The whole kit and kaboodle for sound dampening...

ZKindaGuy · 01-26-2010, 03:28 PM

Have you determined how much weight gets added by adding dampers of any kind? I know that the spray kind is pretty heavy.

Hi-Step'n370Z · 01-27-2010, 06:01 PM

Thanks to rreign for the great info, I'm going to hang on to it for any possible future need. I Purchased my Z on December 22, 2009, and have had many mornings where I am standing in my garage at 4:00 am with a cup of coffee, just admiring my 2010 Brilliant Silver with black top -Touring edition 370Z Roadster with Navigation, splash guards and carpeting, with it's 33 miles on the odometer, and anxiously looking forward to the spring when I can get her out on the road. I admit that with all the talk of noise, I'm now expecting it to sound like a freight train! Will I need ear plugs? I'll know in a few months, but are the Z vert's, or Coups for that matter, really THAT noisy? I like all that's about the sports car; noise, stiff ride and etc, and wasn't expecting - nor wanting - to experience the sound quality of a Lincoln, but, now I don't know what to expect. I just have the strong feeling that whatever it ends up being, it's going to be GREAT to me. That's one beautiful automobile, and she's got a GREAT butt!

rtcpenguin · 01-27-2010, 08:09 PM

Has anyone had success applying just dynamat or damplifier over the rear wheel wells? I think the overall noise level is fine, love the exhaust note, but the sound of sand/pebbles banging the rear wheel wells can be kind of annoying. Nissan really cheaped out not putting some kind of plastic cover inside the well. Its just metal in there.

I don't wanna spend $100, spend 2 hours applying the stuff, and add 40 lbs in weight for no difference in acoustic noise.

01-27-2010, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hi-Step'n370Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: new york Posts: 425 Drives: '10ZR S/B AT Tour NV Rep Power: 278	the whole kit and kaboodle for sound dampening Thanks to rreign for the great info, I'm going to hang on to it for any possible future need. I Purchased my Z on December 22, 2009, and have had many mornings where I am standing in my garage at 4:00 am with a cup of coffee, just admiring my 2010 Brilliant Silver with black top -Touring edition 370Z Roadster with Navigation, splash guards and carpeting, with it's 33 miles on the odometer, and anxiously looking forward to the spring when I can get her out on the road. I admit that with all the talk of noise, I'm now expecting it to sound like a freight train! Will I need ear plugs? I'll know in a few months, but are the Z vert's, or Coups for that matter, really THAT noisy? I like all that's about the sports car; noise, stiff ride and etc, and wasn't expecting - nor wanting - to experience the sound quality of a Lincoln, but, now I don't know what to expect. I just have the strong feeling that whatever it ends up being, it's going to be GREAT to me. That's one beautiful automobile, and she's got a GREAT butt!

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01-26-2010, 03:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
ZKindaGuy Track Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 699 Drives: 370Z-AT7 Tour+Sport Rep Power: 375	Have you determined how much weight gets added by adding dampers of any kind? I know that the spray kind is pretty heavy.

01-27-2010, 08:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
rtcpenguin Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: fairfax, va Posts: 40 Drives: 2009 red 370z Sport Rep Power: 16	Has anyone had success applying just dynamat or damplifier over the rear wheel wells? I think the overall noise level is fine, love the exhaust note, but the sound of sand/pebbles banging the rear wheel wells can be kind of annoying. Nissan really cheaped out not putting some kind of plastic cover inside the well. Its just metal in there. I don't wanna spend $100, spend 2 hours applying the stuff, and add 40 lbs in weight for no difference in acoustic noise.