I know everyone has this problem to some degree but im looking for a cheaper way to fix it. Dynamat is really high and i've heard it is not worth the money. Is there any home materials that you can buy cheaper that would damper the vibration? I believe all dynamat is made from is vinyl and glue, is that true? I'm not cheap but i don't wanna waste my money on dynamat when i can use home materials to provide a quick fix....

 

lol vinyl and glue....oh god who told you this, your mom? get some second skin damplifier from The Don for a good price.

 

No, i've heard it's made of vinyl and the backing of course is a adhesive...

 

Someone has misled you.

 

someone SEVERELY mislead you.

 

Cement (Although it does work, please dont do this for obvious reasons)

 

lol..... i new i would get some reactions

 

I have heard great things about second skin, there is a thread in the stickies about sound deadening....

 

Peel & Seal works well, from Lowe's. Very very similiar to dynamat.

 

/yourself. kthxbye

 

tinfoil

 

a friend told me about this place www.mcmaster.com, they have this stuff called "polymeric mastic"... the item # is "9709T19".. its very similar to dynamat without the high price. i just ordered 3 sheets and completely covered my trunk and rear deck. the only drawback to it, it doesnt stick to surfaces as well as dynamat. so if you decide to try a sheet get a can of adhesive spray. but for the price of a sheet of the mastic you cant beat it. and it worked in my trunk.

 

Cool, thanx bigmike........anyone else heard of this stuff??

 

Bigmike..Does your trunk not rattle anymore? Hmmm..I wonder how well this stuff really works..

 

Sound deadener sticky...read it.

Peal n' Seal' will fall right off during hotter months (and I know it gets hotter than hell in ATL), not to mention your entire interior is going to reek of asphalt.

You will need about 80 sqft. total to reall eliminate trunk rattle. I highly recommend going with Second Skin Damplifier.

25 sqft. for the trunklid



15 sqft for 2 - 3 layers on the rear deck





40 sqft. for the trunk.



...it's going to run you $200, but the you will have an instantaneous increase in SQ/SPL (about +3dB). $200 might sound high, but an equivalent amount of Dynamat would run you $800. That's right. $800.

 

Wow, that brings back memories.......

 

Of what? Sore muscles and sliced-to-s'hit fingers? That's what it reminds me of.

 

I just ordered 10ft of Second Skin just for my rear deck. Can't wait to have it installed. =)

 

Precisely. Kevin and I did mine last year and I think my back is still sore. The cuts filled with grey metal flakes and tar have healed...

 

Oh, and don't forget the permanent indentation left in your index finger from cuttting the stuff.

 

I think that indent didn't even start to go away for 5 days. I had two more in the shape of the outside of the roller where it connects to the handle from holding the roller backward to get the deadener into the smaller crevases. Although it left permanent scares, I will def do it on the next car. The benefits outway the negatives.

 

def go with second skin, i got 100 sq feet of it, and 3 gallons of the sludge, did my whole car, huge difference, not saying u need that much, but if u do anything i would def go with second skin, very great costomer service, and good price

 

Great thanks guys! I'll look into it today