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can try using 3m heat reducing and sound proof material. Its super light weight. currently installed on my ride on 4 doors. can feel the car is quieter now.

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I did sound proofing on my car

 

and I really regretted it.

 

Now there is less outside noise

 

and this only makes the nagging

 

from my MIL even clearer.

 

:D

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I did sound proofing on my car

 

and I really regretted it.

 

Now there is less outside noise

 

and this only makes the nagging

 

from my MIL even clearer.

 

:D

 

tell her the sound system permanently stuck at LOUD

 

problem solved. :D

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I did sound proofing on my car

 

and I really regretted it.

 

Now there is less outside noise

 

and this only makes the nagging

 

from my MIL even clearer.

 

:D

 

sure or not..

 

I did sound proofing many years back on the wheel arch, 2 layers..

but don't seem to work at all..

even went for painting of undercarriage..

it did some minimise but soon, noise are back..

 

now.. I gave up..

I invest in ICE instead..

 

as for MIL, I just pump up the volume or act blur..

I can bet you, your MIL is nothing as compare to mine..

 

Mine can goes on and on..

from Singapore to Ipoh..

The only time she stop talking is napping and eating..

 

Damn.. such people actually exist.. and its my MIL

other than that, she is a nice lady. always cook for me to eat..

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sound proofing on car is not as simple as just stick a few sound proof materials on doors and wheels arch.

 

car manufacturers had spent ton of money to study on sound proofing to reduce rod noise. do you think we

just spend a couple of hundred or thousand can achieve what we are expecting?

 

road noises are mainly coming from undercarriage, engine firewall, windscreen and the aerodynamic of the car

design. road noise, tyres noise, suspension noise can transmit into car cabin through car body structure, therefore 

sound proofing on car is complex and work need to start during the design stage.

 

don't waste you money and time of doing aftermarket sound proof job to avoid it may lead to other issues.

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sure or not..

 

I did sound proofing many years back on the wheel arch, 2 layers..

but don't seem to work at all..

even went for painting of undercarriage..

it did some minimise but soon, noise are back..

 

now.. I gave up..

I invest in ICE instead..

 

as for MIL, I just pump up the volume or act blur..

I can bet you, your MIL is nothing as compare to mine..

 

Mine can goes on and on..

from Singapore to Ipoh..

The only time she stop talking is napping and eating..

 

Damn.. such people actually exist.. and its my MIL

other than that, she is a nice lady. always cook for me to eat..

 

No no no I bet my MIL is worse than yours.

 

Mine can go from Singapore to Penang.

 

:D

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No no no I bet my MIL is worse than yours.

 

Mine can go from Singapore to Penang.

 

:D

 

oh.. I feel you..

 

come, I lend you my shoulder if you need it.

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Thanks bro   [thumbsup]

 

:D

 

curious, does your MIL stay with you?

 

haha..

 

Not for me, wife and I had an agreement.. our home don't welcome guest/visitor..

haha..

 

anyway I think I going to suffer this weekend..

wife been pestering to bring her for meal on this weekend..

Just that I act blur and change topic.. [:p]

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curious, does your MIL stay with you?

 

haha..

 

Not for me, wife and I had an agreement.. our home don't welcome guest/visitor..

haha..

 

anyway I think I going to suffer this weekend..

wife been pestering to bring her for meal on this weekend..

Just that I act blur and change topic.. [:p]

 

No she does not and hopefully never will.

 

Just tell wife now got Zika so cannot take

 

MIL out for makan. If she insist can take 

 

her to Sims Drive, Aljunied Cres. There I

 

heard a lot of good food.  [thumbsup]

 

:D

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sure or not..

 

I did sound proofing many years back on the wheel arch, 2 layers..

but don't seem to work at all..

even went for painting of undercarriage..

it did some minimise but soon, noise are back..

 

now.. I gave up..

I invest in ICE instead..

 

as for MIL, I just pump up the volume or act blur..

I can bet you, your MIL is nothing as compare to mine..

 

Mine can goes on and on..

from Singapore to Ipoh..

The only time she stop talking is napping and eating..

 

Damn.. such people actually exist.. and its my MIL

other than that, she is a nice lady. always cook for me to eat..

 

the trick is to buy a more powerful car and not a better ICE

 

when the vehicle speed reaches a high enough number on the NSHW, magically all the conversations stop

 

:D

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No she does not and hopefully never will.

