What happened to my truck!??
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Champion
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From: Minot AFB, ND in person, the 'burgh at heart
unfortunately, im kinda used to it. I've spent more time installing mods on this truck than i have actually driving it recently. It'll all be over soon 
heh... for now
heh... for now
Uh my check for your sound lol.
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From: TAMPA BAY
you got extra aluminum panels for the doors? you are taking it to the next level i would have (and most install shops) just covered it with the deadener....good deal af your doing it right....is there anything wrong with the mb quarts and crossovers? how much you want for em?
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Can't wait to see the finished result. I will be gutting my inside as well to replace carpet and to paint my seat frames. The only thing i'm worried about is removing the driver's seat as it has the motorized seat adjustment.
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From: Minot AFB, ND in person, the 'burgh at heart
Yeah taking the drivers seat out is as simple as undoing the quick connect plug under the seat. Each seat has 4 bolts holding it in. If you don't wanna take out the entire bench as a unit, you gotta undo 6 nuts (2 front 4 back) under the center seat that connects it to the other two seats.
As for the MB quart components and the rest of the speakers. All speakers work great. Nothing wrong with anything. I'm gonna try to sell the whole system as a package first, but willing to seperate if I have a buyer for all pieces
As for the MB quart components and the rest of the speakers. All speakers work great. Nothing wrong with anything. I'm gonna try to sell the whole system as a package first, but willing to seperate if I have a buyer for all pieces
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Good stuff. I have done all that already. Wasn'r as bad as i was expecting, just time consuming.
Do you plan to drop the headliner and do the roof? That was the most notable diff.
All i can say is dont expect a world of difference. You will get added benefits of using the cell foam over the damping pad, but it's still a truck and the cab is large so sounds will reverberate no matter what, plus there is a lot of glass so sound goes right through those areas. I chose NOT to use the cell foam because I wanted to use the 80mil thock damping pads and that stuff is already thick, plus the floor padding under the carpet already has some good cell foam insulation. I may go back and put some in the doors???
For the doors, I did 3 layers. 2 on the innermost part(backside of paint) and one layer just behind the door panel PLUS a few pieces stuck to the backside of the panel itself to absorb vibration. I did this all in steps and all I can say is the 3rd layer drastically improved the bass ouput from the doors and the few pieces on the back of the door panels eliminated the vibrations from the bass. So, my elbow doesn't get tickled anymore..lol
I would reccomend 2 layers of dampin pad on the inner most part of the door and use the cell foam behind the door panels to close the holes in the door(very important to close the holes up) I would use a few pieces of damping pad on the backside of the panel as I did too.
Also, i covered over the passengerside vent on the backwall. Def helped redused exhaust noise inside cab since my exhaust exists on the pass side. i used 2 layers on the back wall
All together, I used ~200sq/ft of damping pad fpr the whole truck
Do you plan to drop the headliner and do the roof? That was the most notable diff.
All i can say is dont expect a world of difference. You will get added benefits of using the cell foam over the damping pad, but it's still a truck and the cab is large so sounds will reverberate no matter what, plus there is a lot of glass so sound goes right through those areas. I chose NOT to use the cell foam because I wanted to use the 80mil thock damping pads and that stuff is already thick, plus the floor padding under the carpet already has some good cell foam insulation. I may go back and put some in the doors???
For the doors, I did 3 layers. 2 on the innermost part(backside of paint) and one layer just behind the door panel PLUS a few pieces stuck to the backside of the panel itself to absorb vibration. I did this all in steps and all I can say is the 3rd layer drastically improved the bass ouput from the doors and the few pieces on the back of the door panels eliminated the vibrations from the bass. So, my elbow doesn't get tickled anymore..lol
I would reccomend 2 layers of dampin pad on the inner most part of the door and use the cell foam behind the door panels to close the holes in the door(very important to close the holes up) I would use a few pieces of damping pad on the backside of the panel as I did too.
Also, i covered over the passengerside vent on the backwall. Def helped redused exhaust noise inside cab since my exhaust exists on the pass side. i used 2 layers on the back wall
All together, I used ~200sq/ft of damping pad fpr the whole truck
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Damping pad WILL NOT quiet or reduce airborne sound waves. Many think by installing this stuff that they will have a cadillac quiet ride. Not true.
Damping material will simply eliminate unwanted vibrations from subs and door speakers. It's the closed cell foam and other materials that help reduce the airborne noises and will quiet the ride noise level a bit. Another thing is that diff types of materials like cell foam will only reduce the transmission of certain frequencies only. This means that there are musical frequencies AND road noise frequencies that will penetrate right through the cell foam and reach the human ear. Most all frequencies go right through the Damplifier stuff
Okay, thats enough scientific crap for now. it's too early for this crap..lol
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Damping pad does just that. it dampens vibrational noises that travel through the frame to prevent them from becoming airborne. The airborne noise that would accumulate from strucural vibrations are very minimal and will go unnoticed to the human ear.
Damping pad WILL NOT quiet or reduce airborne sound waves. Many think by installing this stuff that they will have a cadillac quiet ride. Not true.
Damping material will simply eliminate unwanted vibrations from subs and door speakers. It's the closed cell foam and other materials that help reduce the airborne noises and will quiet the ride noise level a bit. Another thing is that diff types of materials like cell foam will only reduce the transmission of certain frequencies only. This means that there are musical frequencies AND road noise frequencies that will penetrate right through the cell foam and reach the human ear. Most all frequencies go right through the Damplifier stuff
Okay, thats enough scientific crap for now. it's too early for this crap..lol
Damping pad WILL NOT quiet or reduce airborne sound waves. Many think by installing this stuff that they will have a cadillac quiet ride. Not true.
Damping material will simply eliminate unwanted vibrations from subs and door speakers. It's the closed cell foam and other materials that help reduce the airborne noises and will quiet the ride noise level a bit. Another thing is that diff types of materials like cell foam will only reduce the transmission of certain frequencies only. This means that there are musical frequencies AND road noise frequencies that will penetrate right through the cell foam and reach the human ear. Most all frequencies go right through the Damplifier stuff
Okay, thats enough scientific crap for now. it's too early for this crap..lol