Sound deadening material?

[silver_bullet]

We used to actually make a "package tray" to replace the base cushion as well....usually padding the mounting positions with closed cell urethane foam available at HVAC suppliers....put black carpet over it and call it done.....it often provided a good place for transporting items / or luggage....

[pdub]

The ever-popular "learning experience".

I've been videoing all this for Weeville Garage. That was my opening line, except I said to call this a learning experience would be an understatement. The Kilmat stuff is working great in the trunk to seal off and secure that piece of wood.

[silver_bullet]

You mean like this? That gets it all the way to the bottom of the backseat and it's a pretty good muffler by itself I'll bet. I've got a few more sheets left to play around with the piece of wood and in the trunk. When I put that wood in there I was just looking for appearance - fill in the hole where the upper backseat used to be. Well, I left an inch gap at the bottom of the wood so I've been riding around hearing everything that goes on in the trunk.

Red pool noodle to fill in that 1" gap at the bottom

[DanStokes]

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You mean like this? That gets it all the way to the bottom of the backseat and it's a pretty good muffler by itself I'll bet. I've got a few more sheets left to play around with the piece of wood and in the trunk. When I put that wood in there I was just looking for appearance - fill in the hole where the upper backseat used to be. Well, I left an inch gap at the bottom of the wood so I've been riding around hearing everything that goes on in the trunk./QUOTE]

The ever-popular "learning experience".

[pdub]

If you're going full quiet than cover every square inch!

You mean like this? That gets it all the way to the bottom of the backseat and it's a pretty good muffler by itself I'll bet. I've got a few more sheets left to play around with the piece of wood and in the trunk. When I put that wood in there I was just looking for appearance - fill in the hole where the upper backseat used to be. Well, I left an inch gap at the bottom of the wood so I've been riding around hearing everything that goes on in the trunk.

[DanStokes]

I wouldn't recommend it on a living subject because it's not dampener, it's deadener.

Bummer.......

[pdub]

If I put that stuff inside my skull will it dampen the sound of the voices? Nothing else has worked, especially at 1:00 AM.

I wouldn't recommend it on a living subject because it's not dampener, it's deadener.

[DanStokes]

If I put that stuff inside my skull will it dampen the sound of the voices? Nothing else has worked, especially at 1:00 AM.

[pdub]

Working on stuff makes us notice stuff I reckon. I never knew, Red's got two rubber plugs in the floorboard, one on each side in front of the backseat. I can only imagine this would be to let water out if the car gets flooded? I put sound deadener over them. Now I won't have to listen to the gurgling noise.

[pdub]

I used a similar product for Mary's coupe. Since I don't know how noisy it would have been without it, I don't know how well it's working. I do believe it keeps the metal from 'ringing', so that's a plus. You should be able to make a good comparison pdub.......like, 'before and after'.

Red's got Magnaflows so he wasn't noisy at all until I deleted the upper backseat to put the roll bar in. It'll take 3+ sheets of the stuff to cover that piece of wood over the hole. If that doesn't help I'll do the whole bottom of the trunk. There's a lot of stuff in that box but if I run out I'll order some more. It's gonna take me a while, I'm in no hurry.

[oletrux4evr]

I used a similar product for Mary's coupe. Since I don't know how noisy it would have been without it, I don't know how well it's working. I do believe it keeps the metal from 'ringing', so that's a plus. You should be able to make a good comparison pdub.......like, 'before and after'.

[pdub]

Yeah, I got it Thank you for the update! Did you get a kit specifically for Red, or is it a universal trim to fit type kit?

It's a box full of sheets and you cut whatever shape you want. It's easy to cut to shape with household scissors or with a utility knife. There's 36 square feet in the box and the box weighs 18 pounds. It was $68 from Amazon. It took a week or so to get here.

[Redline04]

The stuff just got here today. I can already say it's real easy to work with. It's pliable and it's got enough glue on it to hang there but no so much that you can't move it around some before you mash on it. Warm it up with a heat gun and then work out on it with a seam roller and it's on there. I'll almost even say it's fun to work with but ask me in a few days when I'm good and sick and tired of putting it on there. And then whether or not it actually "works" will be another personal opinion further down the road. (Get it? Further down the road...hahaha)

Yeah, I got it Thank you for the update! Did you get a kit specifically for Red, or is it a universal trim to fit type kit?

[pdub]

Let me know how that KILMAT works out for ya.

The stuff just got here today. I can already say it's real easy to work with. It's pliable and it's got enough glue on it to hang there but no so much that you can't move it around some before you mash on it. Warm it up with a heat gun and then work out on it with a seam roller and it's on there. I'll almost even say it's fun to work with but ask me in a few days when I'm good and sick and tired of putting it on there. And then whether or not it actually "works" will be another personal opinion further down the road. (Get it? Further down the road...hahaha)

[pdub]

I am pretty sure that stuff will stick to anything. I assume the foam in the seat acted as a sound deadening. I would put a layer in on it. Pull the spare tire and put some on the well in the truck.

The best sound deadening I have ever done on my car is add a turbo! It killed the flow masters drown!

One of the videos I watched, a dude was deadening a van. I mean a full sized panel delivery van. He said I'll show you far I've gotten so far, I've had to order some more stuff. He opened the door and "had to order some more stuff" became a pretty funny punchline. He was going crazy with the stuff, like he was trying to make a rolling music recording studio or something. And yeah, he didn't get far with one box of the stuff. Not far at all.