Preperations; Changes.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by goku87

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

ehhh.... i've been around to many people from alaska who try to glorify and glamorize that they live through -40F temps each year, and that grizzly bears were on their rival high school's wrestling team... and yadda yadda yadda.

To be honest, of the two dozen or so people i've met from alaska... there hasn't been a single one that didn't brag about their resilience to the elements. Then again, all of them were under the age of 25, either College students, or just out of college.

back on topic... I hate doing mat in sub 50F weather... I did it before when there was snow on the ground, and I did it with the old style mat... the stuff that you had to heat up anyway... back before all they had was this cool butyl stuff. It took a LONG TIME... and my heat gun was constantly going.

Now, i wait till there it is a sunny day, and at least 50F... that way I can unroll the stuff on the rocks or pavement and the sun will warm it up as I work. I don't know if there is an idea temperature... I know its not sub 50F tho... but 50 vs 60 vs 70 vs 80 or 90... no clue.

One key tip I learned two springs ago tho... if you gut your car to do mat.... wear a very long t shirt, or put some sun screen on your lower back where your shorts meet your shirt... I didn't... it was sunny, I bent over so much that day that my back hurt, and I had this really cool tiger stripe on the small of my back that was about 3 inches tall and went from my left to my right love handle. Took a year for that mark to go away.

[o2cavyss]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

One key tip I learned two springs ago tho... if you gut your car to do mat.... wear a very long t shirt, or put some sun screen on your lower back where your shorts meet your shirt... I didn't... it was sunny, I bent over so much that day that my back hurt, and I had this really cool tiger stripe on the small of my back that was about 3 inches tall and went from my left to my right love handle. Took a year for that mark to go away.

hilarious! lesson learned

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by o2cavyss

hilarious! lesson learned

GF thought it was funny too. Never had trouble identifying me in a crowd at the beach.

[The Architect]

I managed to hijack a bunch of padded foam for shipping from my work. Im going to spray adhesive onto the panels behind the rear speakers that already have 3 layers of edead then put the sides back on and call it done.

I still have to use of the last 1.5 rolls of edead on the floor where the real noise is.

[The Architect]

Crawling back into the yaris to wrap up this project, pics will ensue.

[talnlnky]

yeah, I have some 2" thick medium density foam with a non-porous backing in the side panels of my car.... pretty sure it actually made a difference... but with out a really sensitive mic it's hard to know for sure. Human ears are a horrible tool for detecting changes.

[goku87]

At least with all that padding your car will be better insulated in the winter? :P

[Sodium Duck]

Adds more protection during a crash; better than side airbags.

[The Architect]

[The Architect]

had to take out some of the foam pieces but I instead just stuffed them farther back in the wheel well if I could.

It's definitely a good deal more quiet now and thats without having the 3/4" carpeted MDF deck in place.

Ive also still got like 20 sqft left and everything got at least 3 layers, a fair amount got 4.