Your opinions- best sound deading choice.

Pantocrator

I tried searching, but my effort was fruitless. I am looking into sound deading my car as much as possible, but I would not like to kill my gas mileage with weight. I have looked into second skin, dynamat, and I've heard of raammat and b-quiet and e-dead (something like that??).
What are your opinions of these? How much do you actually need? So far, I feel that dynamat is overpriced, and second skin has a very helpful guide/site. Any help, as always, is appreciated.


Stratus 4 door, btw

Pantocrator

What did that cost you?

exalted512

If youre looking to save weight, so with second skins liquid stuff.
-Cody

300m

Give this a read...

http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/

monologuist

would recommend Raammat and Ensolite combo. Best price/performance ratio.

1996blackmax

Second Skin makes solid products at very reasonable prices.

Pantocrator

Besides weight, what is the difference between second skin's sheets vs paste? Is there a performance/price difference?

MacLeod

Im a Dynamat Extreme man myself. It works just as well as the others and is a whole lot eaiser to get.

1996blackmax

With SecondSkin I just put my order in....few days later it's at my door. How much easier does it get? Besides, with the money I save, I can get more deadener...or go to the movies...or get some nice thick steaks .

exalted512

MacLeod wrote: »

Im a Dynamat Extreme man myself. It works just as well as the others and is a whole lot eaiser to get.

I can order my second skin naked and pick it up at my door in boxers...I've done it before.
-Cody

exalted512

Pantocrator wrote: »

Besides weight, what is the difference between second skin's sheets vs paste? Is there a performance/price difference?

Actually, the sludge and spectrum stuff are less money per sq foot than mat. The down side is you have to wait for it to dry. Its not a long wait by any means though. My truck is a daily driver that I use for work 6 days out of the week, and my entire interior is done in mat AND liquid.
-Cody

Pantocrator

Bumpamanjaro.

How many feet would you recommend? Right now I am thinking of doing the doors and maybe part of the trunk. How many more places should I put it.

Off topic but also important. Back to my subwoofer grill problem. Can someone tell me the exact problem with the SR subs and MOMO grills If it is clearance I think I might raise the grill using some wood, but I need help with knowing what the problem actually is.

exalted512

For a stratus, Id get about 80^2 ft. Doors and trunk are the two main things. Get your rear fender wells really good as well. License plate and trunk lid are a bad source of rattling. Do you have the subs in there already? Notice any bad resonances already?

If the grill fits, then I guess the only thing is the clearance. Get a dremel and go at it.
-Cody

denim

300m wrote: »

Give this a read...

http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/

Don did an awesome job with that, I will probably order Raamat because of his test.

ilikesound

i just did my second skin's third step (sound foam) and ill just say that i can't really notice a difference between dynamat and second skin (other than the outrageous prices that the dynamat goes for.) i couldn't be happier!

ilikesound

btw, the second skin spectrum ("paste" as it were) and the dynamat-esque material, are geared towards preventing seperate frequencies. when used together they create an almost impenatrable barrier for sound of that specific frequency. i can't even hear my magnaflow exhaust in my accord now, it used to be ALL OVER the dang place too..