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Old 02-15-2006, 12:42 PM
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Sound Deadening...on the other side?

I have about 20 sq. ft. of sound deadening in my car in various places that I put in, just for little minor aids in helping sound (stock Bose - needs all the help it can get). I have some on the backside of all 4 doors, as in, on the metal.

My problem is, thanks to the added bass and what not from the deadening on the actual door, the interior door panels rattle on the front 2 doors where the speakers are. It gets incredibly annoying because it completely ruins the sound coming from the speakers.

Now for the question...is it logical or sensible to put a single layer of deadening on the backside of the interior panels? Would this alleviate my problem? If not, I won't bother.
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:06 PM
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It's been done, no need to second guess it. If it rattles though, its something loose. Deadening is more for resonation....
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
I have about 20 sq. ft. of sound deadening in my car in various places that I put in, just for little minor aids in helping sound (stock Bose - needs all the help it can get). I have some on the backside of all 4 doors, as in, on the metal.

My problem is, thanks to the added bass and what not from the deadening on the actual door, the interior door panels rattle on the front 2 doors where the speakers are. It gets incredibly annoying because it completely ruins the sound coming from the speakers.

Now for the question...is it logical or sensible to put a single layer of deadening on the backside of the interior panels? Would this alleviate my problem? If not, I won't bother.

Hey Pat I know what you're talking about, you can deaden the panels, and see if it helps, most likely its the plastic speaker mount. You can pull out the speaker itself and deaden the plastic inside. Give it a shot
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Old 02-15-2006, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by djfrestyl
It's been done, no need to second guess it. If it rattles though, its something loose. Deadening is more for resonation....
What might be rattling? Can I take those stupid foam pieces out without consequence and cover the holes up?
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Hey Pat I know what you're talking about, you can deaden the panels, and see if it helps, most likely its the plastic speaker mount. You can pull out the speaker itself and deaden the plastic inside. Give it a shot
Hmmm...I wish this was something easy to take a picture of. Pull out the speaker itself, you say? You mean just the cone?

I'm an idiot, I'd probably break something
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Old 02-15-2006, 02:40 PM
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The foam pieces come out, yes.
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
What might be rattling? Can I take those stupid foam pieces out without consequence and cover the holes up?

Hmmm...I wish this was something easy to take a picture of. Pull out the speaker itself, you say? You mean just the cone?

I'm an idiot, I'd probably break something

Yea just pull out the cone after you take everything off.
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Old 02-15-2006, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by nismos14
Yea just pull out the cone after you take everything off.
Well I have some scraps of deadening still laying around from before. If I have enough I may try that this weekend. Wouldn't take much, right?
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Your best bet is to only put a little behind the speaker itself, and the rest on the front part of the door itself. The purpose of sound deadening in the doors is to reduce road noice and remove speaker backwave, making the speaker louder and cleaner.
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Originally Posted by Montypup
Your best bet is to only put a little behind the speaker itself, and the rest on the front part of the door itself. The purpose of sound deadening in the doors is to reduce road noice and remove speaker backwave, making the speaker louder and cleaner.
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Put the leftover scraps of deadening I had laying around on the inside of my speaker mounts. It lined them nicely. Got rid of all my annoying vibration in there. Still need to do the door panels themselves, though, way too much bass coming from the speakers.
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never too much bass.... remedial training is in your future pat.
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Originally Posted by Cant_Get_Ryte
never too much bass.... remedial training is in your future pat.
he'll have a little bump soon enough. Then the bose can be turned down, and we'll try a little extra crossing over of the fronts.
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it shall be done
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