looking to stop the nasty rattle in my trunk....dynamat is way too expensive! does anyone reccomend fat mat or brown bread....any help is appreciated....thanks

 

is it actually possible to stop all trunk rattle?

 

hell no its not possible. but its possible to eliminate some of it. i use peal and seal some stuff you can get a lowes or home depot. its made for roofs. but is just tar with a aluminum foil on the top of it just like dyno matt. it cost $12 a roll, 6 inch by 25 feet long. i used about 4 rolls in my trunk and it works great i still have rattles, but i have 2 12s and 2400 watts rms and ported boxes. still he helps a lot. i put 1 layer on the floor coverd by a 3/4 mdf floor and put about 3 layers on the trunk lid with expanding foam inbetween the trunk lid braces. it make the trunk lid act like a solid peice with the expanding foam filling up the gap and the peal and seal covering the trunk lid bracing.

 

yea peel and seal is money

 

Fatfoam is supposedly good, plus if you double it up it's supposed to be 3 times more effective. It's not that expensive either. I'm getting a 12" Brahma put in and I'm getting Fatfoam, I'm also gonna put it in the doors and rear decklid.

 

if u wanna do it good and properly, stick with the materials that are designed for cars
check my www for pix of my trunk deadening
i used mat/foam on my lid and anything upside-down
liquid everywhere else

for the lid (mat) I recommend Brown Bread or Second Skin Damplifier
For the liquid (sides and bottom) I recommend Second Skin Spectrum

 

Finally peopel that hate Dynamet. Usually when this topic is discussed people are always like "Go with dynamat."

Second skin is good stuff and I'm going to put it on my car when I get my new trunk lid.

 

edead or SS. however both companies have some unpopular employees/owners that work for them.

 

edead i've heard horror stories about shipping, etc
i'd stick with second skin, brown bread or rammatt
awesome customer service

 

i just fatmatted my car today, well not very much.

my little story: i went to fix that seatbelt rattle, that worked. i tried putting cushion under the deck, taht's where i ran into some problems. of the three white pins that hold it down, i can't get the middle one in no matter how hard i try. so i tried putting everythign together with just that one not connected and turned on the music...it flaps a little but not nearly as much as before. if i can somehow get the middle pin in (which i broke lol) i think the rattle would be 90% gone

 

yes i have one 12 and the rattle is nasty. btw did you guys use this in your doors? and how much is that second skin and fatfoam?

 

I think you can get like 100 square feet for like $99 on EBay

 

Mmmm, peal and seal:

 

i heard peel and seal stinks. Is that true. I live in Texas and woudl nto want my car forever stinking becuase of the tar in peel and seal.

 

Cascade anyone?

www.cascadeaudio.com

 

Dynamat also is an asphault based product. So if it gets hot where you live, it will STINK!

 

Yeah, come summertime you will sincerley regret doing it. I would recommend eDead or secondskin..both highly regarded companies.

 

some people use peal and seal and say it doesnt smell once you put all the panels on. i personally would rather just get some other cheap deadener, as long as you're not wasting money on dynamat

 

Just ordered some fatmat and will be installing in trunk when I recieve. Looks like it is some pretty hefty stuff with proper tolerances and is a lot like dynamat extreme but way cheaper. I did my old 3rd gen with roof stuff and it worked alright but part of the trunk I did in dynamat extreme and it was: a. easier to work with, b. didn't stink, c. was a much better sound deadener. So...if fatmat is as good or better like people say, do it right. Hard to go wrong with $50-100.

 

i ordered 100sq ft of fatmat a long time ago, never put it in except for the rear deck lol. i plan on doing the entire car this weekend....i just might start tomorrow since you got me thinking about it. thanks chemsol hahaha

 

I just bought eDead and it smells like crap right out of the box. I previously applied peel 'n seel in my old car and didn't get any smells and put dynamat extreme on the trunk lid.

Now I'm doing the max which is black and gets hot in the summer I plan on keeping the eDead in the trunk and using peel 'n seel on the interior. I'm doing this because the edead stinks when its not even hot and peel 'n seel doesn't. I'm afraid the eDead will smell even worse when it gets hot.

 

Parts express

 

Haha, sure ighettoboyi. I've got some extreme lying around and today is a beautiful day.... A note to everyone, make sure to really examine your seatbelt retractors. Often there will be rattling in that area so damp them if you can. : )

 

^^ agreed. I already did the seat belt holders and the rear deck. As for the edead smelling, I've never used it but I'm not a big fan of elemental designs. A lot of people are but I think their customer service sucks majorly, I've never gotten one returned email out of like ten. I've heard good things about Ben's products but I don't think I'm ever going to give them any of my money. just my thing

 

oh and the fatmat doesnt smell whatsoever unless you like stick your nose up to the tar sided part