You can replace the padding with felt carpet padding from HomeDepot or Lowe's. It helps cut out the high-frequency sounds, like hissing and belt noise. Get the felt stuff, not the foam. For lower freq stuff, you gotta go with the sound-dampeners or the flat sandbags you get off of some junked cars. Check out Matthew Bulley's pages at <http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/> Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box" Aurora, IL |
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