Zeus-of-Boost

well after purchasing my wifes RX Lexus, i soon realized just how loud my vette and GHLs were.

The whole reason im doing this is for sound supression. tires, exhaust, engine noise, ect.

Any tips would be helpfull so thanks in advance.
fist i started my removing everything, vacuming and then brake cleaning the whole interior









Planning to do like Bill Curle and some other guys did and use these products:
First the FK insulator and then the "bubble-wrap" on top.
The Frost King insulator is very light weigh and cant work as good as dynomat but is cost WAYYY less expensive.
But with the roll cage, iron block, blower,already in my car, im really starting to get "weight" conscious. So the lighter sound deadening material makes this really attractive to me.

Ill post pics as i go. enjoy

Virtual Geezer

A very ambitious project -- good luck!

Abnmarine

I just did mine with a precut kit. It didn't reduce the noise much but the tunnel heat was reduced greatly. I used spray adhesive amd 3M reflective tape for the seams.

Vetteman Jack

Good start on your project. Looking forward to seeing the updates as you go along.

3boystoys

Maybe it would be easier to get rid of the loud mufflers?

Zeus-of-Boost

you silly "keep it stock" guy

Choreo

Exactly. That type insulation is not designed for noise-suppresion - it is a "thermal" insulator.

For sound-suppression - some type of Butyl (Dynamat/Rammat) and/or tight-cell foam like Ensolite - depending on the area.

3boystoys

Cat backs are mostly about noise anyway-get a set of Ti's off a Z06.

Abnmarine

I agree. Frost King is over $80 a roll here. Pretty pricy

FourG63 97GST

curious what that roll weighs

rbrumm

do I see eye bolts for a 5 PT racing harness ? has some one been tracking their car?

Choreo

To do my car (and do it right) added about 80-lbs - not something you would probably do if you were going racing.

Zeus-of-Boost

UPDATE:

Ok ok i didnt use the frost king stuff. after hours and hours of research. i contacted my locale stereo shop where i got a smoking deal on some Hushmat. i looked everywhere for a roller and finally found one at Hobby Lobby crafts store. They have them for screen printing. Couldnt find one at lowes or homedepot

Today is really my only day off so i was working on my car hell or high water! not even the pouring rain could stop me. i did find a leak in my car that i havent noticed b4.
guess ill be pulling the headliner and fixing that as well.
I made sure to cover up my tunnel really well bc i get alot of drivetrain noise through the shift boot.

i got the pannel behind the seats, tunnel, and firewall done today.

p1bz

Looks good. I need to do that to my car.

Zeus-of-Boost

Thanks man. if you ever do, i hope my thread is helpfull to you. ill keep you posted

Zeus-of-Boost

its super light. That actually one of the reasons that i didnt go with frost king. I think that is it to light to surpress sound. Im sure it does but prob not as much as the hush mat or dynomat. my car is a PIG anyways( iron block, blower, intercooler, cage ect..) so whats another 30lbs of hushmat lol

sabastian458

Interested to see how much this runs you and how much it cuts down noise. Looking forward to seeing it completed

sabastian458

By the way, how much square footage did you get to do the car?

Zeus-of-Boost

thanks man for the insight. Im hopeing it does make a big diff. I think that it will be worth it cuz after my exhaust and motor swap. My car is LOUD !

Thanks to Chaplin, my exhaust is LOUD but sounds awesome

Zeus-of-Boost

yo chap. its pretty easy. remove the seats, all plastic pieces and then carpet. No tips or hints. its really straight forward. i just removed my visors and head liner tonight bc i found a leak, so ill be documenting that as well. headliner is pretty tricky to get out. I might sound deaden the roof whiles its out to but not sure yet