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Sound Deadening

Treatments for vibration control, noise mitigation or maximizing SPL

  1. Started by CrazyKenKid,

    tonight I was able to deaden 3layers on my rear deck and 2 layers on the rear seat (where the seat sites) and 2 layers in the trunk itself. now my question is since i am nearly 100% sure i only have enough deadener to completely deaden one thing, which thing should i deaden first? either the back doors and the trunk lid or the roof? which would be of more benefit and why? see i want to get 1 good layer of deadener on the roof and then a second layer if i have enough left over BUT if i do the back doors 3lay thick or 2layers and the trunk lid i know i will not have enough left to do the room my car is a 95 grand am the sub and port is firing forward into the cabin and th…

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  2. Started by BanginGMC,

    Call me stupid.. but i have no idea how to order http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/products/cld Help?

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  3. so, i got an email the other day that Knu now has their own deadener... i still have yet to deaden my vehicle so i am not to deadener savy. and i wont be either untill i have some better cash flow. just thought i would point it out to ppl looking to do so soon. To ppl that are experienced with sound deadening... how is the price compared to others? someone needs to order some and do a review when its avail... link... http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?category=Sound%20Deadening

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  4. Started by rich00,

    So I have very limited knowledge on deadening. I am leasing my 2011 civic the road noise is pretty significant. I want a little more midbass from my doors and don't want to do a lot considering its a lease. Should I just do the door skins and not cover all the big holes incase I need to replace say a power window motor under warranty or something. I'm not wanting to deaden the entire car just front doors and maybe the trunk. I was also looking at dynamat extreme on ebay for what seems a good price. 18x32 roll for $25 you tell me if that's a deal or not. thanks

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  5. Okay so for those of you who don't know what vehicle I have, It's a 1997 2door jeep wrangler hardtop. The hardtop is made of polycarbonate, plastic, something you get the idea. So it flexes a good bit and wanted to hear what you guys would suggest for fixing it. Would cld tiles soak up some of the flex? just trying to brace the plastic so my sound output isn't wasted Heres some pics:

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  6. Started by Rocko213,

    has anyone ever used rattle trap from flatmat is it anygood and if so how does it compare to dynamat and damplifier

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  7. Started by Caldwell,

    Hey guys, I'm in the process of deadening my trunk and I have a question. I have (2) vents in both rear quarter panels just below the floor line of my trunk. I plan on applying deadener all around those vents, but should I apply it OVER the vents as well? I know these things are designed to relieve cabin pressure or whatever, but what should I do with them? Here is a pic:

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  8. Started by hayestc,

    All, I have posted about every aspect of my install except for this one. I have a 2008 Cobalt LS Coupe and have very recently, 1 Hour ago, bought a new set of speakers for the doors. I have never deadened a door before an am looking for information as to where the best locations for each type of deadener would be and if your regular "sound mat" would be good enough. The picture below shows what my door looks like with the interior panel taken off. Any help would be much appreciated!

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  9. Started by cheese20323,

    So now that I have a little bit of extra money I want to put this in to sound deadening. First up is I want is that I want to do the door panels. So what I need is the CLD tiles right? After that I notice the install Aaron did in the SSA Mazda I want something like that I want it to block of road noise and make the car drive like a luxury car. So can anyone guide me in the right direction that i need to make my car quieter?

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  10. Started by slim142,

    So after installing my Cs60CF, I could not believe how bad the woofers sound It sounds as if they were distorting, and thats with all EQs off, no bass boost or anything. So I talked to denim and we concluded it could be the doors. They are not deadened. I just replaced factory speakers and place the new ones (i know, i know, but i didnt think it was gonna sound this bad). So I came to the conclusion that to enjoy my midbass and not have to lower the 125hz band to -3, I need to (just learned this) seal the doors. Seriously, my midbass is dead cause I cant rise the volume or else the woofers will start to sound nasty, kinda distorted. Even with EQ on flat. I always have to …

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  11. Started by gibsonm21,

    Sup, My sunroof is clapping pretty bad with my current setup and I'm planning on doubling it, so I wanted to know if anyone has been relatively successful controlling sunroof clap. I only have problems when giving demos and competing, since I don't bump it (full tilt) on the daily. I use my sunroof, so I have no plans to glue it shut or permantly disable it.

