sound deadening

nocaratall

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has anyone put sound deadening in their trunk and noticed if it reduced the exhaust noise inside of the vehicle? i have an american thunder catback w/mac hi flow catted h. i think it sounds great but it drowns out my music. thanks
 
I lined my entire trunk, all doors, under the rear seat, and part of the floor, all at the same time, and I noticed a big difference in exhaust noise. I dont know if lining just the trunk would do the trick or not. I am sure it couldnt hurt, but I dont know exactly how much it would help. I used, and always use, dynamat extreme, its really easy to work with, even though it is a little expensive, its worth it. I wouldnt go with a cheap alternative, like stuff made for roofing, because that can make the interior of the car smell like tar/crap. If you have any other questions, just post em, I am on here all the time and have applied sound deadening material several times.
 
In my 67 coupe I've covered the floors, the inside of the door panels, the space behind the interior quarter panels and the firewall with sound dampening material - made a huge difference in road noise.

All the products I use are from Second Skin Audio - I've done tests between their products and Dynamat, and, imho, the Second Skin stuff has better dampening capabilities & is easier to work with (and cheaper too). I especially like a product of theirs called STFU-80 - that stuff is insanely effective.
 
nocaratall said:
has anyone put sound deadening in their trunk and noticed if it reduced the exhaust noise inside of the vehicle? i have an american thunder catback w/mac hi flow catted h. i think it sounds great but it drowns out my music. thanks

I put 2 layers of second skin damplifier in my trunk/spare well. It really helps keep the music in the car (IOW, it's no where near as noisy outside the vehicle as it was, and the vibration is almost zero) - unfortunately, those 2 layers of damplifier did nothing to quiet the exhaust noise.

I'm doing a refit of my stereo (i keep putting it off....aaargh) in the next couple of weeks. I'll be pulling the seats out - and I'll be putting high-density carpet padding on the floor /under rear seats. My exhaust noise drives me nuts lately (but I *love* the way it sounds outside the car).