Cabin noise

Raw_Shark

Yeah $50 and one hour of time to cancel out tire and road noise (and making the exhaust and engine sound better) is just INSANITY! Who has that kind of time or money?!

Bonzo

Sorry, but there is no way, no way you got it all done in 1 hour. Either you only did a very small portion of the back, or you didn't do a very good job doing it. Heck, unless you've done it all before and are experienced doing it, it takes 10-15 minutes alone to take out all the panels, foam, and spare tire, and another 10-15 minutes to put it all back in. So according to you it only takes 1/2 hour to put in the sound deadening material? You need to buy yourself a watch that works my friend.

I may have taken a lot of time to do it properly and nicely, but even scottIN took 4 hours and he self proclaimed that he did a sloppy job. This is at least a 4 - 10 hour job depending on how picky you are and how many patience you have.

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lpsscc

I don't think he meant an hour literally. Obviously it takes more than an hour but the point is it's not a large investment for what can be (depending on your opinion) a large improvement.

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'10Anamoly

It is def more than an hour if you do it right (thats what she said).

I had fun though, had a couple Terrapin Hopsecutioner beers on hand, my handy work gloves, some jams on the garage radio. Good times

Ever since I got a house, I fell back in love with getting to know my car's guts and privates. She so fine!

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Bonzo

I just don't want anyone to be mislead if they are thinking about doing this. It's a royal pain to do, and it takes a while. It's not a wham bam thank you mam job. I think people here considering this should know reality. I know I would.

I got into a discussion years ago with a guy back on the Pontiac Solstice forum about how long it took to put the top up or down. After pages and pages of thread, the guy swore it only took an average Joe 10 seconds to do with no rushing around. He was delusional. I always thought maybe he was an engineer at GM trying to back his baby while wearing a welding mask. Totally blinded.

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'10Anamoly

To me it was not a difficult job, it was an exhausting and time consuming job.

Difficult was wiring some AudioQuest UL listed in wall cables through the door piping and connectors without losing my skin.

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Bonzo

True. I would also add arse, leg, and back stiffening the day of, and arse, leg, and back hurting the next day.

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RiCharlie

I sent you a Pm did you get it?

Raw_Shark

I'm not misleading anybody. If you only do a small (12 sq. ft) portion of the trunk, it IS a wham bam thank you ma'am job.

Even a very small amount of dynamat/bquiet/etc makes a pretty big difference in these cars.

Raw_Shark

Wow, you must be fun at parties. I was just trying to help people out guy, no need to get your pretty little pink panties in a wad.

If you actually read my post, you'd see that my install was uber simple and I did the bare minimum. My car didn't have spare tire, foam, tools, etc to deal with. I already took that crap out a long time ago. So for me, it was just a matter of removing the trunk panels and slapping the 12 sq ft of B-quiet down and then laying corrugated foam on top of that. So YES, it took me roughly an hour. Maybe it was an hour and 21.50894 minutes? A couple hours? No idea. Next time I'll keep track down to the millisecond.

The point I was making is that you don't have to go all out and dynamat the whole car to get good results. It can be done on the cheap, and quickly. I apologize again for making you PMS so hard.

Switch to decaf, my friend.

Bonzo

No panties in a wad here. Sorry you can't handle hearing the truth. You are "one of those" I guess. I'd say you are the one getting your panties in a bunch.

Well for you, doing the bare minimum might have been good enough, and that's great for you. Seriously, I wish that were the case for everyone. Others here felt dynamatting the entire back did nothing at all, and it was only after doing the doors that it made a difference. So one thing this thread has proven is that people have different tolerances for different things when it come to this noise issue. If YOU had read all my posts here, you would know that my ONLY noise issue is the pebbles tinking the inside of the fender wells. Your minimalistic approach would have done about 1% to fix my issue, which basically means it would have done totally nothing; a total waste of time.

And just who do you think is being the total jack arse here???

I think a lot of people here aren't normally all that adventurous in regards to removing panels etc. I know every single one of my friends that saw my car were like, are you crazy? You are an exception. Most people have not torn out all the foam and tire for other reasons etc like you. Most people aren't going to rip all that stuff out only to do a quick fix. Most people, after going through the nervousness of all the panel removal, are going to take the time to do the full blown fix, to get all the improvements they can. I'm glad you are happy with your results, and that's awesome. Again, I think you are an exception, not the norm. I for one did the entire trunk and I'm still not sure about it. If a month from now I don't notice the pebbles I'll be good.

Your 1 hour is not the norm, it's the exception. 4 - 8 hours is the norm.

Me thinks it's you who is a bit over sensitive. Take a chill pill man.

Don't drink coffee, only beer.

Your post I was quoting was misleading. It only mentions that the job takes 1 hour, and without referencing again that you only did a very small portion, becomes misleading. 4-8 hours is the norm, and that's what the ordinary Joe people should know.

Again, and I mean this sincerely, I'm glad the amount you did made all the difference for you. I'm sure there are others that will agree. But from what I've read here, there are many that will not.

For all,
what I found doing this is that you HAD to cover everything. Using your fingers and knuckles, you can rap on the metal to see where it sound's plinky. Before you start, almost everywhere sounds this way. But even after I covered the entire left half of the flat bottom area, the right was totally plinky sounding, like I had done nothing. Just putting down 1 piece in the middle of an area did not fix the problem either. I had to do everything to eliminate the plink. I do not agree with Raw_Shark.

So to what level you choose to do this is up to you. After doing this myself, I'd say going through all the trouble to yank everything out, if someone isn't willing to spend a measly $100-$200 to do it right, they are just being cheap. They aren't poor because they have this $30,000+ impractical car. I myself was being cheap, because I didn't want to spend $200 to do it. But now after I spent 8-9 back breaking hours doing it, the money seems irrelevant. My advice is not to skimp with stuff from Lowes (and rumors of the potential smell issue don't make me thrilled either), but to buy the best automotive industry made stuff you can find. That doesn't mean more expensive is always better, so I'd search around for a brand you find comfortable with, then buy their highest dampening stuff they have. If you want to do the entire trunk area including the fenders and back wall, it's going to take 9-10 sheets @ 18" x 36". Do less if you want, that's up to you.

Cheers --- Bonzo

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