February 16th: So, I have a GThaus full cat back with motordyne ART test pipes and some other breather mods, so needless to say my exhaust is a little loud... plus I’ve upgradef my sound system, so I decided to do a diy dynamat project. I did the trunk, the hatch, the doors, and the front wheel wells.
I didn’t want to spend the money for the actual dynamat because my dad used some stuff on his truck he got from Home Depot, and that thing was literally air tight, and dead silent. He had to make air holes so that the door would close. Mind you he used like 50 lbs of the stuff and did EVERYTHING. But it worked really well for him. And I figured the quality difference would not be worth triple the price.
I got a quote from a local sound shop, and they wanted $900 to put 3 sheets in the trunk, and 1.5 sheets in each door. I did a hell of a lot more for a hell of a lot less. And I’m SO glad I did.
“Dynamat” review:
It definitely made a HUGE difference in the feel and sound of the car. The car feels... kind of heavier, but not in a bad way. And it’s not the 20ish lbs of dynamat I added... it just has... a more quality feel to the car. The sound system sounds a good deal louder, and much more clean and crisp as well. It also took out a little bit of the rasp the exhaust gained after the test pipes, without so much metal vibrating. This is definitely worth it. It makes me want to do even more of the car! In fact, I pulled the center console and added some under there too! And that made a difference too. (Keep in mind I have a single mass flywheel with poly trans and engine mounts) I’m super pleased with this mod and my girlfriend is too, she’s amazed at how much of a difference it made, and we can actually have a normal conversation at 85 mph now without raising our voices lol
And the whole thing only cost me about $60!
I’ll update this more later with brands and actual cost.