Navigation & Audio Anyone soundproof the front floors?
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"The Dynamat has not significantly reduced road noise - most I think comes from tires / suspension and not through the body / doors. The car sounds more “solid” when you close the doors, etc. And there is zero vibration."
Ian C. (2005/06/13 @ 9:05 pm)
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I put some Dynamat behind the 5.5" speaker location in the door, but that is all that there is easy access to. Removing the window mechanism is required to do the entire door. This is said to be quite difficult.
Unixgal had the doors Dynamated when her entire audio system was upgraded. The installers had never done an R56 before and under-estimated the difficulty. They said next time they charge considerably more to do it.
I Dynamated the entire back. I also put sound insulation in the side panels and under the floor where the seats were. That helped with the noise from the back, but there is still a lot coming from the front. I'll take a friend out sometime soon with a DB meter and see if we can find where most of it is coming from.
Unixgal had the doors Dynamated when her entire audio system was upgraded. The installers had never done an R56 before and under-estimated the difficulty. They said next time they charge considerably more to do it.
I Dynamated the entire back. I also put sound insulation in the side panels and under the floor where the seats were. That helped with the noise from the back, but there is still a lot coming from the front. I'll take a friend out sometime soon with a DB meter and see if we can find where most of it is coming from.
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I've read in other posts that even heavily Dynamating the front doors didn't reduce road noise much:
"The Dynamat has not significantly reduced road noise - most I think comes from tires / suspension and not through the body / doors. The car sounds more “solid” when you close the doors, etc. And there is zero vibration."
Ian C. (2005/06/13 @ 9:05 pm)
"The Dynamat has not significantly reduced road noise - most I think comes from tires / suspension and not through the body / doors. The car sounds more “solid” when you close the doors, etc. And there is zero vibration."
Ian C. (2005/06/13 @ 9:05 pm)
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I'm not concerned with the doors. As MotorMouth points out the noise is most likely coming from the floor. When I did my MG I did all the floors and side walls. I did the complete door skins but only for audio purposes. I was stunned how much road noise it cut down. Being a convertible there's still wind noise but I can now hear the exhaust when before all I heard was the road beneath the floor boards and engine.
Robin. Let us know what you find out with the meter.
Robin. Let us know what you find out with the meter.
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Thanks, that really isn't too bad. I heard on another forum some crazy high numbers, aroun 100lbs to be exact. Yeah...
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