not a huge deal but i thought it was kinda cool. I put an XM in Ernie Johnsons car today. I always watch him on NBA on TNT. Hes a super nice guy. must be fun to sportscast with Sir charles and kenny the jet.
Best buy. .Mall of GA The adult fantasy store off of 141 and umm peachtree industrial LOL.. I will speak for my son
hahahah yea what keith said im the general manager of starship in suwanee. Ok not really but sadly i know the general manager there. ahha but yea i work at best buy doin install now.
Lol...if you were GM of starship I was about to say, why'd you stop carrying shisha. Anyways, I have couple questions and perhaps you could help. I'm interested in cutting down noise inside the cabin (I usually have people, and would like to hold conversations) and am curious what you recommend that isnt all that expensive. My goal of course is to not spend too much money nor add that much more weight. I would like to improve the overall bass repsonse in the car as well as clarity of the speakers. Current setup: JBL 300.1 & 80.4, Infinity Kappa 60.5cs (frt), Infinity Kappa 42.5i, IDQ10v.2, sealed 0.5 cu.ft box, Clarion DXZ835MP.
didn't someone post on here a link to some foam panels that you can put inside your doors and floorboard that would reduce noise?
haha Shisha thats funny.......as far as noise put something in your door panels from dynamat to home insulation like the pink panther stuff for the bass and clarity throw a 4 channel on your door speakers and a sub in the trunk.
If I remember correctly, there is also a product that comes in a spray can that works the same as Dynamat. Had a couple of friends who used the stuff you're supposed to put on the roof of mobile homes. Worked pretty good for the cost, though they said it was a pain to work with and wait to dry.
Found this on nasioc, The STI was the most difficult to acheive the desired results in and we are going to make a few more adjustments to the rear deck area. Tire noise seems to be the worst offender(unless you have a massive exhaust with a high db resonance at cruising speed). The tire noise issue maybe more associated with the stiff suspension bushings as the noise is deffinately resonated in the body sturcture, most of problem is in the rear of the vehicle. I have three levels of sound deadening I will recommend from now on, this may be for the RS as well as I have seen it posted they are quite noisy as well. And, any other sedan with really loud road noise, especially from the rear of the car. 1) Basic deadening, effective to a fairly high degree, lower weight and cost as well as labor. -Front doors, doors with speakers, remove door panel and plastic moisture barrier, toss it in the trash. -One layer of mat on 2/3 of the outer door skin, overlap the seems, add two more smaller layers, about 10" sq, behind the speakers. Then the same size piece of close cell foam on top of those layers(ensulite foam is best. -Check for loose wires, cables, etc, inside the door, secure with foam tape, tie wraps, etc. build up the speaker mounting location by making a solid baffel that you can screw to the door then the speakers to it, MDF works great and easy to work with. Use a gasket between it and the door metal and screw it down snugly. -Seal up the door access holes with a piece of tin, I use perforated aluminum, this gives the next layer of mat something to stick to and tightens up the midbass response. -Install one layer of mat over the inner door metal, seal all air passages possible, cut the mat back around 1" from edge of door panel. Mat right up to and onto the sides of the new speaker baffel, this stiffens the whole area alot more, helps midbass response. -Add a layer of 1/8" close cell foam, ensulite again is best but hard to find, to the top of the mat, cut around all mounting points, same for the mat, to make sure the door panel will fit back on ok, cut back around 1/2" from edge of panel. Go right over the speaker baffel then cut out the speaker hole area, the foam absorbs or breaks up unwanted accoustical energy inside the door panel area and makes a great gasket. -Tap on the back of the door panel, being plastic it will have resonate areas. Add patches of mat to those areas until it sounds deadened, usually about 1/4 of the surface is enough, install the panel and test the the door, slam it a few times and listen for rattles, etc. -Rear doors, I advise to ditch the speakers then seal up the doors like the front but no mat needed on the outer door skin, it is mainly for improving midbass response, no speakers, no midbass, no baffles needed either so skip those steps and patch over the stock speaker hole. The low mounted speakers are in a horrible location anyway. Saves weight and money, 99.9% of the best comp cars in the world do not use rear speakers, I never do. But, it you must have them, do the rear doors exactly like the fronts. -Lower A pillars, in front of the doors, remove the kick panel trim, lift the factory deadening pad, mat over the big holes there then a layer of foam, wrap over the wiring the best you can to seal them up well, any holes you can reach above that, do the same. -Wheel wells, one layer of mat on the whole rear wheel wells then a layer of ensolite over that. -Behind rear seat, one layer of mat over the factory black plastic covering the trunk access whole, seal up all around the edges and all other holes into the trunk possible. Overlap the two verticle steel sq tubes that brace the rear deck. One layer of Ensolite over the whole area and the floor under the rear seat. -Rear deck, EXTREMELY CRITICAL, the most important area in an STI. Seal up all the holes you can, hard to mount metal there so use a layer of mat over the wholes then a second layer of mat over the whole area. Then go under the deck and add patches of mat to the holes, etc, it will stick really well to the exposed sticky side of the mat you installed on the top of the deck. Then foam over the whole area. -Problem, you need to have at least a access for the ventilation system to push air through. I think a sound absorbing tunnel, simply bent aluminum with an ensolite liner, may be the ticket, will try to make one when I do some touchup deadening on the STI we just worked on. This install level would take around 60 sq ft of whatever mat brand you choose and 3 yards of 1/8" close cell foam, Ensolite being far superior to anything else I know of. Total weight gain for this level of deadening will be around 26-27 lbs. Notes: -For a bit more improvement, low cost, etc, you can use whatever scraps left over on the floor of the car, tap around, put it only on the resonate areas. Then a layer of ensolite over the whole floor. Two more yards will be enough if you have some left from the above steps.