Elemental Designs eDead install and impressions
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Melting Slicks
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Elemental Designs eDead install and impressions
This past weekend I put about 50 sq. feet of Elemental Designs' edead v1 in the rear of my coupe, and I have to say it made a pretty noticeable difference. It was pretty easy material to work with, too. I will never willingly do that job again (lots of bending and contorting, plus a good amount of time hunched over while sitting IN the hatch area), but worth it. I still want to do the doors and put some reflex in the wheel wells, too.
Another nice benefit is that it makes my stereo sound better, and the bass from my bazooka tube is cleaner.
Even my wife commented that the car was quieter, so that eliminates some of the "Maybe it's all in my mind/wishful thinking" analysis.
At $1 per square foot, I'm extremely happy with the value... it sure beats the cost of the name brand stuff.
Another nice benefit is that it makes my stereo sound better, and the bass from my bazooka tube is cleaner.
Even my wife commented that the car was quieter, so that eliminates some of the "Maybe it's all in my mind/wishful thinking" analysis.
At $1 per square foot, I'm extremely happy with the value... it sure beats the cost of the name brand stuff.
Le Mans Master
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From: Bethlehem PA
Awesome mod I hear! 
I'm about to do the same thing and have been wondering if there is a way to spray in through an inert propellant of sorts? Maybe it is too thick to get a good spray pattern without a ton of pressure?
Scott
I'm about to do the same thing and have been wondering if there is a way to spray in through an inert propellant of sorts? Maybe it is too thick to get a good spray pattern without a ton of pressure?
Scott
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you can run in a sprayer but u will prly use more then needed... IMO matt is better its what i prefer but to all there own... i know dave had a great experience with liquid
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Melting Slicks
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I would think that the sprayer would be a real mess... there are just too many small areas and things in the way (like the hatch brackets) that you'd have to mask off. A paintbrush would be easier then spraying, imo.
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Originally Posted by pentavolvo
you can run in a sprayer but u will prly use more then needed... IMO matt is better its what i prefer but to all there own... i know dave had a great experience with liquid
Lay on the E-dead and then the matt kit from "cowboy something or rather" ( forget name ) That seems to me the best way to drown out a LOUD head/cam setup with LT headers, no cats and GHL's out back.
Thoughts?
Scott
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From: DP(oh you know where) IL
St. Jude Donor '06
i can tell you that the liquid doesnt catch the exhaust or road noise frequencies. It does a great job at keeping other outside noises out and definitly did a great job enhancing the sound of the interior speakers. The bose stuff didnt sound too bad after it. I do eventually want to add a mat or foam of some sort. I had the frost king in previously and ripped it out for the liquid stuff. I have to tell you that frost king did a better job at blocking out exhaust noise. I would definitly do a combo. I will be doing that eventually. Here is my thinking on it. You can go thinner on the 2 layers because your not trying to block out all frequencies with one type of material. Having 2 or more different layers lets you go thinner on each layer because you can focus on specific needs. I was thinking about going with foam as my next layer because i want to block the higher frequency stuff such as road noise. Its blocked pretty well with the partition. But its still there
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the one thing i really like about the matt was how it made the car feel solid when i went over rough spots in the road. It no longer feels as if my car is going to rattle apart, rather it feels more Lexus like
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I used a ton of sound deadening material in my jeep, made a big difference. No rattles when the sub is kicking, less road noise. Best thing you can do. I hate when the pimp mobiles come by blasting and all you hear is the whole car rattling. Guess they never heard of the stuff.
