Time To Refine

[seduced]

nice job! Was considering a similar approach to deaden the climate control noises as well. As for the lining, that looks really good! I dont carry anything but the service book in my glovebox. Most items are placed in the centre console which I have lined too.

I went for a drive with the rear seats out the other day. The amount of noise that booms around the boot well is astonishing. This will be my first place of attack, dynamat the entire boot well. My dB metre failed the other day.... off to buy another...

[Daniel]

Have you got any photos of your center console you lined?

What did you use?

I plan to do that, too.

[RSK]

My rear view mirror rattles it's nuts off with my sub, if I grip it tightly it still rattles. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm thinking of putting thick layers of leatherette between the mirror and it's backing case.

Also a notice alot of noise comes through the rear parcell shelf, and something rattles there aswell. Tried taping loose cords/wires etc down with 100mph tape but it's still there

[seduced]

I fixed my rear-view mirror rattle by angleing the mounting arm parallel with the windscreen, then adjusting the mirror face downwards as required. Its not the most comprehensive fix, but it gave me some relief while driving a few hundred km, and I havn't bothered to revisit it since.

[Daniel]

I too have done this in another BF I was driving that had this issue.. It worked surprisingly well.

You must have a heap of bass, and if its rattling things that bad, it wouldn't be cods you can hear vibrating.. It would most certainly be metal/glass/plastic vibrating as they sit against each other.

Check out the seat belt reel for the center seat in the rear and bits near by; this area seems to be the most common.

Also the brake light on the XR's in the middle I have read about a few times.

[XF Falcon]

My rear view mirror rattles it's nuts off with my sub, if I grip it tightly it still rattles. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm thinking of putting thick layers of leatherette between the mirror and it's backing case.

Also a notice alot of noise comes through the rear parcell shelf, and something rattles there aswell. Tried taping loose cords/wires etc down with 100mph tape but it's still there

Fixed mine by wedging a bit of plastic between the glass and the mirror mount. To see if this will fix your situation, crank the stereo so it rattles, then touch the mirror right at the base where it touches the windscreen. If it stops the rattle then just put some plastic in there, like the photo (see the black plastic in the top.

Once the mirror is back in place you cannot even notice it, and you cant see it from outside either.

[Daniel]

Just an update, yesterday I took off my B-pillar covers and seat belt adjuster covers.

I de-rattled the adjuster covers/buttons with adhesive felt (pretty self explanatory.. replicate noise and get rid of it!)

After that I then took to the black B pillar covers. I noted that while there is a lot of noise that comes through the doors (something I will look into in the near future) there is also notable noise coming from behind these covers. I took a drive without them and concluded, for my car/roads it is a worthwhile area for me to play with.

Behind the covers there are areas you can block/cover to reduce road/wind noise actually first getting into the cabin, but more for me I wanted to also make the seatbelt cover better at absorbing some sound from behind there while getting rid of some more hard surfaces inside the cabin.

Having more soft surfaces in the cars cabin only helps reduce unwanted noise reflection for audio performance and also the general road noise that enters the cabin.

What I have done is similar to the glove box, thicker sound absorbing materiel/fabric applied to the back of the cover, cut to size and carefully applied so that it cannot come free or interfere with the seat belt in ANY way. For the outside, applied the same finished soft suede effect material as in the glove box.

Result is a little less wind noise already (happy as I wasn't expecting much of a difference without touching the doors yet) and less noises when the seatbelt us used/moved/adjusted. Don't forget that when you are in the car, this is the area closest to your head that introduces foreign or absorbs unwanted noise. The finish is better than anything else in the car (LOL, how sad) but it still matches perfectly to look/feel stock or factory.

I will also add that it adds a little more attention to detail/refinement to the car. It is only small, but it is visible and notable when you are observant like me.

Smells nice too haha

Pic-a-tures:

As you can see, it matches in nicely, the colour or finish does not stand out, it matches the colours in my F6, perfectly.

Here you notice it also does not contrast the door trims.

The back, with flash, unrealistic colours.

What it looks like to the eye.

[seduced]

Nicely done! I like the result. Where else will you use it?

I have just ordered a dynamat Xtreme bulk pack to do the entire boot area including wheel well walls, parcel shelf and uner the rear seat. Also looking at under carpet sound deadener to line it aswell. The boot will be dead quiet by the time I'm finished.

In the Nolathane Diff Bush thread, I'm exploring options to reduce overall vibration from even reaching the cabin. One of these options is to fill hollow chassis moutning blocks and cross members with sikaflex 227 vibration abosorber. Was considering using this inside all 6 pillars aswell. Especially around the base. I'd say it will be more effective than foam or little peices of dynamat, and also wont expand and warp the metal like foam fillers tend to do.

Have you looked at underbody sound abosrbtion measures Daniel? Researching the best stuff to use.

[seduced]

Just pumped 2 cartridges of sikaflex 227 into the top crossmember which the rear centre support welds onto. I'll let it set for a few days and report back any differences. I reckon I'll need alot more....

While I was under there, I noticed there was a piddly little rubber washer for the diff cradle bolt... However nothing between the cradle and the support at all... Ford: Whats the point of a rubber washer there? That would make ZERO effect to reducing vibration.

By the way, this cross member that I filled welds directly underneath the boot floor plan (the flat part right behind the rear seats inside the boot)... every single vibration from the driveline is transferred from the diff cradle to the support bracket (no bush, just that stupid bolt) then that braket is welded directly to the cross member, and then your boot is welded to that cross member. Its a direct path for noise into the cabin.

Further more, if you dont have any sound dampener in your boot, it will amplify these noises and vibrations as its basically a big steel drum...

[Daniel]

I don't have plans to use it anywhere else yet; I'm open to ideas if you have any for me. Thing is I don't want it to look out of place.. It must remain seemingly factory.

I have put many kg's of different materials into my boot and it has helped with overall road noise, heaps, its so thick my spare wheel JUST fits back in.

Sadly I mainly did it to cut low frequency sound from the exhaust entering the cabin, but it only had a small affect with that.

I have not tried using different materials under the car, no. It would only be something I'd consider if I had my own hoist hahaha!