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  12. Started by islapp,

    I recently primered my chevy nova's hatchback trunk lid with one coat of primer just so it wouldnt have a yellow trunk and primered body. I was wondering how would I prep the underside of the lid with acetone if it removes paint/primer? I hope this isnt a stupid question haha i just couldnt find the answer anywhere else.

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  13. Started by dbsupra,

    This is a dumb question I'm sure. I've searched here and on the web and still haven't found an answer. Even looked at the Mazda install pics. I'm happy to have a big box here in front of me from a Mr Don. I've seen pics of the cod tiles installed on the outer door skin and other pics of it on the inner. By inner I am refering to where the door panel mounts. Which is correct? My goal is to block road noise and help improve the sound quality of my mids. I do have MLV to mount on as well. And I didi figure out where that goes lol. Thanks!

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  14. Has anybody tried putting anytype of liquid deadener on the inside of their plastic door panels? Ive been looking at edead v5 ctherm and second skin spectrum/sludge and was wondering if anybody had any good results without having to put any type of sound deadening tiles before hand.

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  15. Started by EPerez,

    For the past month i sent 4 emails to [email protected] for more information on his products and what I should use for my trailblazer. He hasn't emailed me back. Is there another way I can contact him? I dont know if he's out of town or if his email changed, I just want to deaden my vehicle lol.

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  16. Started by Bray,

    http://www.ddaudio.com/products/accessories/ea-30 Anyone use this stuff? Thinking about trying some out

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  17. Started by Chickenwings,

    Hey all, i just bought a shop pack of damplifier pro 80ft, hoping it will be well worth it since it cost me around 540$ for the pack (shipping/us-cad). I just wanted to know if i should deaden the whole car which would require prob another 80ft and im also thinking of ordering a pack of mlv/ccf. I will be running around 1200rms, and the car is a lexus so it is pretty quiet from start. What do u guys think? Im thinkin if i need another 80ft will jus go with regular damplifer instead of the pro to save some $. Also, getting it installed is another huge cost. Theres this shop that i know do an amazing job 100% of the time but they are charging around 1000$. Another shop whi…

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  18. Started by pmureika,

    Where do I need to apply sound proofing to these doors?

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  19. Started by RiottStarr,

    i thought i heard about some on here recently? like 119 for i forgot how much, but it was alot....help!?

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  20. Water resistance demo and heat reflection demo of our newest product line of Hydrophobic Melamine Foam and Hydrophobic Melamine Heat Shield Find them here https://store.secondskinaudio.com/

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  21. Started by ML91,

    i completely removed everything behind the front seats to get ready to put in some damplifier pro and found out my trunk already had some pieces of sound deadener that came from the factory. i was just wondered if it would be better to remove it or just place the damplifier pro on top of it?

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  22. Started by Elrey7698,

    I was wondering how much deadner i would need for my truck and what is some good deadner for the $$$my budget is about 300 buck's...i wanna do the roof and the back door...

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  23. Started by orlandoman,

    Well on the hunt for sound damping material I came across a ton of manufactures and I am not sure which ones are good these days. Please let me know who makes a good one. Dynamat Hushmat Rockford Fosgate [not sure if they still make their own] Second Skin Stinger Roadkill That is the only ones I heard of. Thank you.

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  24. Started by dimpthepimp,

    Hello just wanted some feedback on this product. Also wanted to see If anybody was running it in there vehicle. Bought the bulk box from Darvex which had a really good deal with free shipping. Just really tired of my whole car rattling terrible on the outside.

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  25. Started by tiktok,

    I'm looking at this for coating on my car's floor...anyone have anything they can tell me about it? it seems legit? I can get one gallon of it for $50 shipped that's why.

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