Sound Deadening

[Rixio]

Roofing suppliers ey...hmm, whats the stuff called im supposed to be looking for?

What do you mean does nothing for performance? I dont want it to add bhp to my car! All i want is to reduce road noise and give the car a more solid feel and sound. Instead of a clang when shutting the door you get a thud. Wouldnt you preffer to drive in the comfort/quietness of a Benz rather than the comfort of a Escort?

[FD3SNuttah]

he means the lead flashing, which is rediculously heavy and also expensive and messy as you need the tar like glue to stick it down which gets everywhere and wont come off your skin!

I bought some plumbers matting, you see it on the bottom of your kitchen sink. it strengthens the metal and that in turn is what gives you less vibrations. its very cheap too - i bought mine from ebay and its good stuff. you can buy a roller from the diy store for 99p they use it to stick the edges down on wall paper.

IMO you might be better off doing the transmission tunnel and the bulkhead rather than the boot or roof. there is also a sound deadening spray you can buy i would use that under the wheel arches ( a few coats) . remember Rix sound deadening is heavy and expensive you need to make compromises,

[dubber91]

yes. thats exactly what i meant. Lead flashing. shove lead in your car.
 :2Confused
Ive asked some of the VW camper boys and it seems that you can buy something called \'space mat\' which is like 20mm thick loft insulation; works with both heat and sound insulation. Ive also had experiences with using roofing felt with limited success. It depends what your after in the end; campers are awfull in the first place, so any improvement is noticeable.
heres some other stuff
http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8592

and this stuff is meant to be good
http://www.fatmat-uk.com/

[FD3SNuttah]

sorry dubber! when you said roofing supplies!!! i have actually seen some people who used flashing!!

[rx7-mark]

i used the edead stuff off ebay which you have been looking at and it is good but this pic was 10 sq ft.




As you can see it did where the seats were and half of the boot so you can probably work out how much you will need from that.

p.s i have nearly finished mine so i will send you a couple of pics like i said.

[Rixio]

Ok cool Mark nice 1, so i reckon 30 sq/ft should be about right for the boot, doors and footwells

P.S are those rear seats gona fit back in ok? cos its looks like pretty thick stuff eDead...

[rx7-mark]

Yes m8 30 sq/ft does sound about right.

I dont know about the seats cos im keeping them out. I have just about done so heres a link to what ive done so far theres about 20 ish pics of different stages.

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c248/rx7tt/Install/

Let me know how you get on with yours.

[Rixio]

I finished the boot last week and been meaning to take pics but my SD card was corrupt

Anyway new SD and a pic of the boot
It has made a slight difference but not much, you can tell on the motorway but not on the street. Its not very thick this stuff but still a hell of alot cheaper than Dynamat. Is there any point doing the rear seat wells?
I calculated that for the price of 2 layers of this stuff in the whole car would be equivalent to 1 pack of Dynamat that would cover the boot!

Will start on the floor & doors as soon as the weather is a little better and the builders have finished on the house.

Mark what stuff did you end up using?

Rixio :Thumbs-up

[shaunwil]

You\'ve done a nice job, Just out of interest did you weigh it before you installed it

I would carry on forward if you can, it should start to make some difference. Usually you will find bass is alot more punchy.

Have you done the doors yet ??

Shaun

[Rixio]

Iv used exactly half the roll so far, i\'ll weigh the other half tmrw. Saying that its not very heavy anyway, when it arrived id say it weighed 2-3kg. Havnt done the doors yet still got the rear vertical boot panel to do aswell. You can see where i started from in the wheel well and worked forwards, abit messy you see  :2Rolleyes  once you get the hang of it you can cut bigger peices and work with them instead but the wheel well itself was a mission. The off cuts come in handy for filling gaps aswell Ey i\'l tell you what you dont half get backache installing this stuff!

[shaunwil]

Yep, i\'ve done 2 complete cars in the past including roof on one and it takes a long time to do in all dodgy positions. Be ready to cut your hands to shreads when doing the doors !

Shaun

[Rixio]

Can you come and give me a helping hand then? With your experience and my thin arms im sure we can get it done pronto
I wanted to get the db tester off you aswell to see what difference it makes before after, if i can borrow it. We shall have to test it at Mascrat

[shaunwil]

You may be ok with the doors on the rex, i think the cavity isn\'t too bad. Getting the doors off isn\'t too bad either. You can borrow the tester for a while if you want to :p

Cya soon

Shaun