i'm about to buy some sds. Should i put CLD Tiles on the door then cover them up with the MLV? And how many cld tiles will i need to door 4 doors and the hatch lid? I need help ASAP!!!

i'm about to buy some sds. Should i put CLD Tiles on the door then cover them up with the MLV? And how many cld tiles will i need to door 4 doors and the hatch lid? I need help ASAP!!!

It's really better to contact me with purchase specific questions directly: [email protected] - I don't want to act like this is an SDS forum. This is a good opportunity to talk about general door issues.

The first step is to apply vibration damper to the sheet metal. 25% coverage with a good quality product, weighted toward the center of the panel, is plenty. Interestingly, 700% coverage with a poor quality product isn't

Now we get to the barrier layers. My very strong preference is to hang the barrier on the inner door skin, right behind the trim panel. The advantage of this placement is that it puts noise entering the door through the front, rear, top and bottom is behind the barrier. If you have speakers in the doors, you're also acoustically reinforcing the plane to which they are mounted. For this to work, the trim panel has to cover the entire interior surface of the door when it is closed and there needs to be space behind the trim panel.

The alternative is to hang the barrier on the outer skin. I'll do this when the inner skin won't work or when it does but I want to add an extra barrier layer to make it harder to hear the door mounted speakers from outside the vehicle.

I like to finish by lining the trim panel with a resilient and absorbent material to soak up a little extra noise and to thoroughly decouple the trim panel from the inner door skin to prevent rattles.

so do i need cld tiles and the MLV?

Yes lol

lol

Yes.

I vote to check out the SDS install on the SSA Mazda. You can really see some clean photo's of the process.

And that was a process that was done correctly.

Don, do you carry CLD, MLV, Foam and accessories in store? Can I pick up from your store at Owings Mills Maryland? I'm in Metro Washington.

Thanks

he doesn't have a cart/checkout set up on the site, just email him what you want and he'll give you the total plus shipping.

he can also work with you to make sure your getting the right amount of product to get the job done right