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Sound Dampening Mats, Whats good?


Original_Ranger84

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Alright well I decided I want to quite the interior of my truck a bit and make it a nice place to listen to music on the highway cause my tires for the summer and winter plus the exhaust drone can make trips to school or to the city very tiresome.

For those of you that have installed mat did you have a noticable difference in road noise levels? And how much did you put in? I am thinking one layer over as much of the interior as I can (floor, doors, roof, back and front). And i'm thinking of going with some B stock SecondSkin cause its a bit cheaper and sounds like a good brand from what I hear.
 


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t makes a huge difference in reduction of road noise, and moderate improvements in audio quality if its done right. I had an old Chevy s10 that the previous owner covered the majority of the interior in a tar like substance and it reduced the road noise but added about 200 to 300 pounds to the truck. but i dynamatted the interior of a mustang that i used to have with loud pipes and it made a very noticeable difference. the only reason i used dynamat is because i got it from an auto-sound company out here that went under so i got it unbelievably cheep. all of the materials in soundproofing are basically the same so you should be good with what you get.
The few tips i can offer are:

The standard take your time! The quality of the finished product depends on the time you put into it and follow the materials directions!

Take the time when you have your interior is completely out to both deep clean the carpet and seats, vacuum out all the crevices in the floor, and clean up all your audio wires and rout them the right way if they arnt already.

Run your wires over the deadner not under.

In your ranger cut out the holes for the body mount bolts.

Use the deadner to seal your door and mount your speakers on top of the speaker to sandwich the material between the door.

Also cut out the spots for the door hangers and your window crank if you have them.

if you have any questions pm me and ill help you out as best as i can
 

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t makes a huge difference in reduction of road noise, and moderate improvements in audio quality if its done right. I had an old Chevy s10 that the previous owner covered the majority of the interior in a tar like substance and it reduced the road noise but added about 200 to 300 pounds to the truck. but i dynamatted the interior of a mustang that i used to have with loud pipes and it made a very noticeable difference. the only reason i used dynamat is because i got it from an auto-sound company out here that went under so i got it unbelievably cheep. all of the materials in soundproofing are basically the same so you should be good with what you get.
The few tips i can offer are:

The standard take your time! The quality of the finished product depends on the time you put into it and follow the materials directions!

Take the time when you have your interior is completely out to both deep clean the carpet and seats, vacuum out all the crevices in the floor, and clean up all your audio wires and rout them the right way if they arnt already.

Run your wires over the deadner not under.

In your ranger cut out the holes for the body mount bolts.

Use the deadner to seal your door and mount your speakers on top of the speaker to sandwich the material between the door.

Also cut out the spots for the door hangers and your window crank if you have them.

if you have any questions pm me and ill help you out as best as i can
Awesome thats exactly what I was hoping to hear, I am definately looking forward to a much quieter ride. And I'll probably be adding some CCF acoustic foam or thermal insulator later on just dont wanna drop a ton in all at once.

Thansk for the tips, I'm a very meticulous person when it comes to installing things, do it right the first time and do it well and it will hold up better and perform better I say.

I;ve already pulled the seats and carpet and all that stuff earlier this spring to do just that but I'm really OCD about having a clean interior.

Other then that I had figured on doing all that. Thanks yet again though! :icon_thumby:
 

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