Sound Deadening

[scarlemthug]

Does anyone have any pics of installed sound deadening and what is the best material to use?

[thewoahna]

I dont got any pics, but I can suggest going to www.secondskinaudio.com and take a look at their prices. I guess the stuff is just like Dynomat but much cheaper.

[strodda]

how does that stuff rate compare to dynomat? not including price, but soundwise. and has anyone heard of brown bread, is that stuff any good?

[PaulD]

I have heard lots of good things about brownbread .... just be careful, sometimes the adhesive is not too good.

[scarlemthug]

I wanna put sound deadening material in my car to reduce the sound and road noise but i dont want it to ruin the appearance of the car.

If applied to say the trunk lid could it be painted over?

[thewoahna]

I wouldnt worry too much about the look of the car from inside the trunk, but I was assume that you could paint over it if you would like.

[civic98stunna]

I'd worry more about weight than anything. That sound deadening stuff is heavy, and i know that in my slow civic, more weight = even slower for me. I've always wanted a quieter interior, but haven't done it cause of the extra weight of the stuff. Just one pack of Dynamat weighs a lot. just my two cents

[scarlemthug]

Right now im not too worried bout my car being fast (its an auto DX HAHAHAHA) Right now im just trying to make it sound and look good .
Later on im gonna do an engine swap.....possibly a B18B LS engine


So no one knows about painting over sound deadening?

[strodda]

im sure you coul primer and paint over it, but like whoana said, you dont need to. you apply it directly to the metal, underneith the carpeting. so youll never see anything after you put everything back.

[scarlemthug]

I thought that the interior of the trunk lid was just bare metal?

[strodda]

Originally posted by scarlemthug
I thought that the interior of the trunk lid was just bare metal?

aah, ya got me there. i forgot about that. i have no idea then, i dont recall seeing any show cars with dynamat on the lid. if you wanted to dynamat the lid, just deal with the look. painting over it will look ugly cause you wont be able to blend the edges into the metal cleanly.

[PaulD]

alternatively, you could make some type of panels to cover the area

[scarlemthug]

What do you mean by a panel? and how could i mount it?

You dont think I could just apply the dynamat and get some factory paint and paint over it?

[PaulD]

painting it may be UGLY ........ just meaning you might be able to fabricate some type of shaped panels to cover the dynamat. Unfortunately, such a panel may be prone to rattling - which is the very problem you are trying to get rid of.

[scarlemthug]

Yes it may cause rattling.....the only reason im kinda wondering about the dynamat on the trunk lid is because one, well I wanna remove the rattling and two I might wanna do the flip flop trunk thing but if i dont I wouldnt want ugly dynamat all over the trunk area:S