hahaha so far my old corolla is still the winner cuz i had a gf back then

 

new mod:






.............license plate on one screw!



so when i took the plate off to bend it back, one of the plastic sliding thingies broke off so now it sits on one screw and a double sided tape

 

Lol that's funny and sucks at the same time. Has it provided a hassle while on the road? Im lucky i dont have a front license plate in my state

 

it's good. its a heavy duty double sided tape so no probs and the one screw is tightened pretty well.

and yeah having the front plate sux a$$, and if i ever move to a state that no longet requires it......i will have 4 ugly holes that dealership drilled

 

can somebody please take these! im about to throw em out!

 

I'll take them for free!!!

 

alright drive up and get em OR send $5 for 3 day priority shipping

 

nice one sir! exactly how i want my upper grill! just dont have the moola to get it done!

 

thanks man. yeah the front de-badge is super over priced. I think you can get body kits cheaper than what i paid for body work

 

Hey when you installed the Dynamat to the front doors did you notice a big improvement? Also how was the installation process?

 

do you still have those plate holders or did someone buy them already? if not i'll send the 5$ right now.

 

ill do a write up when i have a lil more time

 

its yours

btw rockville is pretty cool, i stayed there once. it seemed like the nicest place ever with like zero crime

 

Im like 20 mins from there. Yeah its nice. I managed the target store out there for a few weeks and liked it.

 

yeah 3 years ago i went on a roadtrip and DC was one of the stops so we stayed at a hotel in Rockville. Driving through it was so weird because of how nice and clean and quiet it was, felt like a town of Pleasantville from the Pleasanville movie lol

it was ridic how many nice car there was 2. i figured everyone who works in DC lives there...

 

cool, thanks man i just sent the money via paypal! and yea rockvills is a pretty quiet place. lol, when's next time your in town? i'll be more than happy to show you around. i wonder how many other people on here are around this area..we should have a meet up or something.

 

ill do my best to ship it today!

too bad im 8.5 hours away lol

 

Here is a short review of Dynamating the whole car

Obvi the actual Dynamat is way too overpriced so i went with RoadKill made by Stinger. The local car custom place used it cuz it was way cheaper and achieved the same results without smelling like asphalt like other brand do.

I got:
3 packs of a thick carpet pads
1 Bulk kit
1 Door kit

Total cost of $360 and roughly 80-90 sqft

Since I didnt feel like tearing my whole car apart I brought it to the customs place to get it done. It took them 7 hours. They charge $60/hour so it ended up very pricey. So the total came out to just under $800

The pads cover the whole floor, from firewall to under the spare.
Door Kit covered doors and bulk pack covered the roof, side and hatch

The kit added roughly 60lbs to the car


First drive after the install:


1. Noise: During the first drive I almost blew through a stop sign which I did not mean at all. What ended up happening is - the cabin felt quieter so I felt like I was driving slower. When i was driving 20mph, its felt more like 8-10mph noise wise. So the only way for me to quantify the noise reduction is the road/wind noise at a certain speed and as a result it ended up feeling 10mph quiter.

Also lots of bumps and pot hole became virtually silenced out completely. From before id expect certain amount of THUMP from hitting a bump but that pretty much went away completely.

Another thing is that the car did feel heavier, but not in a bad way but rather it felt more sturdy and grounded.

The exhaust was silenced as well but not by that much


2. Sound: Well that's pretty obvi stuff - the bass from the speakers TRIPPLED and the stereo felt louder by roughly 5 increments in volume aka 15 would produce the same loudness as 20 did before.
Im using stock speakers without any subs.



Sad part: After I put in TRD springs, all the noise came back lol, so for those that dropped their cars lower than by 1 inch, i cant even imagine how much more noise it broght into the cabin!

 

 

lmao my friends 95 civic hatch is completly gutted and can push pennys down the road...u dont even know what road noise is till u sit in that car on the freeway.. lol