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- From: amiller@almaden.ibm.com (Alex Miller)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Dynamat
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 16:25:09 -0600
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- In <milo-201192145418@mielo.dorm.rutgers.edu>
- milo@dorm.rutgers.edu (james mielo) wrote:
-
- > Reduction in noise was acceptable based on the price I spent. It does
- > work but only if you're willing to go all the way. I can now hear the noise
- > coming from the rear of the car. The sound is now directional. I assume
- > this means I have deadend the sound in the front of the car.
- > Plus, the doors now shut like a mercedes and they feel heavier.
-
- How much dynamat in total did you use?
- I'll be applying this to a 1983 Rabbit GTI.
-
- > The doors are a must. The next best spot was the rear hatch cover (
- > the shelf that move up and down when you open the hatch not hte hatch
- > itself). It's flexable and adding the dynamat reduces the resonance from
- > the trunk. Plus it's cheaper than dynamating the whole trunk.
- >
- > The floors aren't the weak point nor is the fire wall. It's all the
- > panels in the interior.
-
- The limited DYNAMAT instructions I've seen say you have to clean
- the receiving surface completely. Do I really have to scrub and
- de-grease de-wax everything?
-
- Also, have you seen any mailorder places selling the aluminium
- backed DYNAMAT. I thought I could put this under the hood - where
- some cars have a noise shield of some kind.
-
- > Warning on install, heat the mat up well. I put the stuff up in the
- > summer and the adhesive stuck well by itself without heating. Now with the
- > winter, some of the sheets are pealing off. I recomend a heat paint
- > stripper. The electrical one by black & decker speeded things up for me.
-
- How about just a 1500w hair dryer. Will it just take longer than
- a heat-gun or will it not work as well.
-
- cheers,
-
- Alex Miller
- amiller@almaden.ibm.com
-