bump for a great guide that needs to be stickied

 

please sticky...Simply Amazing

 

V1. is in the tech section.

This one's in my sig...

And I'm pretty sure I post waaay too much here

 

Will edead help with rattles? I understand it is mostly used to reduce road and car noise, but will it at least help? If it would even stop half the rattles, I would be happy.

Also, has anyone used edead or a similar product in the dash too? It seems most of my rattle problems are coming straight through the dash. Will I have a hard time fitting it back together? Ugh... the rattles are my one true annoyance with the tC. Even the paint doesn't bother me so much. I live on top of a giant brick road, and it makes me cringe everytime I drive it or embarassed when someone is with me. :-(

Thanks in advance for the responses...

BTW, great post and write-up

 

Mandos, the eDead you put in the trunk looks like it laid down almost like paper! Mine was a son of a _____ to try to get to fit down pretty well, and it still isn't that great. Did a heat gun make it sit like that?

 

this is the best how to ever thanks alot

 

lots of info.. I'm sure it will save people a lot of time..

keep it up

 

i need to watch this... i always try to look for it but cant find it

 

im bringing this up from the dead just to request a picture of exactly how you ran the wires through the grommet from the engine bay to right above your brake pedal, you picture isnt 100 percent clear

 

i'm thinking about buying around 50 square feet of edead vise2 and covering the trunk and the door panels. Do you guys think I will see a noticeable decrease in road noise/exhaust noise?

 

It's damn near impossible to get pictures of it...basically I slit a hole and fed through wires.

These might help though:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...highlight=runs

As for 50 ft. making a difference...yeah, it should help out quite a bit.

 

cool, would you say the door panels need the most deadening?

 

I got to remember this thread... those damn rear quarter panels are a pain to get out!

 

Just wanted to add to the list of compliments on this walkthrough. Awesome job! I just used it to install 2 bazooka tubes and an amp stealtlhy under the hatch area. I didn't break a single clip thanks to you!!

 

WOW.. You will be amazed at the difference! After 16 years of owning cars, I had never Dynamatted before.. SO this time I figured what the hell and fully did it wen I put my front door speakers in..


WOW


I mean.. night and day difference. Road noise, crispness of music, everything. In fact, since just my front doors are done and nothing else, the first time I went driving on the highway I kept thinking that my passangers side door was open slightly since I kept hearing this whoooosh noise right behind it. Nope, it was because the door was totally deadend from sound and road noise was just behind it. Night and day difference.. I'm doing the whole car now and will always do this mod on every car I own from now on.. Worth EVERY penny!

Best deal going for sound deadening is this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultimate-B-Quiet...QQcmdZViewItem

100sq ft plus roller for $240 shipped, and in tests it had nearly the same values as Dynamat Extreme if not better. Easier to work with too.. Very flexible and thinner.

 

Is disconnecting the wires on the front seats easy?

 

yes they have tabs you push then just separte the two halves.......very easy......

 

I'm doing this over the next few days (hopefully won't take longer than that). My interior is almost out - Having trouble with the darn grocery hook behind the front seats.

Asides from that, I'm ready to get to work! Using 2 rolls of Raamaudio and 3yrds of ensolite padding.

 

To get the hooks out you use a screw driver and push the hold tab to the center fo the tab and rotate the hanger toward the back of the car.......then pull it straight out......do same iwth other side....they pop right out if you rotate to back of car.

 

Helped me out a lot.....