bmac

Nicely done Mandos and thanks for spending the time to document all of that.

- Bmac

WarrenSteve

good job bro.

the work is certaintly out of my league.

took me 10-12 hrs to install my dec/amps/speakers adn runa ll the wires!

cant imagine doing all that sound deading too!

want to make a drive up to MI? haha, ill supply the killians!

mandos

YES...Guiness good...unfortunately all taken by the time I started the project ;)

tckurt

Yea I went ahead an started my project without this but still a good write up... how long did it take you to gut the interior took me about 2 hours and Im still working on the deading in b/t work and school... and waiting for my edead in the mail.

mandos

Gutting was about 1.5 hours...since I'd done most of it 3 or 4 times already

ChefRaekwon

Nice writeup. Hows the smell going for you? I have the same Edead stuff just on the inside and outside door panels and it smells like I just blacktopped the car. I did this last summer mind you.

mandos

My smell is non-existant....maybe for a couple seconds when i first get in the car but not noticable after that.

RallyMedic

sweet

tckurt

I think the smell thing goes away pyschologicaly...b/c I have had some friends who say that they can smell it... but I smell nothing.

jrv2000

Have you noticed any reduction in squeeks/odd noises from the car? I know that sound deadening your car is usually done for the sake of audio, but since I'm not into audio stuff, would this mod help eliminate some of the squeeks that I hear in my car?

mjmorris84

I just took out my door panels and mid panels. I installed speakers and eDead v1. it is great sutff. Very easy to use. I am currently workign on my doors. I recommend for you audio enthusiests, to invest in this. Dynamate is way too expensive. go with eDead from www.elementaldesigns.com.

Check out my progress. Sorry no pics of my edead installed. Should have though.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...=752923#752923

jrv2000

can anyone answer my question above?

mandos

I dunno about squeaks, it eliminates road noise quite nicely....a lot of the squeaks in my car are just plastic panels flexing in the heat now. What exactly is making noise that you're looking to stop.

jrv2000

I'm trying to eliminate the outside noises from entering the car, like when the suspension makes noise while driving, wind noise at high speeds, etc.

VIP_tC

Damn, lookin good! Nice writeup.

Ive only done my doors, but they were done a little overkill. Ive got a total of 40 sq/ft of V.1SE and almost a whole can of V3 on them. I got a little worried about the V1SE falling off and catching in/on the windows so I painted over it all with the V3. I feel pretty secure now I could smell my V1SE for about a week after I did it, and then it seemed to go away. Now I smell the V3 since I just put that on, lol. But let me tell you V3 smells much better than the V1SE!

Another tip I reccomend - If you go to the work of completely gutting the carpet out, I suggest buying some carpet padding at your local carpet outlet (Only like 50cents per foot or so) and put it under the carpet when you reinstall it. This will also greatly deaden the sound of the car. Not only that but it will kill alot of road noise. Sound deadener such as shown in this post greatly helps vibrations/rattles/buzzing and such, but is not as effective in killing just plain noise - Road noise, tire noise, etc. as putting down some cheap carpet padding. If you can stuff it under the carpet on the firewall that will also lower engine noise.

I need to order some more edead soon - hopefully it will make it to my house this time...

mandos

Trust me...anything else that ends up getting ordered by you will have me making absolutely sure the right address is on the label.

And +1 on the carpet padding. I'll probably be doing that next time everything comes out....packing the panels with the padding.

And as far as the eDead falling off...just make sure you apply it on a warm day/with a heat gun and press it on well and you've got nothing to worry about

mrbridge

Hey mandos, I was curious if you have measured the drop in db since the deadening. I've been considering this as a potential option but wanted to hear how your results turned out.

mandos

Yes I did...on average 3 dB down 50-110 MPH. I don't have the exact numbers with me as they're in a notebook at my bosses place somewhere ;) It was a windy day though...I think I encountered the down side to a full glass roof...wind noise.

Our SPL meter jumped over the original numbers if it was moved/pointed anywhere near the roof...sometimes >6dB by moving it 5 inches up Turns out those seams make quite a bit of noise. Was intending to test it w/ something like electrical tape over them all but haven't had the chance.

However...driving around with the gutted tC...didn't meter it...but WOW...putting it over the wheel wells and driving around with nothing but eDead in the car made one helluva difference...wish I had before and after numbers for that...since then the actual car body made more noise than the roof...probably dropped around 6 dB on average.

Greg2385

Very useful and helpful... good job

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