Originally Posted by Bonzo The thing is, you aren't really talking apple to apples. You are in the "hate the road noise in general camp." Unlike you, many of us
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But even for a sports car this one is noisy.,,did you read all those reviews I posted earlier? Anyway we all have our own preferences...but it is strange how those pebbles dont bother me...its really rare....but the tires droning on the road do..I have the Sports package and from what I read that is the package where most of the road noise is...so maybe we are talking about two different packages.. Last edited by RiCharlie; 02-10-2012 at 08:08 PM. |
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Did the dynamat Yesterday. I used all 36 Square feet that came with the kit I got on ebay. Pain in the *** and time consuming. Only cut myself like 20 times. Big fun...
Anyway I did the doors and rear covering everything I could. Huge difference! Even though I spilled at least a gallon of blood it was more than worth it and would do it again. I now plan to do the same with my Altima. Never knew this would help so much or I would have done it 7 years ago with my daily driver... Thanks all. Was VERY worth it. |
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Actually I have to say that for the first time I can actually understand why the thing may get too quiet in some situations...
I do about 1200 miles a month so noise is a concern but I now think I may be going a bit overboard in trying to get rid of it entirely... See? old dogs really can learn new tricks! |
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Drove mine in the rain for the first time Friday. You can actually hear the SPRAY in the wheel wells. Crazy. Can't believe they didn't try to mitigate this in some way or another. |
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Did the hatch area a few days ago,doors are next and thats it for dynamat.
My fingers hurt, back hurts, knees hurt, a little blood, but it was worth it to me. I would do it again but not anytime soon. |
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EXACTLY!!! THIS is the noise that's crazy. Lucky me (sarcasm), all the first times I drove my car was in the rain. And it was like, WOW, it's sounds like the rain is coming in the car it's so loud. I was like, what is this thing, an open wheeled F-1 car? But while the rain is loud, it doesn't bother me like the pebbles. The pebble noise is outlandish.
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I drive about 75 miles a day to work and back, with it being about a 50/50 split highway / suburbs. So far I've only gotten a chance to drive the Z to work about 5 times (being tore up with mods I'm making and then just the crappy winter weather). The pebble noise doesn't happen so much on the highway, it's on the other suburb streets, and in my neighborhood. Like when you cut a corner, or are making a left turn at a light and you go out into the middle of the intersection. It's in those places where it's frequent. I'm not looking forward to this process of putting this mat crap down, but since I already have my back end all opened up, it would be dumb not to give it a whirl. We were baby sitting our nephew this weekend or it would be done already. For those who have done it, did you find actually climbing in the car any easier than bending over from the outside? I'm thinking climbing in for the fender wells might be the easiest way to get to them. Cheers ---- Bonzo
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I notice it is louder on wet roads and i almost never drive in the salt and crap they put down in the winter..That crap really can eat into your car..and then in that case yes it really is noisy.. How come you havent given this old dog credit for learning a new trick? ( see my post about noise at 12:13 I had you in mind when I posted that! Last edited by RiCharlie; 02-13-2012 at 10:01 AM. |
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I found it much easier getting inside. You pretty much have to when doing the area in front of the shock towers. If you have a cutting board large enough to do cutting and fit up in there with you will save you having to climb in and out. Even better if you have a cutting helper outside. I had neither. You will feel it in the legs the next day if you are a 50+ out of shape guy like me. That or your back will be screaming at you. This is probably the most physically demanding mod there is to do on this car. But let me tell you this. It is very much worth it and you will not regret it at all!
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So you have heard this salt pounding, it's about the same as the pebbles, so at least you know what I'm talking about. Same sort of "tinking." Quote:
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40+ and out of shape here.
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