masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 28/12/16 07:17 AM Author Share Posted 28/12/16 07:17 AM (edited) So my project yesterday, involved the carbuilders sound deadening product. http://www.carbuilders.com.au/sound-deadener-stage-1-black-label I bought this stuff, based on Lukes Recommendation. I am happy with the stuff. For those that have never done dynamt or the carbuilders product, fear not. I had no idea where to start. Took a while to get going, but once I knew more or less what to do, it was a bit easier. Unforntunately because I had no idea where to start, led to the final part(wheel well) looking a bit weird. For those that want to look at the album, here it is. http://imgur.com/a/8pnGe The one thing I will say is this. do not leave the stuff around in your hot garage during summer. I had my boxes in the garage for a while and with the heat, the stuff started to melt a bit. The tar started to slide out the sheets on the side. it then glued to the cardboard box. It was a mission to open the boxes. When I eventually ripped the box apart, there was still some cardboard stuck to the sides...... when pulling the carboard away, I was left with part of the tar in my hand. I will show you what I did with that stuff later on. Here is where I started the project, needed a bit of cleaning after our trip down south the weekend before. Remove the carpet and then the coverr for the spare wheel. Remove the the tools and belt for the spare wheel and you get this. see all that goo and clue towards the top of the above pic in the wheel well. My OCD killed me when I saw that sh*t. such an over use of the product. Not sure what this crap is, but I chopped at it later in the install with a stanley knife. It did my head in. As if that wasn't enough, Ford used tar in certain areas of the boot and this is what it looked like up close. At this stage I was getting keen to get the install started. I started to lay the stuff around the boot and found the side wall carpet to be an annoyance. I then had to figure out how to get these out. There are two scrivits inside the boot and 3 more behind the rear passenger seats. Fold the rear passenger seats forward and you will find them. Once I got all the carpet out the boot, I sort of layed out the sheets to get an idea of how I wanted it to look. Edited 28/12/16 07:18 AM by masda74 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,095 Member For: 16y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/12/16 07:20 AM Share Posted 28/12/16 07:20 AM good stuff, Marco! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 28/12/16 07:40 AM Author Share Posted 28/12/16 07:40 AM At this stage, things got interesting. After looking at the carbuilders webpage and their pinterest pics(which I could not see well as I needed a login), I decided to start at the front part of the boot where the passenger seats are. As you can see in this pic. this is is where it all started. This is a pic of the sheets folding down into the wheel well. I was told that the roller supplied as part of the kit doesn't normally get the stuff to stick. A mate suggested to use the back part of a screwdriver to really spread the tar and then use the roller to smoothen it out. so here you can see what it looks like once you butcher it with the back of the screwdriver. You then work your magic with the roller and it starts to look like this. Here it is from another angle. looking smoother. See the Goob near the screwdriver... this is when it started to annoy me. I went mental and pulled out the stanley knife blades. THE GOOOOOOB on the left side made the car look like it had a pair of balls. The right side start to loose slides.... I took out my frustration on this crap. really annoyed me. I am pretty sure that the only reason this stuff was there, was to keep water out the car. Like I was saying earlier on, when I got the cardboard off the sides, I was left with cardboard and tar. Well I managed to find a way to get the cardboard off and was left with this. see if you can spot it. I kept it to fill in the small spaces between the sheets and then rolled it with the roller provided. Towards the end of the night, I was starting to hurt in the lower back. This is where I stopped. Towards the front of the car notice how the goob is smoothened out so the dynamat can stick to it easier? This last pic is more so that you can see that the alignment of the sheets didn't work out well cause I layed the sheet to the right incorrectly. I just had to follow through. I will work with what I have and fill in all the spaces, the best I can. I am hoping that these close ups of the goob show up well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/12/16 10:32 AM Share Posted 28/12/16 10:32 AM What exhaust noise are you trying to attenuate? Just pure volume or specific drone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/12/16 11:21 AM Share Posted 28/12/16 11:21 AM Parcel shelf and boot lid. Plenty for stereo. And front doors with foam as well. All the rest does is add weight and slow you down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,095 Member For: 16y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/12/16 11:22 AM Share Posted 28/12/16 11:22 AM now you're a sound engineer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 28/12/16 11:26 AM Author Share Posted 28/12/16 11:26 AM 53 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: What exhaust noise are you trying to attenuate? Just pure volume or specific drone? As I have no idea what drone is, it could be drone, but at the same time it is volume. Might be drone that is doing my head in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/12/16 11:28 AM Share Posted 28/12/16 11:28 AM 10 minutes ago, k31th said: now you're a sound engineer? Yep, will post pics up of install. I also consult.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/12/16 12:46 PM Share Posted 28/12/16 12:46 PM 1 hour ago, masda74 said: As I have no idea what drone is, it could be drone, but at the same time it is volume. Might be drone that is doing my head in. Download a frequency monitor app and take some recordings. Post results Inc specific driving conditions when it occurs ie gear and speed. If it's a specific frequency range that is causing issues its easily fixed with a correctly sized J pipe. If it's overall too loud you'll need to look at mufflers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 30/12/16 08:57 AM Author Share Posted 30/12/16 08:57 AM Never knew there were apps like that. Is the a specific app that you have used on your android device? I downloaded the audio frequency counter. It doesn't record though. I am not exactly sure what I am after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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