stingman123 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Anyone else got this? When opening the doors it sounds kind of .......empty....hollow.... Do you know what I mean or am I alone here? Anyone had it/done anything anout it? If so....what? Thanks 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gaz the geezer 0 Posted April 28, 2006 not something i`m used to on my corrado, but then mine are all soundproofed using dynamat, you can get it from audioscape reasonably cheaply, just mention your from the cf cos they like us .. i think Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stingman123 0 Posted April 28, 2006 dynamat? Hmmmmm. I'll have a looksee. Mods... I have posted this in the wrong area I know, i was trying to get this in before my boss saw me!! soz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 28, 2006 Er the door is hollow and has diddly poo sound insulation in it, which would explain it :) Have a knock on the bodywork of a new Merc or somesuch - it'll go "clack clack", if you do it on a Corrado it sounds like a church bell :lol: Audioscape sell stuff that's not too expensive and does a lovely job of giving the door a satisfying 'clunk' when you close it and reduces the road noise a lot too. Edit: Moved to interior ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gaz the geezer 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Audioscape sell stuff that's not too expensive and does a lovely job of giving the door a satisfying 'clunk' when you close it and reduces the road noise a lot too. .................. and it`s called `skinz`, not dynamat as i last stated :oops: it`s self adhesive pads of acoustically `dead` material that keeps road noise out aswell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 28, 2006 While we're here - I've got the outside of my doors (well the inside of the outside skin) Skinz'd up and it's definitely quieter, but the door still vibrates a bit, so I'm thinking I'll do the inner skin as well next time I'm up there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 28, 2006 I was thinking exactly the same about my doors over the last couple of weeks. never really thought it before, but it really doesn't sound good when I close them. I'll go for some of this acoustic padding too, hopefully get a more solid noise out of them :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 28, 2006 It's not expensive stuff or that hard to fit - I think it cost me about £20 to do both doors. Make sure you clean the insides of the door with some proper thinners before you start though - otherwise it won't stick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 28, 2006 I have 2 tubes of epoxy and one huge tube of contact adhesive all left over from fitting my (new) Rieger grill/eyebrow last weekend, it'll stick ;) I was looking at this stuff YEARS ago on my old car (metro :(), and it was really steep, glad to see the prices have come down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted April 28, 2006 While we're here - I've got the outside of my doors (well the inside of the outside skin) Skinz'd up and it's definitely quieter, but the door still vibrates a bit, so I'm thinking I'll do the inner skin as well next time I'm up there. Speaker vibration or panel vibration? I doubt your outer skins (or should that be skinz? :-) ) are vibrating now mate!! I reckon they could use your doors on the President's car to deflect bullets! Anyway, you do need to pay attention to the door cards to prevent sound leakage cause a chuffing noise and general rattleage. I've skinned the inner panels too but I warn you, it makes the door darn heavy!! So much so I don't reckon my hinges will last that long tbh :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 28, 2006 Yeah, door cards, inner skin and outer skin probably makes them somewhat hefty. I've got a window mech type vibration noise going on - hence thinking about doing the inner skin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 28, 2006 ['H3R4POR]I was looking at this stuff YEARS ago on my old car (metro :()' date=' and it was really steep, glad to see the prices have come down[/quote'] Well I did buy £100 of cable at the same time, so that might have affected the price of the skinz... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 28, 2006 I warn you, it makes the door darn heavy!! So much so I don't reckon my hinges will last that long tbh :-) is the stuff that heavy??? I just imagined it to be like compacted roof insulation (if you know what I mean?) I assume Halfords do it, but at a price? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted April 28, 2006 Yep.... you know how the doors slam on your calfs now, well imagine the pain of that same thunk on your leg amplified greatly by 300wt of dynamat :-) Nah...it is pretty heavy stuff mate. You have to open a fully matted door and then a standard one to appreciate the difference. It's just tar basically.....bitumen sheets....heavy stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trig 0 Posted April 28, 2006 I just ordered some door insulation and hoodliner from James @ Audioscape. He gave me loads of advice, highly reccommended! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KARMANN 0 Posted April 28, 2006 So what kind of prices we talking about here to do do both doors and behind the rear panels? Cheers Fraser Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 29, 2006 It's not expensive stuff or that hard to fit - I think it cost me about £20 to do both doors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trig 0 Posted April 29, 2006 I paid £40 for the 2 door ones.... don't think I was ripped off... :oops: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
