Sorry, some of you may be annoyed of sound dampening posts, so this will be the last one from me. Hopefully this will answer questions for me and others as well. Please vote for what you think is the best sound dampener.

 

of course everyone is going to vote for the one they have, the only way to find out is to find someone whove used most of them.

 

well i guess the one that is widely used would be the best...right?

 

well then if that was the case, i guess dynamat wins

 

guess so

10 char

 

what about hush mat

 

Is price involved? Because for the price, edead is pretty good, but if your a baller, Second Skin. And yeah theres gonna be a lot of opinions in this poll.

 

price is not involved. i should have clarified that. i looking for performance.

 

The best I have used so far is the new version of Second Skin Damplifier.
I have not tried Dynamat mat yet.

 

well, i finally started on the dynamat project today. barely finished just the driver side door. took about three hours! what can u expect imma . it was a truly difficult task. I guess it took longer cuz i didnt really planned out the sheets. stupid mistake. i jus slapped them on. the most difficult thing i had to do was poke out the holes for the cables and screws. I looked on the Dynamat gallery on their website and looked at the installs. they look clean, no cables showing whatsoever. of course it was professionally installed, however i couldnt see any possible way of hiding the cables inside the door of my car. i drive a 99 maxima and the way they arranged it, they had the cables attached to wire ties that screws onto the metal. also the door handle and lock was attached to two bars that go into the door. im not really good at describing it nor do i know the technical terms. those of you who have a 99 maxima and have done installs should know what im talkin bout. so i had to cut holes and loom them thru. it looks easier on other cars and not as complicated. hopefully i will finish the other door on thursday and finish the rear doors and trunk this week. the rear doors and trunk shouldnt be as hard as the front doors because there isnt as many controls and cables and no speaker holes to cut out other than the rear deck. hopefully. wish me luck.

 

id go with second skin..

i have no clue what i have now but all it made was a huge mess when the guy attempted to install it

 

pull the full interior and linex the damn car. no rattles at all that way.

 

nah, wouldnt wanna spray a bed liner on the inside of my car
go with a liquid deadener like Second Skin Spectrum

 

hahahahahha x 1,000,000

Are you SERIOUS?! That stuff is a gigantic ripoff. Sure it does the job, but rammat or edead will do the job just as well at a meager $1/sqft. Sorry, but dynamat is used by one of two people: (1) The rich OR (2) The highly uneducated. Sorry!

 

Second skin has the widest array of different products. Ant actually designs the stuff, he doesnt buy it and resell it like some other sites. His stuff has the highest tolerances and absolutely no smell.

Dynamat extreme is an amazing product, but because of the rediculous price i'd never do it. I do however use dynamat dynaxorb behind my mids. Its their version of a deflex pad.

 

call me ignorant- but i've really only heard of dynamat. and to tell you the truth, the cars i've helped install it on, i was not impressed. so i've never spent my money on a stupid gimmick. but some of this stuff sounds like it actually works- im sure it costs an arm and a leg though

 

Not nessicarily. eDead V1.0 is AWESOME stuff and is a meager $1.0/sq ft. I never heard of anything but dynamat until I started looking around, either so I feel ya, brother!

 

the only reason i did not purchase SS products was because Ant, their "rep"/seller/moron made a huge mess over at SIN and another forum i believe making fun of a highly respected newly deceased man from the forum and making fun of the sites owner. he has changed his ways though. but i cant talk... i used edead v3.

 

My wifes doors..





My doors, more has been added since these pics..





I honestly prefer Cascade over all others mentioned. Theyve been around Alot longer than any of the competition and still do Home Theatre systems,Police stations,Concert halls,Opera houses,mixing studios,etc..They still remain the leader in that residential,commercial industry.

Secondly would be Stinger Expert, followed by SecondSkin. Although SecondSkin is a far greater product than most, Ive had some issues with my dealer status account without going into great detail.

--Don

 

well i havent bought any dynamat material as yet, the trunk rattlin is kinda cool lol jk na mabye ill look into edead later on

right now im using homedepots pink insulation thing. the furry itchy stuff i just took it out of my basement walls, and it works fine.

 

oh so you are using asbestos for sound deadening, this explains alot. jk of course.

 

thats what they call it? o shiet i thought that shiet was cancerous? o well i guess my gurl has it now

 

Your either have asbestos or fiberglass. Most likely Fiberglass. Either way niether of them are really great for you, but it does explain alot of things about ya.

 

lol i was joking, trust me they dont fit in between the doors.

 

you never can tell with you sir...

 

so u admit u've tried?

 

honestly, dynamat extreme, though way way way overpriced works well..but I would definatly give it up to Edead, and secondskin. Its just that dynamat extreme is at a huge discount to me..so yeah...hahah.

 

i had the first version of rammat, it melts like crazy i have puddles of that stuff all over my trunk. i heard they "changed" the formula. but i wouldn't go back to using it anymore.

 

I have only used the Stinger Roadkill Expert. Kevin and I did almost the entire cabin minus the doors last night. 6 bulk packs will be in hopefully by tonight. This stuff has made a HUGE difference in reducing road noise. Currently I have no sound though. That I hope to be back in by tonight as well.

Hugemogoloidal Thank You to kpr10is for all his help. I couldn't get this done on my crazy deadline w/o your help.

I should get plenty of time to realize the results on my trip today as I haven't put sound back in yet. I wish I would have Db metered the car before and after, but oh well.

Pics as soon as we can.

 

you guys are smart... you help eachother. when i half assed my car over a year ago i did it my self in like 2 hours and i wish i just didnt do it at all. btw, wheres my phone call? ive got NOTHING to do right now finals are over.

 

Phweeew. Kevin finished up my car @ 5:?? AM. We installed 192sq ft of the Expert Stinger Roadkill. A total of 40 hrs was put in on this project, 20 by Kevin and 20 by me. Can't say Thank You enough Kevin. New amp rack in the works as well as new 0ga wiring and power distribution. I miss my subs already. Since we hijacked this thread, I will make up a new one as soon as I get the pics hosted. I think a work in progress thread is applicable now.

 

I've only dealt with Dnyamat in the past....which one is the cheapest out of the selection?

 

I agree Cascade is where it's at. It's worked well for others cars I've installed it in and is comparably way cheaper than Dynamat (check out Cardomain for instance). I've got a trunk kit I'm putting in soon, I'll post pics when it's done.

Plus the company is local to me and I'm in to keeping my money local if at all possible.