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Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:56 +0000
by Diarmuid
After a few long journeys and a few planned I have decided to embark on a sound deadning project to attack the road noise. So I have purchased enough Silent Coat Sound Deadening to do the whole car but gonna start in the boot a work forward.
Just wondering if anyone else has taken on this task, if so any tips and results?
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 1:06 +0000
by Fergus
Hi Diarmuid, happy to meet up with you today and you showed me that 'Silent Coat' material, it would be very handy in a Turbo'd car due to it's heat reflection properties

Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 9:04 +0000
by Yolo
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 9:47 +0000
by Diarmuid
That is a great link, gives me a good idea what to expect, I'll try and take a few pics as I go
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:47 +0000
by Yolo
Do please post the pics as I would like to see how it works out. Long term I would like to do this as well so keep us posted.
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 9:32 +0000
by Diarmuid
There was a bit more work involved in this than I expected but so worth it. I have pic's and I will post them, it's well worth doing, the car more solid one on the road, I want to take it on the motorway to see the impact on road noise, but so far so good.
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 9:50 +0000
by Diarmuid
Okay here is the pic's of the day hope it helps anyone thinking of taking it on
https://picasaweb.google.com/1140281718 ... ndproofing
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 2:46 +0000
by Diarmuid
So post motorway test its good and bad, good news is that it is defo quieter BUT now that its quieter I can hear all the other noises....
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:57 +0000
by Merlot man
Hello Diarmuid
That "sounds" like a great project ......or not !!!
From your posts you seem happy with the results . Can I ask where you got the material and how much would it cost ,roughly, for the full car. I am working on a 99 mk2 at the minute myself and might be interested in this as another project,
Cheers
Brian
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:36 +0000
by Diarmuid
Buy it from amazon you'll get free delivery for about €100 all in. Ah you'll be happy with the results it gives a very solid feel, everything goes "thud" instead of "clang". Get the big pack about 40 sheets although I think 50 would have been better to do a full coverage.
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 8:12 +0000
by Merlot man
That's great ,thanks
Seems like good value if it does what they say .
Quiet driving
Brian
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:53 +0000
by Steve
Brian, was talking to Jeramy today about this, he will have some new fangled stuff in stock this weekend, very impressed with it apparently. Might be worth a ring for a quote on supply.
http://www.autoelectricalconcepts.com/
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 1:17 +0000
by Merlot man
Hello Steve
Rang Jeramy about that sound dampening material just now and he is to get back to me in the next few days re. a price .
He is a great fan of it so might consider it now seeing as the car is ripped apart .
Removing the carpet means removing the dash, how big a job is this and where do I start ..I have hammer and a number of long crow bars!
Thanks
Brian
Re: Sound dampening project.

Posted:
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 1:22 +0000
by Diarmuid
Cool, cause with my 40 sheets of the stuff I didn't have enough to do the doors so I would be interested in doing them with that stuff as well (group buy perhaps?)
Re: Sound dampening project.

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Wed, 26 Mar 2014 1:30 +0000
by Merlot man
im sure that that could be done ,will keep you in the know .
He is getting the stuff for another project and as allways is the case the more you buy the more you save