Sound Deadening w/ RAAMmat and Ensolite

[Kenny]

nice, its a lot of work! i just finished the footwells and roof from dome light forward yesterday.. actually kind of disappointed in the difference it made, im far enough into i now that i might end up pulling off the rear panels and doing the vertical part of the back too just because i want to hear a significant difference.. i only did the floor and doors.. never ending process... as for the black crap, i didnt have too much trouble with it, i stuck the sound deadener on, then went used an embossing gun to heat it up to mold and help the adhesion, i did accidentally run a piece into my window... which pretty much destroyed my window tint at least i got a lifetiime warranty on it, i just have to go and get it re-done

what does the fabric on the outside of the sound deadener do? (ensolite?)

I noticed a considerable difference in the doors (doing both faces). I want to do the roof (dome light to REAR) because that's the only place now where I can feel the vibrations with the sound system cranked. I cranked my system to 3/4 and went around the vehicle and felt the outside panels, the areas where I sound deadened have minimal vibrations. The roof however will vibrate off a soda can when the system is cranked. (and I don't have a powerful system! ~300W).

The Ensolite material is supposed to add another layer of absorbance, I need all the help I can get with that muffler of mine , road noise is only a factor at cruising speeds >50mph.

[etlsport]

cool! i didnt even think about going and feeling for vibrations on the outside ill have to try that to see where all the road noise is coming from.. i did do both pieces of the door, outside skin and inside, what i may end up doing is just getting another 50 sf or so and doing around the rear windows then doing back over and doing a second layer around theh wheel wells and doors..

[biju]

welcome. to. black. tar. HELL!

I'm still pulling that stuff out of my teeef. it's at work. it's in my coworkers offices. it's in my tub. it's under my nails. it's on my dogs paws. it's on every hand held tool. it's all over every floor. it's in the fridge. it's on the washer/dryer. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc...



it does help tho. just lots of work as ken suggests ^ . nice work.

-biju.

[LittleBeast]

So I too am going to use RAAM audio's mat and Ensolite on the ENTIRE interior of the VX.

What I need to know from everyone who has ever done this is how much do I need to order? I am planning on getting 150 sq ft of the sound deadening mat and about the same of the Ensolite. Right at $500 or so of product.

Long story short a gallon of milk exploded when a bump caused my dog food to crush the milk after a grocery store run. Bad thing was I stopped by Lowe's and Burger King before getting home to realize the milk had made it's way from the back door under the carpet to sitting in the front passenger floor pan.

I immediately pulled out all carpet (including all seats, seat belts, amp under seat, and center console), and the next day took out side panels and ceiling, so the VX has nothing on the inside right now, nothing at all. I will take pictures don't worry ;-)

I plan on doing the ceiling first so I can go ahead and put that back in because it was the last to come out and looks the worst in my opinion being out ;-)

So how much deadening and then how much Ensolite to do ceiling, doors, side panels, back door, and the entire floor all the way to the firewall? 150sq feet is like 7'x21.4', or 8'x18.75', and our VX interior is roughly 7-8' long from back door to firewall right? So add up the width of the floor, height of each side panel and the width of the roof and it is not more than 18'-21' right? I would go out and measure but my VX is at the shop getting a rebuilt a/c compressor in it right now. Any help much appreciated.....