I'm seriously thinking about stripping out the entire inside of my car and putting down some kind of sound insulation material to help cut down on road noise inside my car, especially from my loud@$$ Yok ES100 tires. Weight is not a concern, this is a DD only.

I'm trying to find other options besides the rather expensive Dynamat. I'm not using this for audio purposes, but strictly to help keep out some of the exterior road noise. Several years ago I saw a guy put down some stuff in a Civic that looked like it had a silver foil facing on it. The inside of the car looked like the Space Shuttle before he put the interior pieces back in.

This is what his car looked like. He didn't really say what the stuff was that he got, but he said materials were only about $100:
http://www.geocities.com/motor...2.jpg

Any ideas what I could get for a decent price?

 

I think what you were looking for was a product called ICE GUARD. Its sold at Home Depot and it costs about $75 for I believe 70sq.ft. Its used by roofing contractors and is similar to dynamat's construction.

You can also look at FATMAT, which is another Dynamat alternative praised by car audio enthusiasts. Its cheaper than Dynamat, but more expensive than Ice Guard.

 

hmm $100 for 100 sq. ft. of that FatMat stuff. That looks pretty good, I may go with that.

 

not sure if this would be good for you but my car is gutted and got sprayed with truck bed liner. its not as heavy as other ''mats'' so it wont weigh your car down.

 

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I was going to do that to my trunk area...but as far as its sound deadening properties, it wont kill the noise as effectively as the mat style products. It still works, just not as well.

 

Yeah, I don't care much about the weight. It's a daily driver only.

I don't think truck bed liner would do that well for insulating sound and road noise. Plus it would be a huge PITA trying to spray it inside my car, letting it dry, the fumes, etc. etc.

I think I'm going to go with the FatMat stuff.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, I don't care much about the weight. It's a daily driver only.

I don't think truck bed liner would do that well for insulating sound and road noise. Plus it would be a huge PITA trying to spray it inside my car, letting it dry, the fumes, etc. etc.

I think I'm going to go with the FatMat stuff.</TD></TR></TABLE>

YEah, I agree. But the bedliner/undercoating spray is what car makers used in the wheel wells of our cars, so they have to have some deadning properties...not a whole lot, but some..

 

You could also grab some cans of rubber undercoating from advance or autozone and recoat the underside aiming heavily in the wheel wells to help from the outside too. as for the inside there are unlimited options and brands and im sure youll decide what you need the best. the materials that are the most dense will be the most effective.

 

damn i was just thinking about this my self for my 95cx ungodly loud, i was thinking about that sound deading foam the use i studios it kind of looks like egg cartons.

 

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that stuff is too thick. I'm talking about something that I can apply over the metal floors and sides of the car, and then re-install the carpet and trim panels back over the top of it, so it looks totally stock.