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picked the car up last night. the install looks very tidy as expected.

i asked marty to leave the doors without sound deadening so i will have a weekend project to complete. hopefully i'll get it done tomorrow. i have the prepsol, the dynamat extreme and two diffusers. this will be the second car that i have done so hopefully everything goes smoothly.

then there was sound deadening (and more mid-bass).

i used dynamat extreme and diffuser (thanks FHRX for supplying).

i'm sure marty won't be sweating the loss of his livelihood any time soon. however, it is done.

this is not too difficult but requires patience and small flat screwdriver, a phillips head screwdriver, a 10mm spanner/socket, a stanley knife, prepsol some clean rags and it will pay to have some panel clips handy prior to starting in case some snap off removing the door trim.

there are only 4 screws holding right door trim on. two on the bottom, one in the middle towards the left side and one in the door recess/handle. all you need to do is gently lift up against the panel clips and it will virtually lift of the door handle surround will pop off in your hand. there are about three electrical plugs to disconnect (one of these was a tight little @#$%@!!). the left door is much the same except there is a 10mm bolt under the door handle which will become apparent when you lift the handle surround off. (once the three other screws have been undone if you lift the panel gently the cover may pop off in a similar manner to the other side. post-5777-1148805335.jpgpost-5777-1148805400.jpg

next remove the plastic. post-5777-1148805464.jpg

use your clean rags and prepsol to clean the door of grease wax dirt etc. clean inside the door skin as well.

make sure you inhale deeply and get that warm fuzzy high that solvents can give you. (of course protecting your hands and lungs is sensible). hopefully your door will look all sorta sexy like these after photos. post-5777-1148805761.jpg

next apply the diffuser behind the speaker with locktite or superglue. naturally there is a reinforcing bar in the door right where i wanted to put the diffuser so i installed it immediately above this bar.

next apply dynamat trying to cover all exposed metal surfaces. taking care not to apply it over the rails for the door locking mechanisms. these motors can burn out pretty easily if restricted in any way. any offcuts can be applied to any uncovered surface. i had to cut some strips to install onto the door skin. alternatively you could use sound deadening paint.

my doors ended up looking like this after. post-5777-1148806324.jpg

now replace any panel clips into the door trim and replace the door trim by reversing the order of installation. hopefully the doors will sound more solid. dynamat extreme 2kg/m is about half the weight of serenity max 4kg/ and it is much easier to work with as it is more pliable. i don't know which has better deadening properties.

the car sounds even better with lots more mid-bass. marty was staging the system late on friday night (for what must have been 1-1.5hrs) without the deadening installed which would have required enormous patience to get it sounding decent before we picked it up.

massive thanks to marty and the team at FHRXStudios.

ps. my finger have slashes in them from the dynamat when i was smoothing it down....now you shouldn't need stitches but my hands look like i had a hand holding date with freddy krueger. beer helps.

Edited by wolverine

2603_Sound_dBate_Door_Kit_English.pdf

some tech items from dynamat.

the drop of about 3db alone is worth considering but it is providing a more solid base for the action of the speakers. presumably lower frequencies will be most improved but i imagine other frequencies benefit. i'm very far from an expert but i know it sounds better.

and one from a corvette that shows the frequency changes.

2657_2000_Chevy_Corvette.pdf

Edited by wolverine

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