Preperations; Changes.

[The Architect]

I'll be using eDead 45mil deadener and using two layers on the areas you can see for a 90mil thick finish. Ill put a little bit on the actual panels themselves. Might do an extra layer or two over the wheel wells and the muffler spot.

Definitely not going as crazy as sqcomp but hopefully this will quiet it down.

Once this is all done ill be making the frame for the new deck which on its underside will have a couple layers of eDead as well.

Eventually Ill order more and do the doors and foot wells.

[talnlnky]

welcome to the GOOD side... sound dampening is about the coolest thing you can do to a car.

what is your goal? reduce road noise, or reduce rattles due to the sub?

If its reduce road noise, put it all on your wheel wells, firewall, and floorboards. if its for rattles.... don't touch any of those places and put it everywhere else, especially the trunk/hatch area.

[o2cavyss]

always cool to see the car with everything taken out...atleast as long as you know its going back together better than before. good luck with everything architect although i'm sure you dont need it

[The Architect]

Yea its going to be for road noise for sure....it's pretty bad.

I've got 100sqft coming tomorrow and I've got all allotted for the back end of the yaris.

Ill do 3-4 layers on the wheel wells and 2 everywhere else and see how we're doing.

The deck will also absorb a lot of noise.

[sqcomp]

I'm still very wary of e-dead...

I used it on my SRT-4 and that crap peeled off within a month.

Regardless, make it happen! I'm enjoying the pics. 58 days or so until I drop that headliner to deaden that roof and start the main build on the "FrankenYaris".

[YAR1S]

cool pics.
what camera/lens?

[The Architect]

their site says its butyl based & "industrial heat" capable ie: Florida & California summers which I know first hand are unbearable so that's nice especially since I live in the cold ass NE area.

All of the reviews on the site from customers were good so I went for it, Ill report back in the summer.

[The Architect]

The camera is a Panasonic DMC-FZ28 with a generic fisheye.

[talnlnky]

another weak spot for noise is the floor board right behind the front seats (foot area for rear passengers)... I actually ended up going 3 layers deep there.

I only went 1-2 layers on the wheels.. with a layer of foam... wish I would've done more like 2-3... they seemed very rigid... but sound still comes through that part.

I too had a bad experience with edead.... though that was back 5-6 years ago. The owner used to be a standup guy... but then he kinda started cutting corners ... not sure if he ever got his game back on track.... i've been too scared to try eD out ever since.

[The Architect]

well Ill let ya know, I know edead use to use a lot of asphalt based stuff which was and is still looked down upon with them, I shall be the guinea pig.

[The Architect]

and so it begins, off to freeze in the hatch of an empty yaris....with a heat gun and hand tools.

[The Architect]

And all the cut out pieces for the wheel wells.

[talnlnky]

i'm surprised you took the time to cut out pieces... I just cut chunks off... and slap them right on... make sure there are no air bubbles... and continue.

[The Architect]

yea i was scoring the stuff a lot to get the bubbles out, i got the wheel wells and the side panels behind the rear speakers done, everything had no less than 3 layers.

Man am I tired and freezing.

[Sodium Duck]

pics. :)

[The Architect]

I will tomorrow but It's not as pretty as all the pictures you see with the absolutely flawless 1 big shiny piece of perfectly molded dynamat lol

[goku87]

Im in Alaska. How cold is it there? Because $5 says it's colder here.

[The Architect]

hey after a certain point to me cold=cold lol