Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:39:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
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I can now tell you the "Tite Seal" I bought does not work.  It is
sold as window flashing.  I put it inside the passenger door and
thumped on the outside of the door all over the place and didn't
notice much difference from the driver's door with nothing in
it.  Not much difference between the sound of closing the two doors
either.  Then I got some Peel and Seal today and put that in the
driver's door.  There is a definite dampening of the sound and
lowering of the frequency of what I hear when thumping on that door,
or closing the door.  I measured with my digital caliper (whose
battery was near death) and got .73mm thickness for the Tite Seal and
1.3mm for the Peel and Seal.  There you go.  Maybe Tomorrow I'll get
the speakers back in the door panels and the door panels back on and
really test it out.
Edward



At 08:01 AM 10/17/2010, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>I used the Peel and Seal in my front doors and it helps reduce the
>tinny sound greatly.  You'll be glad you did this, speaker improvement or not.
>
>Stephen
>
>--- On Sat, 10/16/10, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>From: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 1:13 PM
>
>
>the new speakers into the housing using "automotive goop."  I'm now
>going to apply some "peel and seal" type stuff to the inside of the
>doors like people do when they are doing this front speaker
>project.  I found 2 products at Lowe's.  The actual Peel and Seal 6"
>x 25', and something called "Seal Tite" (or something very close to
>that) 4" x 25'.  I figured that smaller width would be easier to
>apply inside the door and hopefully will do as good of a job
>deadening the sound.  Quite a bit cheaper per square foot, but not as
>thick as peel and seal.
>