Lets talk about sound matting

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 05:52 PM

Alright it is my intent to share my experince with you guys in hopes that any of suggestions can help you. I know I researched it quite a bit and their are some great right ups on the topic, just thought I would add some.

TOOLS I used:

-A garage!!!You will not be driving for a week. and it allow you to work at night.

-The plastic tool set used for pulling panels and trim is a must. It allows you remove things without making it look like you let your dog chewed on them!

-A small pick set. The ones that have diffrent angles on the end??A must for removing hard to get to plugs and harnesses.

-a tube of clear silicone adhesive for door edge panels and putting a dab on all of the tabs of the panels when you put them back.

-roof flashing for sealing the door up tight

-headlamp and work light for seeing in places your are probably not suppose to be!!

-razor blades, razor blades, razor blades.

-6 pack of Blue Moon

-drill, selection of screw drivers, bits, glass cleaner, goo gone, duck tape for holding down wires and silicone parts while they dry.

SOUND MAT SUPPLIES

-4 rolls of rammatt bxt. I have less than half a roll left. This covered everything twice and by everything: roof, inside door skin, outside door skin, back wall, a,b,c pillars and floorpan.

-12 yards of ensolite covered everything once with some extra in important areas, (behind the front door speaker I built up. Infront of the door speaker in the floor pan and on any interior part that would be having sound wave blasted at it.

PROCEDURE

This is my suggestion for time line (subjective) First do your doors. It takes about 6 hours to do each door right from start to finish (remove, clean, apply the goods, wire ect.) So I did one door per day when I got home from work 5:00 to 11:00. 4 days straight. I then took friday and monday off so I could have 4 days to do the inside. It took almost every moment of it!!! It was a blast to do.
- Make double dog sure you leave 1 inch around mont holes and bolt holes.
-you will get this stuff every where so use gloves, and don't track it in the house

what you get out of this is a very quiet ride, not rattling and creeking, keeps all of the sound in by dampining every thing. Been driving it for a week and it has been well worth the money, scraps, cuts and tears.

I am going to attach some pics to a couple of posts. this one is of the door stripped. Don't spend too much time cleaing the old vapor barrier cause the mat will stick to almost anything but dust and dirt. you mat the inside of the door thru the holes, seal the holes, out side of doors and put it back together.

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 06:08 PM

ok I had a bunch of pics but it looks like the one that is on the first post is the only one small enought to attach. 496 is not much!!! So until I figure out how to shrink these you will have to wait

peace

**tech12volt** · 03-24-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by blueridge

ok I had a bunch of pics but it looks like the one that is on the first post is the only one small enought to attach. 496 is not much!!! So until I figure out how to shrink these you will have to wait

peace

As you all know i am the forums photo expert. LOL www.photobucket.com will let you resize those.

P-Dizzle · 03-24-2007, 06:33 PM

tech giving photo tech support... luv it...

P-Dizzle · 03-24-2007, 06:36 PM

What about some oranges for that blue moon?

**tech12volt** · 03-24-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by P-Dizzle

tech giving photo tech support... luv it...

or you can just send them to pdizzle and let him resize them. thats what i do.

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 07:02 PM

waiting for photo buck to down load as I type. Also p I am squeezing an orange in to my pint glass as I type, so you both have valid points, but I am on it!!lol

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 07:16 PM

Ok here we go with the photo bucket so I hope this works. This should be pics of the doors at diffrent stages. I used flasing, silicone adhesive, and carboard as a template, tape to hold it while it dries. I did not take any pics of the inside of the door but it has two layers and ensolite with a built up spot behind the driver. I put mat on the plastic panel as needed and then covered with ensolite. The pics of the rear door have the hole covered and sealed because I will not be using rear fill with the cdt front component and upstage system. It will have 640 watts of pure ambience and staging so if I am right I will not need rear fill if I am wrong, I am screwed!! I must explain the whole in the front door. I am not going to cover up as set of 700 plus dollar components with a 30 dollar door panel so I built out my baffle, cut the whole and am have a custome grill made by a local shop. It will not deflect or alter any of the sound. This is not for the faint of heart. I know there was a big hoodoo about drilling the back wall.

Leadsled124 · 03-24-2007, 07:20 PM

little problem... i drank all the beer first then realized the door panel i pulled off was my neigbors. guess i better start over tomarrow

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 07:32 PM

These are of the floor cleaned out and the the console removed. Pointers for removing the console (search it on titan talk great post on it). when your done your key will not come out until you hook the battery up put it in park then drive then back to park. Or if you are the fonze. Any way it was all fun. The firewall is coverd by a very thick mat already, so instead of removing I just went up as far as I could and did what I could. You will see!!! I used a sharpe on all of the truck to trace the carpet holes, so I would stay out of them. it worked perfect, every thing went back as planned. The head liner was easy to remove hard to put back. the visors are a pain in the a$$. I did take any pics of that cause, I was busy! I also was able to do a real job of installing the headunit while the console was out. You can get right down and dirty cause you are not hunched over sideways trying to strip wires ect. I was able to remove much of the wire that was not needed and tap all loose wire down with tape and mat so they will not move, this goes for the behind the entire dash and truck, tape it up tight. Also running wire through the door boot is easy just pop both sides and use a wire guide, takes a bit of patience and some cuts on your hand. I used a 3 layer of mat in under the sub.

blueridge · 03-24-2007, 07:43 PM

I forgot to mention, to drink responsably (for the cali people).

So this is a pic of the dash taken apart. I will download the rest of the pics sunday. I have all the wiring down and everything put back together just waiting on a sub enclosure from the coolest guy on the tt The one the only TECH12volt.

Some other info
use zip lock bags for bolts and tape them to the part you take out.
last project had some bolst left over and that bothered me for years.

Also ramatt is good stuff easy to work with and rick the owner is one cool cat.

If you are going to do it right have your enclosure built right use tech12.

If you are an audiophile and want a clean amp built like a tank Sundown audio is the way to go.

(above is all opions)

and last but not least, the reason I had so much fun doing this, my little girl helped me out by talking the entire time in some strange baby language. I think she was saying dad stop playen around and throw me that red square block cause thats all I care about!!! She is so happy in the pick cause I told her that the thing she is on was a Nissan Titan

**t22a80** · 03-24-2007, 07:52 PM

Thats cool! Glad to see you really spent the time to dive right in and do it!

Those look like the CDT m6 comps in a braxial setup! Nice choice! haha

Leadsled124 · 03-24-2007, 08:40 PM

oh ok gotcha! I really want to do this after i finish my system so im bookmarking this page. thanx for the detailed pics

P-Dizzle · 03-24-2007, 09:25 PM

Looking good blueridge. Thanks for the pics and info.

Justintoxicated · 03-24-2007, 10:43 PM

Nice work looks very familiar, I used the same matt and Knu Wires

. I like how you sealed up the doors, but do you have a better/larger picture?

Did you matt inside the doors as well? I love the way it looks with the foam when your done, you should notice a difference on how quiet it is inside the cab when your finished.