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Date:         Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:15:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Brian Sassone <brians@xwarecorp.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brian Sassone <brians@xwarecorp.com>
Organization: Xware Corp.
Subject:      Re: Reducing road noise in Westies... what works most effectively?
Comments: To: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
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What's your source for Dynamat? I hear you can also find roofing stuff called Ice Guard. I found something called Jiffy Strip, but it was too thin (and smelled like roofing tar. :-P

Brian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Mages" <wasserbox@yahoo.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Reducing road noise in Westies... what works most effectively?

> This is my plan. I am currently enacting it in the > Scirocco, but I have enough ordered to do the vanagon > once I have the Scirocco quiet enough. This is > primarily in the front area, but may include the > engine area by the time I am done. > > Phase 1 - Asphalt aoustical dampener. > This stuff is commonly called Dynamat, but I have > found a supplier that provides a product with the > exact same specs for 1/5 the cost of the name brand > stuff. You pull all the carpet & padding, then apply > it with a heat gun to the sheet metal. I will cover > the tops of the wheel wells, foot wells, and seating > area. > > Phase 2 - acoustical foam > Applied under the carpeting. I'll remove the stock > carpet padding and replace it with this stuff. I have > only found it as the retail version Dynamat Dynaliner. > I got it for 75% off on an auction site, and got 3 > 12ft^2 rolls > > Phase 3 - door panels > Acoustical foam spray - dynamat Dynashield. Generic > products are available, but once again I got a smokin > deal on an auction site. I am not sure if I am going > to use the asphalt sheets, but the dynashield is a > must. > > Also - adding carpet to the kitchen area helps. > > The scirocco is also getting Dynamat Xtreme under the > headliner, and dynamat hoodliner under the hood. > > Total cost for me - $200/vehicle + 10hrs labor (my > own) > If you buy the stuff retail it'll be around $600. > > Also - if you have crappy tires, good tires make a > huge difference in road noise. > > Mark > > --- Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Higher end stereo shops do this for customers... and > > when they do it its not > > cheap - theres a shop around here that recently did > > someones Suburbun and it > > cost 2000 dollars and the guy said it was as quiet > > as a Mercedes... and he > > mentioned that the kit can be sold so I could do the > > work myself.... And > > I've heard that the undercoating spray some places > > will use to protect your > > car from rust can help reduce noise... > > > > > > > > > > > >First, thanks to all who've answered my several > > questions in the last > > >couple > > >of months. I hope that someday I'll have enough > > background in this area to > > >help others. > > > > > >REDUCING SOUND IN MY VANAGON? > > > > > >One of the things that I'd like to change on my '90 > > Multivan is to reduce > > >the road noise before the monsoon season starts. I > > remember the day I > > >bought my Westy, and was very surprised at the > > noise from the windshield > > >wiper motors. My wife recently bought a new used > > car, a Maxima, and was > > >surprised at how we could travel down the freeway > > and easily hear each > > >other > > >as we talked. > > > > > >I've been told that the #1 fix to reduce noise > > level in a car is to have > > >accoustical undercoating sprayed on the surface of > > the wheel wells. I > > >suspect that a lot of the road noise is coming from > > the front end. > > > > > >What modifications have you found to be effective > > in reducing noise on your > > >Westy? > > > > > >-- Ken, in Marysville, Washington > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ===== > Mark > Just because you have an opinion, doesn't mean that anyone wants to hear it > > 87 Westfalia Gl > 84 Scirocco 8v > http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/


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