Second Skin

Wow! There are some really nice builds entered in the competition now. I can't wait for voting to start! Ken

What kind of car do you think we should buy to properly represent Second Skin in the lanes and on the street? I Personally think we should have an '08 Mustang, midnight Blue, with the second skin logo painted on the hood in chrome colored reflective paint. what do you think? AX

Hey guys! we're having a Presidents Day Sale! from today the 20th to the 28th, 10% off orders over $250 the code for that is pres10 15% off orders over $500 the code for that is pres15 20% off orders over $750 the code for that is pres20 Enjoy! Ken

Some people use Dynamat which is a very high quality product but expensive. there are less expensive products on the market, such as Fat Matt or Lizardskin, however these products tend to be of a lesser quality than the pricier options. Another option would be to go with products from Second Skin Audio(secondskinaudio.com), the company I represent. keep in mind that there is quite a bit of labor involved in the installation of sound deadeners, and the lower quality products often do not perform as well as the more expensive ones, and sometimes require you to restart the entire project because they fall off. the main thing you want to avoid when shopping for sound deadeners is any products that uses asphalt or roofing materials in it. Dynamat, Second Skin Audio, and a few others do not use any asphalt or roofing materials in their products. I'm sure you will have many people offering you their opinions before 24 hours from now. use this information along with their opinions as you will. AX

Hey everybody! ken has created a new coupon code that will give you 10% off any Spectrum purchase! the code is: SUPERSPEC enjoy! AX

as much as i like the idea of driving a Tank as the company vehicle, i found out that Tanks are not legal street cars... how unfortunate AX

Ok, i can tell this Thread has gotten a little off-topic since my most recent unfortunate absence, but if we could momentarily return to the question of "how about a sale on Spectrum?" i have Ken's answer: "OK" This code will give you 10% off your order of spectrum: SUPERSPEC enjoy! AX

quite true, however it's also more products that we have to package while we are in a very unorganized temporary warehouse. don't worry, sales will resume again, in due time. AX

well right now here's the deal on deals; i talked to Ken, and he sas he's not going to have any sales yet, at least not until we've finished moving into the new warehouse. i'm going to try to talk him into a "just moved in sale" or something similar once we do finally get everything to tucson though. AX

The Spectrum can be used for many things, including as a substitute for Damplifier or Damplifier Pro, however the most effective way to use the Spectrum or Spectrum sludge is to use it as an undercoating to Damplifier or Damplifier Pro, sandwitching a section of your car between two different sound deadeners. The effects of Spectrum in both its forms are similar to Damplifier and Damplifier Pro, meaning it takes care of structure borne noises. a lot o people prefer to use it instead of Damplifier Pro because it can be easier to apply in some cars, however it will require you to mask off areas you don't want to apply it to. AX

Hey Guys! Just wanted to let you know that we are starting to get low on our B-Stock Damplifier Pro, so if you have a project you've been putting off, and you wanted to get our cheaper B-Stock Damplifier Pro, sooner is definately better than later, because when it's gone, it's gone, and we wont be ordering any more. just giving you all a heads up! AX

the best place to deaden at the start is always the doors. the vibrations from the road come up the tires, through the frame, and then bounce around in the doors, so that's the best place to deaden whenever you start a new project, for future reference. if you havent yet done all of the doors do those first. after that you should focus on the rest of the car, as the rest is more or less effected the same amount by the vibrations that run through the car. except the roof. that's usualy the least effected of all the areas in the car. AX

Thank you. i too apologize if i may have gotten a little rude. i'm glad everything is all cleared up between everybody. AX

we appologize for the problems you are having with ordering your products. let's take this to PMs or emails to discus further. people have things to talk about other than the specifics of our websites possible issues on this thread. AX

if by this you mean Ken has not started his own business, you are wrong. the business he owned before this one was built from the ground up by him and only him, and he ran it completely on his own for the most part for 22 years, and when he was done he sold it for a nice profit. the reason he sold it is because he was ready for a new and more challenging venture. i don't know why you automaticaly assume we aren't doing everything we can to keep this business as amazing as it was when ANT ran it, but I can assure you we are as dedicated to this business as ANT was. we have run into a few bumps in the road in the process of moving the business from Phoenix to Tucson, which no one could have predicted, and no plan could have prevented. i don't understand how you can coment on something you have no knowledge of. you have said yourself you have never purchased a business, that you have run a business that has been in your family for 80 years, which is great, but gives you no knowledge of purchasing and running a whole new venture. each business is different and has different challenges that need to be worked out. AX

sound deadening your trunk will definately help eliminate the rattles in the hatch, just by using Damplifier Pro. if you can actually see what two pieces are rattling together, however, it's actually more effective to use something like Overkill or Overkill Pro and place some between the two objects. AX

if you have any questions feel free to ask me either right here or PM me, or you could email me. email is currently the best way to contact us. AX

things are hectic right now. we're working out of two cities. we will have that issue resolved soon. AX

the roof ad floor aren't necesary, you will notice significant results from just doing the doors, and it is better to do al 4 of the doors if you can since the more area you cover, the better results you'll get. what most of our customers notice is that when they deaden part of their car, the noise where they deadened is more or less gone, but since it's gone the noises from other parts orthe car seem louder(they aren't, unless something else has changed in the car, but it just seems that way). either way, you don't have to do everything in one sitting. if you decide to do your project piece by piece, i recomed starting with the doors, then trunk/hatch, then floor, then roof. and yes you get better results using Damplifier Pro as a base and then applying Luxury Liner Pro on top of it. you see, there are two different types of noise; the airborne and the structure-borne. the Damplifier Pro takes care of the structure borne Noise while the Luxury Liner Pro covers the Airborne noise, and much like the different areas of your car, you don't have to do Damplifier Pro and Luxury Liner Pro at the same time, you can do the Damplifier Pro and then ad the Luxury Liner Pro later. AX

Well then they should give me a hell of a deal and ill do a write up on the install to see how it really does. well i don't know what you've heard but we've gotten numerous people telling us how our spectrum product has greatly helped them. it's designed to be more of an undercoating to the Damplifier Pro or Damplifier,but it also works wonders by itself. as for a sale, i don't think we'll have anything until we've finished moving, which should be sometime this september(we're crossing our fingers), but i'll run the idea by Ken and see what he thinks. AX

Deadener is quite easy to install. Like Watts09 said the main part is peal and stick, and then there are extra things you can do if you want. Dynamat is a good product, however, at Second Skin our intro level mat is designed to be just as good if not better than the Dynamat Extreme, Dynamat's top of the line sound deadening matt, and it's less costly too. check us out at www.secondskinaudio.com. the mat i was just refering to is "Damplifier" and if you want to get even more amazing results you can go with our "Damplifier Pro." either way you're getting amazing results at very competitive prices. go ahead and let me know either on the forum or by sending and email to service@secondskinaudio.com. i hope we can help you out! AX

Pushing the product is only a small part of my job online. my main purpose here is to help people with their sound deadening questions, and to recomend what products will help them with their specific issues. naturally, i'm going to recomend Second Skin as a first choice, but like i said, pushing the products not the only thing i'm here to do. AX

Neither the prices, products, or quality of the products has changed, and we try our best to help our customers with all of their sound deadening issues. AX

just so you know, adhesion has asolutely no direct benefit to sound deadening. so long as the product sticks to where it's been applied, more adhesive doesn't help you sound deaden your vehicle AX

Ken and I will talk to Anthony about that. If we see enough of ademand, we may bring them back, however i can give no promises