I have to agree with Alistair and others. I used the bulley method with some modification. HOWEVER, the Kool Patch I used works great. Turned all my doors on my 1981 from CLANG to WUMPF when I close them. Sean Garrett 81 Westy (his) 87 Syncro (Subie project) 95 EVC (hers) Central Arizona
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@UVIC.CA] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:58 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Bulley website/pages and a crazy idea > > > Bill, > > The statement: > > "The Q-Pads have a mixture of other materials in it, that all > resonate at > different frequencies, and that is what cancels out the noise." > > Sounds like Q-Pad marketing bumpf. > > > "It's almost like a stick-on sandbag." Well that implies mass > rather than a > heterogeneous mixture that is the sound attenuating mechanism. > > Alistair > > > PS used self adhesive roofing material (asphalt and filler > matrix, quite > heavy, quite inexpensive) up to 4 layers thick on my van. > > > > -- > '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 > albell@uvic.ca > http://members.shaw.ca/albell > > > > on 6/10/03 7:09 am, Bill Marshall wrote: > > > The roofing stuff doesn't work nearly as well. The Q-Pads > have a mixture of > > other materials in it, that all resonate at different > frequencies, and that is > > what cancels out the noise. It's almost like a stick-on sandbag. > > > > This is the cheapest I've found, will be trying it soon: > > > <http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&PartNumber=268- 020&Did=7> |
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