Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[mchvll]

Believe it or not, I read through this entire thread. Thanks y'all for the wealth of information and motivation.

I'm envious of folks who have SPACE to work on their rides. I'm living on northern Vancouver Island in an apartment with no underground parking. Since I don't want to advertise to potential thieves, I tend to just go to parking lots away from my apartment and work on my Yaris there.

To give you a picture of what this looks like:
Installed B-Quiet in the hatch last night. Forecast is rain for the next few days, so I figured I wouldn't wait for the sun. It's the evening, dark and pouring rain. I'm sitting on the folded down back seat with the panels/spare tire/etc in the front seat. I'm trying to warm the metal with my sock feet while I rub the cut B-Quiet sections with my hands to try to warm them. There's also moisture in the car, so I'm using paper towel right before applying. And this is all by flashlight, of course.

After doing about half of the area, I decided to innovate. Drove back to my apartment, tried a few things that didn't work too well. Ended up filling my pressure cooker half full of water, boiling it, then used the outside of the pot to warm the B-Quiet sections. That actually worked pretty well. Also put a layer of "sound blocker" foam from Home Hardware. It wasn't too expensive, so why not. Couldn't find MLV in my area, though.

Finished up at about 1 AM, too tired to even want to test it. Today I tried, and it was worth every penny and all the effort. The subwoofer rattled the trunk too much to enjoy it at high volume, and it fixed it entirely. Next up, the doors.

But I have a problem--the rear view mirror vibrates too much. I don't mind it visually, but it makes too much noise. Any suggestions for this?

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by mchvll

Believe it or not, I read through this entire thread. Thanks y'all for the wealth of information and motivation.

But I have a problem--the rear view mirror vibrates too much. I don't mind it visually, but it makes too much noise. Any suggestions for this?

Awesome! now you know about me and all the stupid things I've done in the last 3 years, and also know how good I feel after learning by my mistakes, enjoying the YarisWorld community and it's support, all we are good friends that help each other, and like PatM said once to me..."it's like a soup opera" expecting some thing new every time.

About your mirror, try to pull it up and do a good inspection of the mirror it self, maybe there is something loos in it, then try to open it up and put some of that Mat you have inside. Take pictures if you can! and let us know how it goes!

D.

[HareBrained]

Originally Posted by derickveliz2

About your mirror, try to pull it up and do a good inspection of the mirror it self, maybe there is something loos in it, then try to open it up and put some of that Mat you have inside. Take pictures if you can! and let us know how it goes!

Does the Yaris have a double-ball stalk on the mirror (my xB does)? Because people don't adjust the mirror often, it can become fixed in one position. Changing it's position by moving the entire mirror can change the amount of vibration. IOW, rotating the stalk down or up at the base will change to angle and the vibe frequency.