Sound deadening material
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Scottsdale AZ
I have used Reflectix- purchased at Lowes and Home Depot - - all you need for $20 bucks.
Get some aluminum tape and a can of spray adhesive (note- use away from your car- the overspray gets on everything)
IMO, accomplishes the same sound/heat barrier without the Corvette "tax".
Get some aluminum tape and a can of spray adhesive (note- use away from your car- the overspray gets on everything)
IMO, accomplishes the same sound/heat barrier without the Corvette "tax".
Race Director
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From: Iowa
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2014
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From: Williamsburg VA
I used the Vettnuts precut "foil cut over a bunch of Fatmat(like dynatmat etc) and then I had bought the ensolite roll (x3 I think) from vettnuts as well for my 04Z06. TON of improvement over road noise and it was during a full audio install. This was more cost effective then the most expensive kit they sell.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2019
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From: Morristown, TN
I did the insulation during my audio install. Some difference noted but now I have to adjust my door windows inward for tilt after deadening the doors. Still with an S Type Borla it is still pretty loud inside but the audio sounds much better. A combination of killmat and hushmat with wave breakers behind the speakers. I covered the doors, the passenger compartment, trans tunnel, and hatch/trunk area completely.
May look at doing the inner wheels wells.
May look at doing the inner wheels wells.
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From: Memphis Tennessee
Le Mans Master
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You remove the easy to get to screws and drop the plastic wheelwell out the bottom.
The insulation goes on the car side of the wheelwells
I added some to the outside floorpan after cleaning it up and using spray glue.
Then sprayed the exposed areas with black undercoating.
I also stuffed some fiberglass insulation in the hollow 1/4 panel cavities.
Not much effort to put the wheelwells back just fits and cuts down the road noise by 1/2
on my Vert.
Last edited by StrangelovesM6Vert; May 26, 2019 at 04:54 AM.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2015
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From: Longview WA
If you ever do a clutch swap or work on the torque tube, I recommend covering the tunnel with thermal insulation.. helped me a lot with noise and heat bleeding up to the shifter and such. > i used
I also bought the precut insulation, and then layered more sound proofing on top.