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  1. In northern Westchester although I work in southern Westchester. The car sees some miles, but it is definitely the only GT in the parking garage How bout U?
  2. Sorry about the long response, it's been busy! I did not calculate total weight, but judging from the material I have left, I'd say I have added around 65 or so pounds of sound deadening. The bulk of this is of course the MLV as I really did not need too much of the CLD to get the job done!
  3. Don't worry chutrain, you'll be pleasantly surprised when it finally arrives. Btw, I'm from Westchester too! There are NOT many of us here!!
  4. I deadened my car using a less is more, SDS style approach. I used a combination of Fatmat Mega Mat, 1/8 in. gymnastic foam decoupler, and 1/8th in. generic MLV that I bought from a marine supplier. I also bought a little carpet jute for certain areas as well to absorb noise. I bought 50 sq. ft. of Mega Mat and I must have used about 32-36 sq ft total to dampen the car. I can tell you, without a doubt, that Fatmat Mega sticks like crazy. I was afraid that it would suck based on all the reviews I had read about the other Fatmat products, but Mega is butyl rubber backed by aluminum with NO asphalt in it. Also, this stuff holds no odor. I used to wallpaper cars with this shit, but I used the simple rap test to determine the level of dampening that I considered adequate. When I closed the doors for the first time, they had that familiar bank vault thud, not from excess weight, but from a decrease in the overall resonance of the structure. Most of the dampening went to the inner side of the external skin, but I tiled the area sparingly and methodically just in case I ever needed to access the skin to pull a dent. I took a drive with just the dampener applied--not much of an effect, but there was something different. Road noise seemed a bit attenuated; we have fairly quiet cars, but I imagine that panel vibration contributed in some way to the overall noise heard at highway speed. Overall though, not wholly impressed, but I expected that... I ripped the car apart again to apply the gymnastic foam and MLV. This I applied to the doors and cabin, NOT the trunk at this time. I also put some jute on top of the MLV in limited areas (Footwells, Firewall, Transmission Tunnel) for some noise absorption. Total time to complete application~7 hours. I sealed the car up once again and took a drive. The difference was absolute! I still heard road noise, but once I turned on the radio, the road noise had minimal effect on the total noise floor. Stock volume at 8 almost eliminates road noise. Crosswinds and anything coming from the A-pillars are still problems, but road noise is diminished significantly. Bass response is greatly improved and I have more headroom when it comes to volume adjustments. I applied Gymnastic foam, MLV, and Jute to the trunk last. This reduced the road noise a bit more, and I stuffed some chopped jute into the open spaces of the rear quarter panels. This had a strange effect in that it actually shifted the majority of the noise to the front left of the vehicle. Of course, the noise is quite minimal, but it also goes to show you how difficult it is to control noise when you cannot seal off all paths, which is the case in a car. Overall, the car now feels like a much heavier cruiser. I have only added the equivalent of 1 anorexic petite model across the entire base of the vehicle, but the car feels infinitely more solid. It pounds over road imperfections like your average luxury car, but the car retains its agility! I will continue to deaden cars using this method. Sure, 100+ pounds will make the car feel solid, but acoustically, the car will perform better when you place some foam, MLV, and jute on top. my $.02
  5. I installed it right after I received it...what an easy install!! I spent the first hour admiring the engineering behind the board. The install took a grand total of 15 minutes once I took the radio apart and it was extra easy to follow the instructions. It sounded excellent through the factory radio, especially through my 3sixty.2. Advice for anyone new to soldering...PLEASE get yourself a fine point soldering iron! I fine tip makes it easier if you know what you are doing, but it is nearly impossible without a fine point if you have never done any soldering. The pics make the solder point look much bigger than it actually is; lucky I have access to this stuff at work! If you don't have one, Radio Shack sells one for about $20-battery powered. Just factor that into your cost if you don't have soldering experience! Thanks Floyd!!
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