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So, I have some work to do in my doors this winter (window motors), and I also planned on ripping out the seats and console to replace the carpet as it's got a couple of small burn marks and is worn through where the driver's heel would sit - obviously, the previous owners didn't use mats.
Anyway, I think I am going to yank the seats and console and try to give the carpet a really good cleaning before I spend $200-$300 on aftermarket carpeting. Really, it looks darn decent other than the couple burn marks, and the wear spot would be covered with some good floor mats.
Where am I going with this background?
While I have the interior pulled apart anyway, I was thinking of throwing down some CLD tiles (Dynamat-type) to quiet down the car's "tinny-ness", and then thought I'd put down a layer of closed cell foam and some mlv to further quiet it up. All together, we're looking at something like $200 in sound deadening. I could also go lighter on that, and just concentrate on the trouble areas - for instance, my 'vert has absolutely no insulation between the rear side interior panels and the steel for the wheelwell. I could concentrate on the doors and areas like that, let's assume it'd cost me half as much. Again - I'd want to do this the "right" way, and not just dynamat the entire interior. I'd use CLD as it was intended, sparingly, on panels that resonate.
I mentioned this to a fellow grease monkey, and he told me I am crazy. I see where he's coming from - the car is a 'vert, and it won't be very quiet no matter what. I am envisioning, though, making the car sound more upscale and "solid" with the sound dampening. Doors won't sound as hollow when closing, bumps shouldn't clang and rattle the interior nearly as much.
What say you all? Any experience here?
Anyway, I think I am going to yank the seats and console and try to give the carpet a really good cleaning before I spend $200-$300 on aftermarket carpeting. Really, it looks darn decent other than the couple burn marks, and the wear spot would be covered with some good floor mats.
Where am I going with this background?
While I have the interior pulled apart anyway, I was thinking of throwing down some CLD tiles (Dynamat-type) to quiet down the car's "tinny-ness", and then thought I'd put down a layer of closed cell foam and some mlv to further quiet it up. All together, we're looking at something like $200 in sound deadening. I could also go lighter on that, and just concentrate on the trouble areas - for instance, my 'vert has absolutely no insulation between the rear side interior panels and the steel for the wheelwell. I could concentrate on the doors and areas like that, let's assume it'd cost me half as much. Again - I'd want to do this the "right" way, and not just dynamat the entire interior. I'd use CLD as it was intended, sparingly, on panels that resonate.
I mentioned this to a fellow grease monkey, and he told me I am crazy. I see where he's coming from - the car is a 'vert, and it won't be very quiet no matter what. I am envisioning, though, making the car sound more upscale and "solid" with the sound dampening. Doors won't sound as hollow when closing, bumps shouldn't clang and rattle the interior nearly as much.
What say you all? Any experience here?
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