Sound proofing

[rf860]

Went down to Homebase today and bought some household insulation and packed it behind the rear quarter panels of the car - the difference is unbelievable. So much more quiet, small bumps in the road now sound much more muted . Got me on a roll now gona try behind the front door panels next weekend! Just thought i would put this post up to let you all know that there is a cheaper way of sound proofing your car other than using Dynamat etc.

 

[Slimy]

Don't forget to leave room for your windows!

 

[zach225]

I get a load of road noise from my drivers door so very interested in your results mate, how did you get to the rear quarter panels?

 

[rf860]

Take out the back bench, you will see two big plastic screws, unscrew these by hand until they come off, then go to the edge of the door and pull the edge of the quarter panel out gently and slowly so as not to damage the speaker grille and snap the clips. It is really easy and i am sure if you do a search there will be a guide on how to do this better than mine!

 

[rf860]

Don't forget to leave room for your windows!

Yeah dont want to make that mistake can you just take the door panel off and the window will stay in place (i.e. not fall out and break) or will i need to secure this in some way?

 

[zach225]

If you take the inner door card off doesn't hold the window in, you take the card off and there is a flat metal panel covering the whole door that needs to be removed to get to the window, so in short, you'll be fine lol

 

[Ash_238]

My advice would be stick the insulation to the outer door skins if on the front doors as if that insulation gets in the way it could jam the window.

 

[zach225]

You can't hit the window by taking the inner door card off, it's a totally separate compartment

 

[Chriswaite130]

Would soundproofing behing the dash be ok too? Or is it a bad idea with all the cables and a risk of them getting too hot?

 

[zach225]

I guess it would be ok as long as it's not packed in, would be a pain in the ass job though I would have thought

 

[Ibiza Dan]

I wouldnt wana pack my car full of household insulation!!! I would much rather use proper stuff designed for cars. Atleast that way if your car goes up in smoke your insurance company cant blame you for using a product designed for houses.

Just my thoughts

 

[vroomtshh]

I wouldnt wana pack my car full of household insulation!!! I would much rather use proper stuff designed for cars. Atleast that way if your car goes up in smoke your insurance company cant blame you for using a product designed for houses.

Just my thoughts

Loft insulation doesn;t burn. And Theres no reason it would make your car go on fire

 

[Ibiza Dan]

vroomtshh:
Can you read? or u just a bit of a sarcastic .........
At what point did i say it will set on fire/cause any kind of fire or burn?
I didnt.
What i was trying to get at is. Insurance brokers will do anything to get out of paying you. So if youve rammed your car full of a product that is designed for house insulation they would easily use that as an excuse not to pay out.

 

[vroomtshh]

I wouldnt wana pack my car full of household insulation!!! I would much rather use proper stuff designed for cars. Atleast that way if your car goes up in smoke your insurance company cant blame you for using a product designed for houses.

Just my thoughts

vroomtshh:
Can you read? or u just a bit of a sarcastic .........
At what point did i say it will set on fire/cause any kind of fire or burn?
I didnt.
What i was trying to get at is. Insurance brokers will do anything to get out of paying you. So if youve rammed your car full of a product that is designed for house insulation they would easily use that as an excuse not to pay out.

My reading is just fine. I'm not sure how your car goes up in smoke without fire/or some kind of burning.
And how can your insurance company blame you for using a product for causing that fire, unless that product caused the issue.

My post wasn't sarcastic. You inferred that insulation would cause the car to go up in smoke. I was just pointing out that since that product doesn;t burn, its unlikely. So wind your neck in

 

[Ibiza Dan]

Ok
haha
Having worked for insurance companys and having experience of various cases of insurance companies not paying out. I wouldnt use household insulation in my car for the sole reason that if my car were to be involved in a incident where it was destroyed by fire then an insuarance company could easily use this as a reason not to pay out.

 

[zach225]

I thought most insulation was fire retardant :s in Which case any insulation is deemed non standard and should be declared

 

[Ibiza Dan]

yeah id probably just declare it if you want to do it then you should be fine.
I wasnt trying to slate anyone at all, just trying to offer an honest and factual opinion.

 

[vroomtshh]

I thought most insulation was fire retardant :s in Which case any insulation is deemed non standard and should be declared

I think technically, if you add an air freshener, you 'should' tell your insurance as its non standard. And with societys current claim culture, things seem to be going that way.

Whether people actually would tell there insurance is a different story, and from what I've seen, half the cars on the internet wouldn;t be covered in an accident.

 

[rf860]

How would the insurance company be able to prove this, they would not see the car if it was in an accident anyhow. My car is second hand and you could easily just say that you did not know it was there, what are they going to do about it!

 

[vroomtshh]

How would the insurance company be able to prove this, they would not see the car if it was in an accident anyhow. My car is second hand and you could easily just say that you did not know it was there, what are they going to do about it!

When the car goes for repair, they send an assesor out to check over the car. And ignorance isn't an excuse they accept