My Interior Swap

Ah, I forgot to mention that in my earlier replies. Well honestly, I'm not sure what to expect out of this. On our first drive, Andrew (AeroBFA) and I both were disappointed. Maybe because, our expectations were set at "coffin quiet" level :smile (2):. We both agreed that the road noise is more noticeable around the windows level rather then all over the interior. I drove Chris (FX45Chicago) FX45 home the other night and I do hear more noise all around rather then how it is isolated around the windows level in mine now. I understand that its a different car, road surface, exhaust & tires. My point is, it does lower the interior noise, but to gut the interior to do it, I will probably rethink it through though! Like I said, maybe my expectation was set too high to start with? If you're have an opportunity to swap interior or had most of the interior out, I would highly recommend laying down the deadener for sure!
 
Have you thought of using a foam noise barrier instead? I spoke to a few people and some tell me the B-quiet and Dynamat stuff is really just to stop panel resonance but really isn't a noise barrier and if you really want to cut stuff out of the interior to use a foam barrier on top of the b-quiet stuff.
 
You must have balls of steel to do something like this on your own - and 2 FX at that! The outcome looks great.
 
Ya, honestly I had my standards set really high. I expected Lexus-like quiet, lol. Plus, he used the normal B-Quiet, so its not as thick as extreme. The foam is a great idea too, especially a thin layer on the headliner should make a huge difference. Maybe I will try the foam method. It would be a lot less work than using this stuff. I care more about sound insulation in general.
 
FX4BR said:
I want all black interior. And I want to put foam in all of the walls and floor. There is no time for this lol. Wondering if I can trust leaving it somewhere and having the entire interior re-done. hmmmm...
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If you love your FX the way you do, and have no time to do it, really ask around and do a research, the only problem I always had when considering anyone working on my interior in particular is, that they don't really care if they break a clip or crack a panel etc etc, or if they will even put everything back nicely like it was before. I guess I'm just too OCD for this stuff and rather do it myself, if I break something I will batch slap myself LOL. But I know there are a handful of good shops that can do a quality job. Just my 0.2c.
I'm still considering doing a few things to my interior and now seeing Andy do it, I just want to take it apart, see if I can find some loose change too LOL.
 
It took about 2.5 days with help from Andrew (AeroBFA) and my BIL. Oh just for the record, I did use the B-Quiet Ultimate; there thickest (60mil) mat. Just look at my order from B-Quiet again! So I should have use B-Quiet VComp with the B-Quiet Ultimate mat to really get rid of the noise.
 
The foam without the sound deadener won't work as well as if you use both in conjunction. The foam will block some of the noise, but it doesn't block all of it. On a previous car, I laid down foam on top of dynamat and it did make a difference, but it wasn't night and day. With sound deadening, it's all small steps. No matter what though, it's never going to be Lexus quiet. Look at how much surface area the glass covers and there's nothing you can do about it. With a Lexus, they can use thicker glass since it's factory engineers thinking this through.

I'm in the process of using Megamat on my car, it's 70 mil so about twice as thick as the B-Quiet Andy used. I'm doing one section at a time due to time constraints. The bonus is that I sort of get to see what makes a difference. So far, I've only gotten the rear seat and driver's rear door. It has made a noticable difference. Not huge, but more than I expected. So if you ever decide to do it, I'd recommend getting the thickest butyl product you can find. Dynamat Xtreme is 60 mil, there are several products at 70 mil, and I've seen a couple advertised at 80 mil.

AeroBFA said:
Ya, honestly I had my standards set really high. I expected Lexus-like quiet, lol. Plus, he used the normal B-Quiet, so its not as thick as extreme. The foam is a great idea too, especially a thin layer on the headliner should make a huge difference. Maybe I will try the foam method. It would be a lot less work than using this stuff. I care more about sound insulation in general.
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GetLuckiFX said:
If you love your FX the way you do, and have no time to do it, really ask around and do a research, the only problem I always had when considering anyone working on my interior in particular is, that they don't really care if they break a clip or crack a panel etc etc, or if they will even put everything back nicely like it was before. I guess I'm just too OCD for this stuff and rather do it myself, if I break something I will batch slap myself LOL. But I know there are a handful of good shops that can do a quality job. Just my 0.2c.
I'm still considering doing a few things to my interior and now seeing Andy do it, I just want to take it apart, see if I can find some loose change too LOL.
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I'm with you Adam, other will not care as much as you if a clip is broken or not inserted all the way. Plus, the sense of accomplishment and knowing that you did it yourself is such a joy.

On the loose change note, I did find enough loose change left by Ed to buy a lottery ticket ($1+). Wish me luck! Hahaha.

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shadow191 said:
I'm in the process of using Megamat on my car, it's 70 mil so about twice as thick as the B-Quiet Andy used.
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Per B-Quiet site, the Ultimate mat that I used was 60 mil; which is the best mat from them.
 
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