Sound Deadening.

[KezR33]

So the other day I was convinced into buying a sub and amp. I bought a 12" Alpine Type-R which I've since looked up online and found it to be an absolute monster of a sub (much more power than I needed).

My question is, with a sub like this do I really need to deaden the boot and doors of my car? I'm assuming doors are more for tweeters than the sub, but the boot could be a problem.

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but how essential is sound deadening? I mean, beside poorer sound quality, there's no chance of me damaging anything is there? Is it really only required if you want to take your sub to its maximum ability, or does it help with lower volume thumps too?

Thanks.

[-FIGJAM-]

you wont damage anythin no. is it necessary? no. It does however stop rattles and other such irritations, which in turn helps the sound quality. Also makes it harder for people outside the car to hear ur system. however because it sounds better it can draw more attention to ur car. Depends how loud u have it.

would i recommend it? well ive never used it to give you that advice, however i have heard good things.

Hope that helps

[RusH_]

I would say do it bud, especially with a sub your going to want to keep as much of the sound in as you can, you will enjoy listening to your music that much more!

[mr2fast]

i'm half way through sound deadening my doors at the moment. I'll let you know if i hear any difference (besides them sounding like a merc when i shut the door).

[turbo_brian]

Less road noise from outside, less audio loss from inside, both = far better sound quality

[FloydWestwood]

as far as foam and stuff in sound killing, i just got a cheapo roll of foam, i was just gonna get that black tar type stuff to stick it down.

how effective is it using budget crap foam as opposed to the ultra expensive foam.

will it really make a difference?

[turbo_brian]

Foam will make a difference, heck stuffing your doors with the neighbour's old clothes will make a difference, but the thing is you need to use more foam or thicker foam than you do the Dynamatting or dynamatt extreme.

When I get some money together (repairing car + Wedding hurts funds), I will be dynomatting my doors, floors, backseat, boot, and even tossing as to taking the sound sheet off the bonnet, and layering it with dynamatt before putting the sound back on. On know it will make the car heavier (about 60kgs all up) but with the dynamatt in all those areas, the weight is evening distributed, will keep the cabin noise down, and also help with engine noise outside the car.

B.