I am about to install a pair of Boston Acoustics Pro 60 comps in the front doors of my 06 Screw.

Has anyone applied door deadening on their's? (Dynamat, Second Skin, etc.........) If so, please share your experience describing how difficult it was, what and how much did it take, and what was the outcome in the quality of the sound once it was all completed?

I will be using the rear door speakers for rear fill only, do they need deadening too?


Please share, I want to do this right.
Thanks
firearm

 

I've used dynamat on my door panels before on a nissan pickup I once had. I had custom built the door panels and installed a 6inch free air kicker sub in each door. It rattled until I added one square ft of dynamat per door. It was self adhesive but you need to heat it with some heat source so that it will flex and form while installing. I only installed dynamat on the metal, cutting away sections from the holes in the sheet metal and placing them elsewhere, and only right around the speaker. It worked quite well. The difficulty was in removing and replacing the door panel and not in installation. The only time it would rattle after that was when I had the window down.

 

I have Polk comps in the front and no rattling from them. THey dont have much bass due to the fact that I have my subs for that. If you plan on using them for bass i would add some dynamat around the speakers. Dynamat is supposed to be really expensive so buy some generic kind. If you are using the rears for just rear fill you dont need an mat around them.

 

Good choise on the bostons! Dynamat xtreme is easy to use. It is very sticky and easy to bend. You don't need heat at all and it doesn't smell. By far the best stuff I've used. As far as price, a couple bucks more is well worth the ease.

 

Maybe you are confusing midbass and bass, the size limitations of a speaker will only allow it to play to a certain extent, most nice subs you dont running that high up, so if you have nice comps why wouldn't you want midbass from them. The lack of midbass usually causes people to set their subs where they play too high and sound muddy or like flat of crap. Anyways, definately check out second skin or www.raamaudio.com , or dynamt or dynamat extreme will work but is more costly.

 

Ditto what he said. He knows what he's talking about.

 

Look at Second Skin Damplifier, very good product and is butyl (no smell) based like Dynamat extreme but less expensive. Not to justify my purchase, but it is what I used.

No matter what product you use, I would recommend using a heat gun/hair dryer to apply if you live in a colder climate (and it's cold). Make sure you prep the area really good too.


EDIT: My bad, a couple of other things...Close up any holes that you have in the doors (1/4"-1/2" MDF will work). I did this on my doors and can be seen in my gallery. By all means, mat the back doors too!

 

Would you happen to have the templates for the huge hole in the front doors? I would love to have a copy so I can make some hole covers.

Thanks
firearm

 

Sorry, I don't anymore. I just used a piece of paper to outline the hole and then traced it out on the MDF.

 

I have a 05 Supercab and I bought some dynamat for my new Alpine Type Rs for the front and rear doors( also a Alpine 4 Channel Amp) but I might have gone over board. I got the door panel kit for the front(12 sg ft) but is the only area on the front doors you can or need to mat is where the screen pops off? I picked up the 4 sqft box for the rear door.
That was almost 100 bucks so should I get less or mat other areas while the installer is in there.

Thanks

 

NO! Mat the whole door (behind the door panel)! Seal up any big holes as well. If you have enough, mat the inside of the outer door skin, the inside of the inner door skin and the outside of the inner door skin. If you still have enough, put more than 1 layer on!

Mat your floor, your back wall, your over head...EVERYWHERE you can!

Dynamat Extreme is a quality product, but over priced IMHO. Look at Second Skin Damplifier, you can get it ALOT cheaper.

 

Roger that! I will make sure the whole door panel(s) is removed and covered then. Thanks.

 

second skin, raammat and dynamat are the only three you should think about buy from:

http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/


I've used dynamat and fatmat so far and plan on using raammat in the truck. and I can honestly say fatmat sucks based un my unhappy experience with it