Cabin noise

Guard Dad · 01-17-2011, 10:14 AM

My gripe is that this issue is the Rodney Dangerfield of threads, "it don't get no respect". The "I just don't get/it's a sports car/deal with it/ turn up the radio/get a cat back exhaust types just don't seem to know when to quit. Every cabin nose thread is littered with put downs and dismissive commentary about the issue. Yet I cannot recall anyone posting comments like "just slow down" or "it's a street car, what do you expect" when someone posts that their oil temps are too high or that their brakes are fading at the track. But talk about too much noise in the cabin and people can't seem to control themselves.

Read this thread, those addressing the issue have taken the time to post thoughtful, helpful, well reasoned and very well written comments that are on topic and of real value to many of us. And then there are those other posts that are sarcastic and dismiss the whole subject out of hand. Everyone here knows that the Z is a sports car, and that with its emphasis on performance it will ride rougher and be louder than most cars. So why restate the obvious and in an unpleasant manner to boot? It serves no purpose and after awhile becomes rather irritating.

sonic370 · 01-17-2011, 06:49 PM

IMHO lighten up guys the car is not as loud stock as some make it out to be.
It is what it is. I'm guessing most of us took test drives.....

last comment no it's not as quiet as a buick it was never meant to be...

but iv'e got 15,000 on mine and not one rattle.. couldn't say that about my 350....

LunaZ · 01-17-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Guard Dad

Read this thread, those addressing the issue have taken the time to post thoughtful, helpful, well reasoned and very well written comments that are on topic and of real value to many of us. And then there are those other posts that are sarcastic and dismiss the whole subject out of hand. Everyone here knows that the Z is a sports car, and that with its emphasis on performance it will ride rougher and be louder than most cars. So why restate the obvious and in an unpleasant manner to boot? It serves no purpose and after awhile becomes rather irritating.

You can most certainly add hundreds of dollars worth of sound deadening material to the car. Gut the interior, pad it, Dynamat it and whatever else works, then put it all back together... or pay someone to do it.
My wife's Mercedes has a carpet-life material in the fenderwells that does an amazing job at reducing the noise of gravel and stones that get kicked up. If you can source some of that stuff and add it to the 370Z, that would probably help a lot.
You can shop for the quietest tires on the market and replace the stock Potenzas.
At the end of it all, it probably still won't be quiet enough (as illustrated by the disappointing results experienced by some posters) and you will have spent a lot of money and time on trying to make the 370Z something it's not. It's not a BMW, Audi or Lexus. Take out the "performance" part of the equation, and you're left with a simple matter of economics. I'm sure it costs less to skip all the sound deadening measures that are incorporated into the aforementioned luxury brands.
If a quiet cabin was high on your priority list when shopping for cars, you made the wrong choice, plain and simple.

Chriz · 01-19-2011, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

You can most certainly add hundreds of dollars worth of sound deadening material to the car. Gut the interior, pad it, Dynamat it and whatever else works, then put it all back together... or pay someone to do it.
You can shop for the quietest tires on the market and replace the stock Potenzas.
At the end of it all, it probably still won't be quiet enough (as illustrated by the disappointing results experienced by some posters) and you will have spent a lot of money and time on trying to make the 370Z something it's not. It's not a BMW, Audi or Lexus. Take out the "performance" part of the equation, and you're left with a simple matter of economics. I'm sure it costs less to skip all the sound deadening measures that are incorporated into the aforementioned luxury brands.
If a quiet cabin was high on your priority list when shopping for cars, you made the wrong choice, plain and simple.

very well put

this thread makes me lol

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01-17-2011, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Guard Dad Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South Orange County, CA Posts: 422 Drives: 2010 370Z Silver A7 Rep Power: 16	My gripe is that this issue is the Rodney Dangerfield of threads, "it don't get no respect". The "I just don't get/it's a sports car/deal with it/ turn up the radio/get a cat back exhaust types just don't seem to know when to quit. Every cabin nose thread is littered with put downs and dismissive commentary about the issue. Yet I cannot recall anyone posting comments like "just slow down" or "it's a street car, what do you expect" when someone posts that their oil temps are too high or that their brakes are fading at the track. But talk about too much noise in the cabin and people can't seem to control themselves. Read this thread, those addressing the issue have taken the time to post thoughtful, helpful, well reasoned and very well written comments that are on topic and of real value to many of us. And then there are those other posts that are sarcastic and dismiss the whole subject out of hand. Everyone here knows that the Z is a sports car, and that with its emphasis on performance it will ride rougher and be louder than most cars. So why restate the obvious and in an unpleasant manner to boot? It serves no purpose and after awhile becomes rather irritating.

01-17-2011, 06:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 20	IMHO lighten up guys the car is not as loud stock as some make it out to be. It is what it is. I'm guessing most of us took test drives..... last comment no it's not as quiet as a buick it was never meant to be... but iv'e got 15,000 on mine and not one rattle.. couldn't say that about my 350....