oreoremix42

Recently tore my whole car apart to do some sound deadening. Not the prettiest job. My first time I have ever done it. Went fairly smooth. Maybe had about 10 hrs total in the project and did the whole car. So not to bad for my first tiem I think.








Our roofs rattle the most. They are horrible. But with it all done now it sounds AMAZING. Sounds a lot more high class to.

I don't have pics of the doors but there done as well.

lil_will

Looks good! I did something very similar with my tC. The car sounded like a high end luxury car when you closed the doors. It was def a PITA but well worth it IMO.

KaneoheKoa

How much did all that Dynamat weigh? I'd love to dampen my Box (make it sound less boxy from an audio perspective) but not cut too deeply into it's max load capability. Oh, and I'd like to keep the lightening of the wallet to a mere grimace.

oreoremix42

I spent 120 bucks for 100 sq ft off ebay. Not dynamat but samething. Not a brand name lol. The specs said it would weigh in if everything was used at 40lbs.

Chrisb319

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nice amp :]

There is a bunch of products that all look like dynamat.

oreoremix42

Thanks man. I love the amp. Best upgrade. I had to MA audio amps pushing my subs and this one amp alone pushes them so much harder then 2 of them together

AAG

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On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest improvement), how great of a noise reduction did this do for your xb? I've been wanting to this as well because the interior is getting noisy and more rattles appear as I pile on the mileage.

oreoremix42

I would say 8. Mainly because its reduces rattles but doesn't stop ALL the road noise from coming in. It helped immensly but not completely. The roof is by far the worst. The roof is just kinda sitting on top. With the sound deadening on the roof it reduced a ton of rattle and noise. The mat just really reduces vibrations more then anything. Which I wanted to get rid of most since my system rattles the crap out of my car haha. But overall after doing this it has increased the feel of the car. Just feels much more solid

Greg S

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Nice work Oreo!

The roof and rear hatch are the two worst culprits for vibration noise in the xB2. They don't need total coverage though. General rule of thumb is that you can do about a 25% coverage of vibrating sheet metal with CLD(Constrained Layer Dampening) panels and it will get rid of panel vibration.

Here is a shot of my roof as an example.

Before.


After


Also did the side panels.




And the back hatch.


Just doing these areas made a tremendous difference.

If you want to get rid of road noise your best bet is 1/8-1/4" closed cell foam with a butyl rubber covering. This works best on doors, floor, wheel wells, and the firewall.

xseveredveganx

I've deadened my roof and front doors, both with Second Skin's Damplifier Pro. Great product. Little spendy, but it's great. My roof still flexes a bit, but that's kind of what I get. Used to rattle like hell.

Looks good!!!

Audiomechanic

Second skin is great stuff used it on my previous ride, I have several boxes waiting to go into my new xB.