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Date:         Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:44:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
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Others who have done soundproofing claim that removing the headliner and covering the inside of the roof over the driver and passenger makes at least as much difference as the doors, but many of them have done the floor and seat pedestals also and I do not know how much objective testing was done at each stage.  I have not yet done the overhead but plan to.

Stephen

--- On Fri, 10/22/10, 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: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:22 PM

This project is now complete.  I put some Peel and Seal in the passenger door on top of the Tite Seal product that I had put in there first.  That helped that door to be quieter on the "thump" test and when closing the door.  The door closing is nowhere near and quiet and solid sounding as on a "modern" car like my 2002 Golf, but it is a lot less like the sound of slamming the lid on a garbage can.  Much deeper sound and less sustain or "ringing" after it's closed.  It seems like most of the remaining rattly sound when closing comes from the top window frame's meeting with the van.  Sort of slaps and bounces there.

So then for a test drive.  I am not sure, but it seems a little quieter up front right from starting the engine and beginning to move.  It definitely sounds a little different.  I'll have to put some more time on it to see if this is a psychological effect or real.  It's not a great big change, but seems better based on one short drive.


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