RCollier

Installed the Exotic Vette (Crazy Cowboy) extreme kit with both the acoustic mat and the standard foil backed insulation. About 9 hours but took my time and custom cut some some pieces for better coverage. No db readings for hard data but my and my wife's ears both agree a very noticeable difference. Freeway speed conversation in normal tones now, stereo sounds better and doesn't need as much volume change with speed changes. Sounds more solid going over bumps. At 61 years old with some high frequency hearing loss and tinnitus for over 40 years it makes the car more enjoyable for longer drives. Moved one of the other cars out of the 2 car side of the garage to allow more "operating" room.

2K14C7

Nice job!

Captain58

Looks great! Very nice.

GreenGA

Thanks for the post.

I'll be doing something similar to my Vert Z06.

Maxpowers

Well done. That's a lot of work.

g.reed

Very impressive. The road noise is a bit much. I think the stereo is awesome but it sucks you only truly experience it at stop lights or when you're parked.

Skid Row Joe

Impressive undertaking! Thank you for sharing!

I lined the engine doghouse of my 2002 Ford E450's 7.3 liter Powerstroke diesel engine's cowling, with a similar product; brown bread. It helps a little with the turbodiesel's engine under load - when accelerating. And of course, cuts down a bit too, on the heat build up from the doghouse.

vbdenny

That is true dedication. Impressive

rbrumm

I want to add the same items to my 2014 Z51. But I'm concerned about how much of a pain in the butt it is to remove all the seats, carpet etc to do the job. Can you get everything back nice & tight so there's no squeaks , snapped mounting screws, etc, etc . Any past horror stories ? Thanks

RCollier

rbrumm, The included instructions were sufficient to do the job. I did change a couple items though. I did not remove the weather stripping as they suggest and I did not remove the roof trim, was able to remove the necessary pieces and reinstall withouth those steps. I also did not remove the seat travel sensors from the bulkhead as I didn't want to place those on top of the insulation and reduce the seat rear travel. I instead cut the piecesa to fit and worked them under the tabs on each sensor as you can see in the photos.

rbrumm

RCollier
Thanks for the reply

RCollier

Use trim removal tools to remove panels and follow the instructions, the seat removal was one of the easier parts. Slide the two seat mount covers on the front of each seat forward to remove not up. I was able to look under the seats well enough to see the electrical connection and their respective lock bars. No squeaks, rattles or otherwise. I did delete the two narrow pieces on the outside by the sill as I did not want the added thickness to keep the sill piece from fitting back flush with it's adjoining pieces.

rbrumm

Thanks

RCollier

One last thought, I did forget to cut out for the floor cargo tie downs and had to lift up the carpet and cut openings for those two bolts, at first couldn't figure out why they wouldn't thread in. The hurrier I go the behinder I get.

B177YB0B

wow-nice job,nice pics.have experimented with 'fast fixes'- not satisfactory.the more i read,the more i try to 'half-*** it' the more i realize i need to bite the bullet and do it right-thanks again

patentcad

I wonder how many hours I would tell my body shop to expect that job to take? They should be good at it, they dis-assemble and re-assemble wrecked cars all the time.

Any suggestions?

That's not something I'd ever tackle myself. Beautiful job.

Vetteman Jack

Nice job installing the material.

snow

Great job for sure a lot of work but well worth it. Tell us your thoughts once you drive it around. Road noise is something that really sucks in these bad boys.

yeller z06

I did it on my C6, and I didn't actually break anything, but I had one heck of a time replacing some of the rear hatch interior bits. The additional insulation made it difficult to align the screws and snaps.

For the C7, I just bought one of those drop-in mats for the rear hatch and a few pieces of that stuff that the OP used for behind the seats, which just required pulling up the carpet.

My sound improvement is likely not quite as good as the OP, but it took me less than an hour.

funz06

I had an excellent local body shop do mine (Cowboy kit). The owner's son did it. He is extremely experienced. I think the Cowboy's threads claimed it took him 4-5 hours or something, but the body shop told me upfront it would take close to 4 hours just to get everything apart the proper way without breaking anything. It took him between 6 and 8 hours in total.

Note, the pre-cut pieces all had to be trimmed to fit. Installer said it wasn't a big deal as the pre-cuts were close. As mine was one of the 1st kits for the Z06, maybe this has been corrected.

It works GREAT!. Would do it again in a heartbeat. My car is a coupe----which is much louder inside versus the convertible.