the carpet is placed over it...
I guess the best way to describe it is lightweight aluminum bubble wrap. It's to be glued to the body and the carpet is placed over it...
Last edited by ZexGX; 11-21-2008 at 01:57 AM.
#3
If you want to buy stuff from lowes only, you can try peel and seal. It is asphalt based, so it might smell like tar for a while....and if the car gets really hot in the summer it might a bit also. I would personally use raammat sound deadening. I have used it and loved it. It is butyl rubber based, so it wont smell bad when it gets hot. I have heard nothing bad about it from anyone. Rick is a good guy to deal with also!
#6
raammat isnt expensive. Any deadening is going to be heavy...thats the point of it.
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#8
I put a layer (2 in some places) of Frost King on my drivers side door. I did it without gloves or longsleeves, so I'm waiting a bit to let the cuts heal before doing the passenger side (other projects to do anyways). It's definitely helped but I'm not sure how much until I finish the doors. At least it makes a very solid sound when closing the door now, instead of the usual clunk-rattle-rattle. I lined the side facing the cabin, and the inner side of the outer skin including the bottom where water collects (may have to remove that material in the future). Bass from that side seems to be audibly clearer but it could just be in my head.
It was $1 per square foot in a 15' roll. I used about one and a half to one and a quarter rolls on the driver side door (where the hell did it all go?!).
Last edited by ZexGX; 11-29-2008 at 10:27 PM.
#9
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That cheap stuff is going to melt and fall off of any vertical surface when summer comes. I think you'll regret it. It'll also leak tar out of the sides and get everything around it all sticky.
#10
Good reads:
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/sound.htm
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...rost-king.html
Last edited by ZexGX; 11-30-2008 at 12:59 PM.
#13
Lee,
I've done this before on my old camaro. I used Second Skin Damplifier Pro, Overkill Pro, Heatwave and Sludge. No it was not cheap but here's an idea.
I've done this before on my old camaro. I used Second Skin Damplifier Pro, Overkill Pro, Heatwave and Sludge. No it was not cheap but here's an idea.
Last edited by CaliforniaBoy5; 05-27-2013 at 07:38 PM.
#14
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Nice. I have RAAMMatt all over, sludge inside the door panels (there's alittle RAAMMatt in them too) and behind the sail panel subwoofers and two layers of overkill pro on the floor. Awesome products, all.
#15
yeah, i tried RAAMMATT after Second Skin. I liked Second Skin much better but i really loved the price of RAAMMATT. I Found SS much easier to apply but both work great. I wouldnt hesitate using either or again.
#16
has anyone on here used any of the FatMat stuff? its just a copy of dynamat.
its seems pretty good and its a bit cheaper that dynamat, you can get a 100sq' of it for like $140 shipped on ebay.
seems pretty decent.
its seems pretty good and its a bit cheaper that dynamat, you can get a 100sq' of it for like $140 shipped on ebay.
seems pretty decent.
#17
I completed both doors with Frost King. Going to go back and do a little changes to the handle/lock area on the drivers side for rattle reduction (figured it out when doing the passenger door). Road noise is noticably less, the doors feel much more solid, and now I can tell how shitty the stock speakers are! I'm happy with the results, just not the fact that now I have to get better speakers...
#19
Not sure how much it'll help quiet down an SLP exhaust... All I know for sure is that a lot of C5 Vette guys use it, and it's FAA approved for use in light airplanes... haha