Sound deadening has started

exalted512

before:

after, this is all i have done right now but i did put some foam in the crossmembers

why you want to spend money on a razor knife

the truck tore apart


picture of the mat under the drivers seat

picture of the mat on the roof

picture of the sludge under the drivers seat

picture of the sludge on the almost finished head liner


thats all i have right now, i was going to work on it tonite but i forgot my light at work so itll have be tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow ill be able to lay mat across where the seats should be and sludge that, followed by the paint on stuff.

1 layer on the roof with the sludge 3-5mm thick. Even with 3kw, i dont think ill have any flexing at all out of the roof. fun times
-Cody

so much to do, so little time...
-Cody

exalted512

forget these, theyre pictures of my living room during this process. good thing my roommate is still at home for the christmas holidays


-Cody

nadams

Nice purse.

swerve

lookin good my friend.

cam5860

What is your setup going to be far as equiment goes?

swerve

cam5860 wrote:

What is your setup going to be far as equiment goes?

he isn't getting a stereo in that thing... just deadening for road noise.

exalted512

swerve wrote:

he isn't getting a stereo in that thing... just deadening for road noise.

word
-Cody

cam5860

Damn that's a lot of work just to be killing road noise.

exalted512

i have very sensitive ears, if i hear noises in excess of 80db's for an extended period of time(10 minutes or so) my ears start ringing
-Cody

nadams

*cough* "Even with 3kw" *Ahem*

s'cuse me.

MacLeod

Damn bro, youve got way more patience than I do. There is no way I would undertake all that.

The only big jobs I can tackle are the ones that I can walk away from for a day or so when I get really pissed off.

cam5860

Hell I thought you was putting a system in there. What is that 3000 watt punch power amp supposed to be going in?

exalted512

probably by the end of the summer. I have to build the box first.
-Cody

skydeaner

lol, do you have a connector tied to the top with speaker wire to keep it out of the goo? (pic9)

exalted512

yea, i have some wires that go across the floor. I had some speaker wire laying around and i needed to get the wire out of the way so i tied it up:D

i got mat layed across all where the front seats would be and got it all sludged. The head liner is done as well. Im going to put a couple layers of the spectrum spray and then put the seats back in. Hopefully get the layers done tomorrow and have the seats bolted in the day after.
-Cody

1996blackmax

cam5860 wrote:

Damn that's a lot of work just to be killing road noise.

All that hard work will definately pay off.



Looks good exalted!

SportsFan

Wouldn't a better title for this thread be "Sound DEAFENING has started"???

brettw22

What's the point of putting stuff on the hood? How does that make a big enough difference to replace the typical hoodliner?

swerve

when you have that much power god only knows what is rattling....

exalted512

brettw22 wrote:

What's the point of putting stuff on the hood? How does that make a big enough difference to replace the typical hoodliner?

makes the cabin quieter. I had those two pieces on it and put expandable foam in the crossmembers and at 2500 rpms, there was a 3 dB drop inside the cab
-Cody

exalted512

head liner is done! so is where the seats go. Head liner has 1 layer of mat and 4-5mm thick of sludge. Floor is one layer of mat, 3-4mm thick of sludge, 4 coats of the liquid stuff which is a little thicker than paint.
Tomorrow the seats go back in:D
-Cody

exalted512

yay, the truck is driveable again with all the seats in the front back in!!!! That should hold me over for a while. I'm going to try and put mat between the seats and the dash tomorrow. Sunday I want to put sludge over it since I'll have a lot of time to let it dry and put the head liner on. Thats the goal, hopefully ill be able to lay some mat down in the extended cab part as well. All is going well.
-Cody

beardog03

great job..
That is a lot of freakin work..

any trouble getting the headliner back in ?

I want to do this to my car, but I don`t think I can pull it off without screwin somethin up..!!

I`m gonna try though...someday..!!

amulford

Cody, is it really needed to cover all of the surface like that? I was under the impression the vibration dampener absorbed vibration.

Excellent job, BTW. Is that BLOOD I see on that razor??? :eek:

exalted512

beardog03 wrote:

any trouble getting the headliner back in ?

ill let you know sunday

amulford-
if you just want to stop some vibrations or rattles, then no, it is not necessary to cover everything. But I'm going to have 3000 watts going through this truck so to stop vibrations, I gotta cover damn near everything:D Plus, it also helps in sound proofing the truck where as if you only put it in certain places, youd still be getting a lot of outside noise.
-Cody

MacLeod

It also helps in cutting down on things resonating that shouldnt be. The more sound proofing you have the better. Remeber the rooms at Polk HQ where they tested speakers? Its kinda the same principle.

exalted512

head liner fits back in fine! All I gotta do is screw in the overhead console and thats basically it. A-pillars are back up.

On a side note, I think I'm going to pick up some q-forms. Throw my tweeters and midranges in there and have the midbass in the door still. This way I can have at least decent sq. Best of all, q-forms run me about 30 bucks shipped to my house. Gotta love accomadations.:D
-Cody

MacLeod

No shame in that at all! If the Almighty SR6500's would fit in them I wouldnt hesitate to grab a set. Firm em up with a ton of Dynamat and youre all set!

exalted512

double post

exalted512

the SRs are staying in the old lady's car. I was talking about my iridiums
and I'm pretty sure the SRs would NOT fit. Most q-forms are for 6" speakers, not 6.5s
-Cody

MacLeod

Yeah, I know. That sucks. 90% of components out there are 6.5's. I dont understand why they wont come out with a set of kicks thatll hold some 6.5's.