Soundskins sound-deadening material review

Quebster · Apr 12, 2018

Charliepapa said:
Where did you disconnect the tweeters, is there a connection in the door or does the A pillar need to come off.

I disconnected the tweeters themselves in the a-pillar.

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Charliepapa · Apr 13, 2018

Quebster said:
I disconnected the tweeters themselves in the a-pillar.

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Thanks quebster. I did the sound deadening last week with Noico and notice a huge difference. The Xtase speakers are going to be here today.

southpawboston · Apr 13, 2018

odessa.filez said:
bought the Noico from Amazon a year ago. Definitely helped.

I'm having trouble assessing whether or not the aluminum backing might cause vibration/squeaking issues when rubbing against parts of the door card. Is this a concern? I can buy either the aluminum-backed or non-aluminum-backed 80-mil noico for the same price. What is the advantage of the aluminum backing?

imthanick_a · Apr 13, 2018

Quebster said:
I also took the time to put some tessy tape or whatever it's called on my front door window switches since they like to rattle so much:

Since doing this and the Soundskins, it would seem all of my rattles are gone *knocks on wood*

Is this what's causing the super loud rattle in the front passenger side that I can't find the source to???

odessa.filez · Apr 14, 2018

southpawboston said:
I'm having trouble assessing whether or not the aluminum backing might cause vibration/squeaking issues when rubbing against parts of the door card. Is this a concern? I can buy either the aluminum-backed or non-aluminum-backed 80-mil noico for the same price. What is the advantage of the aluminum backing?

doesn't seem to make noise.

idk what the purpose is. maybe it helps rolling it on?

Quebster · Apr 14, 2018

imthanick_a said:
Is this what's causing the super loud rattle in the front passenger side that I can't find the source to???

Very possible! The window switches made lots of noise, but for me, most of the passenger rattle came from the pull handle to adjust the seat height! I noticed because when I would drive by myself, I had an obnoxious rattle. When my wife was in the seat, the rattle would go away.

Then on the driver side it was the driver door pull handle and the window switches.

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ReadTheBook · Apr 14, 2018

Quebster said:
Very possible! The window switches made lots of noise, but for me, most of the passenger rattle came from the pull handle to adjust the seat height! I noticed because when I would drive by myself, I had an obnoxious rattle. When my wife was in the seat, the rattle would go away.

Then on the driver side it was the driver door pull handle and the window switches.

How’d you secure the handle and door pull? I’ve been wondering because I think my pulls are rattling.

ecsta · Apr 14, 2018

Yeah this stuff is amazing. If you want some reading check out https://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com It's the resource i used on my last car. It makes a huge difference, i only did the two front doors and it made the car much quiet. Also as a bonus gave it a nice "thump" when you shut the doors.

Hugely hugely time consuming to install, i would be scared of the labour rates if i was paying someone to do it. Very rewarding if you have the time, because it's something you notice every time you drive the car. Unless you track the car the added weight doesn't make a difference.

Not sure if i'll bother with the Golf, it's very quiet to begin with. Only thing that is tempting is the roof (it's annoying when it rains).

imthanick_a · Apr 14, 2018

Quebster said:
Very possible! The window switches made lots of noise, but for me, most of the passenger rattle came from the pull handle to adjust the seat height! I noticed because when I would drive by myself, I had an obnoxious rattle. When my wife was in the seat, the rattle would go away.

Then on the driver side it was the driver door pull handle and the window switches.

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The pull handle might just be the noise... Now that you mention it, I don't notice it with the lady in the car. And the sound is very similar to the one it makes when I let go of the handle after adjusting the seat

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Quebster · Apr 15, 2018

imthanick_a said:
The pull handle might just be the noise... Now that you mention it, I don't notice it with the lady in the car. And the sound is very similar to the one it makes when I let go of the handle after adjusting the seat

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Yep! I just put a little tesa tape right where it makes contact... you’ll see exactly where when you look at it

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imthanick_a · Apr 20, 2018

Quebster said:
Yep! I just put a little tesa tape right where it makes contact... you’ll see exactly where when you look at it

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Unfortunately, this was not it =(. The quest to find the mysterious rattle continues! It realyl sounds like the glovebox so it may be a wiring harness or something rattling behind it

Diggs24 · Apr 20, 2018

imthanick_a said:
Unfortunately, this was not it =(. The quest to find the mysterious rattle continues! It realyl sounds like the glovebox so it may be a wiring harness or something rattling behind it

My glovebox rattles after I put the hybrid dogbone in. Think it's the latch. Probably just needs a bit of felt tape.

imthanick_a · Apr 20, 2018

Diggs24 said:
My glovebox rattles after I put the hybrid dogbone in. Think it's the latch. Probably just needs a bit of felt tape.

Interesting. I have an 034 insert but its pretty much bent to the point its not doing anything anymore. I've rattled the glovebox by hand to try and simulate the sound to find it but was not able to reproduce it. I'll try the latch though and see if it fixes it because it really sounds like thats where the source is

Diggs24 · Apr 20, 2018

imthanick_a said:
Interesting. I have an 034 insert but its pretty much bent to the point its not doing anything anymore. I've rattled the glovebox by hand to try and simulate the sound to find it but was not able to reproduce it. I'll try the latch though and see if it fixes it because it really sounds like thats where the source is

Just place you hand onto the latch and see if it stops.

imthanick_a · Apr 20, 2018

Diggs24 said:
Just place you hand onto the latch and see if it stops.

I have and it does not, but then again im not pushing hard and I'm worried about crashing haha. I'll have to have my lady investigate next time shes in the car

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