 

Just tell wife now got Zika so cannot take

 

MIL out for makan. If she insist can take 

 

her to Sims Drive, Aljunied Cres. There I

 

heard a lot of good food.  [thumbsup]

 

:D

 

wah.. you damn evil..

 

but I like..

the trick is to buy a more powerful car and not a better ICE

 

when the vehicle speed reaches a high enough number on the NSHW, magically all the conversations stop

 

:D

 

tried..

 

those were the heydays..

 

I travel from Ipoh to Johor, taman sentosa, using 4hrs and 10mins..

so you can imagine what speed am I on..

guess what.. she is sleeping like a log, of course.. no nagging or noise population..

 

for now, I had an even more powerful car..

with bones breaking coilover spring and super low..

maybe its her nature..

old people, very kind and very nice..

didn't dare to complain..

 

just ask my wife why my car suddenly become so noisy, so uncomfortable..

as if sitting in a boat..

but my driving style has changed too.. 

had a bad experience hence I only travel around 150++km at most..

 

life no take 2..

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hi all

 

when u do soundproofing doors double layers, where are the layers pasted on?

 

 https://www.facebook.com/XtremezAudio/posts/713841962112953

 

i see many paste one layer on the inside (inner panel), and another on the outside (outer panel)

is that right?

 

if it's only one layer, shd it be pasted inside or outside?

found a shop doing double layer on the outside. claims it's the best.

 

your thoughts? 

 

 

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hi all

 

when u do soundproofing doors double layers, where are the layers pasted on?

 

 https://www.facebook.com/XtremezAudio/posts/713841962112953

 

i see many paste one layer on the inside (inner panel), and another on the outside (outer panel)

is that right?

 

if it's only one layer, shd it be pasted inside or outside?

found a shop doing double layer on the outside. claims it's the best.

 

your thoughts? 

 

I diy once on my car over several weeks. Learn to do it the "best" way by trial and error.

It depends on how you think what is the best way. It may be for you, but not for others.

 

A car door when you look at it has 2 "frames", the one you can see from outside, and the other from inside.

It's the outside frame, that is the thin sheet metal has a tendency to vibrate and generate noise.

This is the one you want to put sound insulation on.

From factory, most cars has a small piece stick on it, to prevent excessive vibration and noise.

 

On the inside frame, it may not be vibrating as much, so the factory does not stick any anti-vibration pad on it.

 

When you do sound insulation, it depends on how much you want to do, how far you want to go. There's no end.

 

So, if you do only the parts that makes the most noise, you cover majority (70~80%) of the sound insulation you want to do.

 

Trying to do the last 5% will be very costly, with little returns and make your car very heavy.

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I diy once on my car over several weeks. Learn to do it the "best" way by trial and error.

It depends on how you think what is the best way. It may be for you, but not for others.

 

A car door when you look at it has 2 "frames", the one you can see from outside, and the other from inside.

It's the outside frame, that is the thin sheet metal has a tendency to vibrate and generate noise.

This is the one you want to put sound insulation on.

From factory, most cars has a small piece stick on it, to prevent excessive vibration and noise.

 

On the inside frame, it may not be vibrating as much, so the factory does not stick any anti-vibration pad on it.

 

When you do sound insulation, it depends on how much you want to do, how far you want to go. There's no end.

 

So, if you do only the parts that makes the most noise, you cover majority (70~80%) of the sound insulation you want to do.

 

Trying to do the last 5% will be very costly, with little returns and make your car very heavy.

 

hi. thanks for your input. 

not sure which are the frames you are talking about.

 

referring to the pictures below, is the inside the one you can see through the gap in the metal frame? Picture A or B? 

 

Pic A post-164968-0-15266800-1483143725_thumb.jpg

 

Pic Bpost-164968-0-04342600-1483143730_thumb.jpg

 

Picture credits:xtremex audio accessories

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Picture A is the first thing you want to do, bcuz that will dampen a large metal sheet and prevent it from vibrating and making noise.

 

Picture B is a bit redundant. It's nice to cover up the "hole" but what if you need to access it ? You have to cut it out.

You need to access it when repairing power window, door locks, speaker.

 

In soundproofing, you only want to go for that big "noise maker" and that's a large piece of metal sheet. Smaller ones don't flex as much and is less significant.

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