winter projects
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Racer
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From: Peru Indiana
winter projects
Pretty much finished the winter projects on the Vette .
install curb alert . install antenna behind rear bumper cover ( works great ) , replace several interior plastic pieces that previous owners managed to break , drained coolant and replaced with new , checked and topped off trans fluid , had the Targa and rear spoiler painted black ( was painted with carbon fiber pattern , I am not a fan of fake carbon fiber . If it was real and served a purpose I'd be ok with it but that is just me . ) and the last thing that was done I installed the sound deadener .
I doubled up where possible made sure any little space was filled taped all the seams .
Last fall using an app on the iphone checked the decibel level at 65 with radio off , got an 89 . Today went out on the same stretch of road ,tires inflated the same , radio off windows up heater fan off ,set cruise at 65 got a reading of 84 . I expected to at least get into the mid 70's .
Some might say that the app was not reliable , I compared it to the meter we use at work , was within 1or 2 points .
After reading all the great reviews on this mod I wonder wtf .
install curb alert . install antenna behind rear bumper cover ( works great ) , replace several interior plastic pieces that previous owners managed to break , drained coolant and replaced with new , checked and topped off trans fluid , had the Targa and rear spoiler painted black ( was painted with carbon fiber pattern , I am not a fan of fake carbon fiber . If it was real and served a purpose I'd be ok with it but that is just me . ) and the last thing that was done I installed the sound deadener .
I doubled up where possible made sure any little space was filled taped all the seams .
Last fall using an app on the iphone checked the decibel level at 65 with radio off , got an 89 . Today went out on the same stretch of road ,tires inflated the same , radio off windows up heater fan off ,set cruise at 65 got a reading of 84 . I expected to at least get into the mid 70's .
Some might say that the app was not reliable , I compared it to the meter we use at work , was within 1or 2 points .
After reading all the great reviews on this mod I wonder wtf .
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,644
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From: OK
Pretty much finished the winter projects on the Vette .
install curb alert . install antenna behind rear bumper cover ( works great ) , replace several interior plastic pieces that previous owners managed to break , drained coolant and replaced with new , checked and topped off trans fluid , had the Targa and rear spoiler painted black ( was painted with carbon fiber pattern , I am not a fan of fake carbon fiber . If it was real and served a purpose I'd be ok with it but that is just me . ) and the last thing that was done I installed the sound deadener .
I doubled up where possible made sure any little space was filled taped all the seams .
Last fall using an app on the iphone checked the decibel level at 65 with radio off , got an 89 . Today went out on the same stretch of road ,tires inflated the same , radio off windows up heater fan off ,set cruise at 65 got a reading of 84 . I expected to at least get into the mid 70's .
Some might say that the app was not reliable , I compared it to the meter we use at work , was within 1or 2 points .
After reading all the great reviews on this mod I wonder wtf .
install curb alert . install antenna behind rear bumper cover ( works great ) , replace several interior plastic pieces that previous owners managed to break , drained coolant and replaced with new , checked and topped off trans fluid , had the Targa and rear spoiler painted black ( was painted with carbon fiber pattern , I am not a fan of fake carbon fiber . If it was real and served a purpose I'd be ok with it but that is just me . ) and the last thing that was done I installed the sound deadener .
I doubled up where possible made sure any little space was filled taped all the seams .
Last fall using an app on the iphone checked the decibel level at 65 with radio off , got an 89 . Today went out on the same stretch of road ,tires inflated the same , radio off windows up heater fan off ,set cruise at 65 got a reading of 84 . I expected to at least get into the mid 70's .
Some might say that the app was not reliable , I compared it to the meter we use at work , was within 1or 2 points .
After reading all the great reviews on this mod I wonder wtf .
Be sure an burb your coolant system we don't want any air pockets...
Sounds like your good to go! sorry about your disappointing results...that's a lot of work not see much change.
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Nice bunch of mods you did over the winter.
Racer
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Thanks Mitch45 I have been debating on the sound deadening for quite some time now seems like a heck of alot of work for such little results. I'm still On the fence on this one. Thanks for your input on this.
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Racer
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From: Peru Indiana
I won't mention names at this time , but the precut kit is offered by several venders. This kit was actually shipped short of some of the pieces and the vender new and made no attempt to contact me . The only reason I know is another forum member questioned the missing pieces and was answered on here .
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From: OK
I won't mention names at this time , but the precut kit is offered by several venders. This kit was actually shipped short of some of the pieces and the vender new and made no attempt to contact me . The only reason I know is another forum member questioned the missing pieces and was answered on here .
The vehicles that I did, I did everything...doors, side panels, floors, tail gates, fire wall, every inch of the vehicles....and I didn't just put strips in the doors the WHOLE inside of the doors were coated with Dynomat......the shut like Mercedes doors. THUMP....
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Higher end luxury cars will cruise at 70 mph at high 60's dB, tinny econoboxes are generally in the low 70's, and most "loud" factory cars these days are in the high 70's.
