Andyinchville1
Veteran Member
Hi All,
I drive alot and want my car to be quieter.
I have read alot of threads and articles here and online on making the car quieter but wanted some opinions from those who have done this already.
I plan on doing the following :
1) I plan on removing my front wheel liners to clean out the dirt and check for / rust and POR 15 as needed .... I did this last year too.
I have read that spraying the wheel liners with rubberized undercoating or bed liner helps . I bought rubberized undercoating BUT I wonder if the bed liner idea is better?
Has anybody tried both ? which works better ?
I also bought a bunch of Kilmat off Amazon and have read that some people stick this to the liner as well.... I'm guessing the side inside the engine compartment?
I would prefer to spray the fender liner off the car to not worry about overspray BUT I assume I would have to keep the liner propped to approximate the shape of the liner in the wheel well otherwise will there be problems afterwards ? do most people spray while it is still in the car or off the car?
I have read that it may be a good idea to spray the actual metal of of the car while the liner is out ... I even read about putting a bolt behind the fenderliner at the bottom so the water drains out and the dirt can't fill in and cause rust .... is this something that really works?
2) Panel for panel - which areas give you the most sound reduction ? I would like to eventually have all areas done BUT I want to start with the areas that make the most difference.
In order of most sound reduced .... what is the best order to do it in ?
Any idea what percentage of sound reduction is associated with each section?
1) Front Wheel wells
2) Rear wheel wells
3) Driver side door
4) front Passenger door
5) left rear passenger door
6) right rear passenger door
7) front floors
8) rear floors
9) hood
10) headliner / roof area
11) behind the dash (upper area)
3) I bought enough Kilmat to do everything BUT was wondering if I should buy any other stuff (like closed cell foam , carpet padding , heck although it may look funky I thought about acoustic foam tiles like in music studios .... has anybody tried that?
Anything else to think about sound deadening wise?
Thanks in advance for any and all help
Andrew
I drive alot and want my car to be quieter.
I have read alot of threads and articles here and online on making the car quieter but wanted some opinions from those who have done this already.
I plan on doing the following :
1) I plan on removing my front wheel liners to clean out the dirt and check for / rust and POR 15 as needed .... I did this last year too.
I have read that spraying the wheel liners with rubberized undercoating or bed liner helps . I bought rubberized undercoating BUT I wonder if the bed liner idea is better?
Has anybody tried both ? which works better ?
I also bought a bunch of Kilmat off Amazon and have read that some people stick this to the liner as well.... I'm guessing the side inside the engine compartment?
I would prefer to spray the fender liner off the car to not worry about overspray BUT I assume I would have to keep the liner propped to approximate the shape of the liner in the wheel well otherwise will there be problems afterwards ? do most people spray while it is still in the car or off the car?
I have read that it may be a good idea to spray the actual metal of of the car while the liner is out ... I even read about putting a bolt behind the fenderliner at the bottom so the water drains out and the dirt can't fill in and cause rust .... is this something that really works?
2) Panel for panel - which areas give you the most sound reduction ? I would like to eventually have all areas done BUT I want to start with the areas that make the most difference.
In order of most sound reduced .... what is the best order to do it in ?
Any idea what percentage of sound reduction is associated with each section?
1) Front Wheel wells
2) Rear wheel wells
3) Driver side door
4) front Passenger door
5) left rear passenger door
6) right rear passenger door
7) front floors
8) rear floors
9) hood
10) headliner / roof area
11) behind the dash (upper area)
3) I bought enough Kilmat to do everything BUT was wondering if I should buy any other stuff (like closed cell foam , carpet padding , heck although it may look funky I thought about acoustic foam tiles like in music studios .... has anybody tried that?
Anything else to think about sound deadening wise?
Thanks in advance for any and all help
Andrew