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So I purchased some Mass Loaded Vinyl about 70lb roll, and many CLD tiles from sounddeadnershowdown.com, some butyl strips too. The doors I followed his directions, stuffed butyl in between the side protection beams and the sheetmetal. I attached CLD tiles to cover aprox. 25% of the sheet metal. This was really easy and made a HUGE difference. I didnt buy any closed cell foam but installed a layer of MLV inside the door plastic in all 4 doors. Did not do the hatch for the added weight. I layed MLV under the rear seats too. And each time I felt that it made some difference in the quietness. I have a 5 speed and hated hearing the noise from our plastic shifter bracket. so I insulated it too. also attached MLV on the cover and the top to seal the sound in. This was a nice one! I barely hear my shifts now... one of my favorite!Then I added some MLV inside the window wiper motor channel. where our intake vents for the cabin is. The channel has NO factory deadening and its next to the engine. I applied some CLD tiles and layed MLV... Another one of my favorite! this made a big difference in engine noise. I still have lots of tire noise, so I added MLV inside the wheel well. about 8-9 inch strip and attached it from the bottom to the strut area, but this mod didnt make much of a difference. I guess the noise is coming thru the floor? I wish I had a way to measure the db but since I dont its all just subjective opinion... I am happy with the results so far though... here are some pics.yohei

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well, adding pics here is such a pain, i dont know how you guys do it... anyways, i just uploaded it to my picassa account so here is a linkhttps://picasaweb.google.com/l...tlink

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https://picasaweb.google.com/y...tlinki think the other link was for one picture only, this one is for all the pics... sorry

My next attempt will be for under the dash and wherever I can on the firewall and front fenders.I didn't go nuts in the doors. I'm old. I tire easy. Just a long strip of the Peel-n-Seal between the crash bars and a block of Roxul in the bottom cavity to clear the window down position. I may revisit the doors.I thought about dropping the headliner .... way too much work for me.Glad the sounding worked for you.

Yeah, I want to see what I can do for floor/fire wall area..The other day, it was raining hard and I know some CLD tiles on the roof will reduce the rain droplet noise alot... but I dont want to drop the roof liner either I also read the how to remove dash.. Seems pretty easy but time consuming. If I could stick some CLD tiles on the back of our plastic dash, that will help too.. and with the dash gone, its probably much easier to insulate the firewall.

Quote, originally posted by yyamad1 »...I also read the how to remove dash.. Seems pretty easy but time consuming.... Can I read this too?