Friends, Romans, Hannibals... lend me your ears.

What have you done to silence your cabs?

Pictures and procedures please. Especially pictures.

And talk about what you did that didn't work, as well as what really did.

 

Interested to see the replies...I have 2004 cab that I will swap sometime next year, and sound deadening is at the top of the list.

 

Your title made me LOL...

I have an Excursion and did the tubing in the trip thing years ago.

Mark

 

Enjoyed the title as well.

I would also be interested in hearing (pun intended) what people have done.

I can tell you what didn't help......4" down pipe to 5" magnaflow......didn't help the sound in the cab.

My wofe and I decided this weekend after a trip up here to our cabin that 4 hours the max to be in the black beast without a rest period.........

How do you guys apply/install the sound deadening, pull the whole headliner etc.?

 

I did the Fatmat install about 10 yrs ago. I did the entire cab, A-pillars, up the back, including the inside and outside of all 4 doors, as well as the firewall from the engine bay side. It did make a big difference, but with a 4" exhaust, no muffler, 35's w a 6" lift, and a 38R w 238/80 injectors it's still gonna be alittle little loud. The biggest difference it made was with my stereo, it sounds amazingly tight.
If anyone is considering doing this, you won't be disappointed.

Ford turbo and TQ converter 008 by countrycar - Ford-Trucks

 

Dunno how much it will help but when i put the new hood on i ran for a few months without the underhood fiber matt thing that body clips up there. I had pulled it from the busted up hood and sprayed it with bedliner. It had just been sitting outside waiting for me to remember to swing by a parts house for some body clips. When i did remember and finally got it installed, the noise decrease was astounding!

Thats about as far as my efforts to quiet in cab noise have ventured.

 

Tuning.

 

Yeah....that's one answer for sure.

 

I did the Fatmat thing a while back. There was a noticeable change in sound level after it was done. However, the effect 'faded' over time. I no longer perceive the sound level as lower. It's the new normal and its still loud.

 

Anything that gets air out of fuel helps, tuning, proper running engine, hood insulation, fix leaks (air and exhaust), Lariat trim, etc.... That's all I've done or was in the truck already. I might do the floor matt stuff - it's higher on the priority list than the steering wheel and the headlights.

 

Touche' !!

LOL!

 

Wow, that was a LOT of WORK.

It's funny how quickly your description reads... all of 4 seconds to read your post... when you are describing 4 days of labor, at least.

For those who couldn't see the picture in his post, here it is:

 

My truck is an 02 and I think the 02 and newer trucks are just quieter to begin with, but I did the door seal mod anyway. I can't really say it made a noticeable difference in air sounds on the highway but one thing it DID stop was an annoying door thump I would get while bouncing over rough terrain. Like Tugly says there are lots of things you can do to keep the engine noise to a minimum as well. My engine is very quiet and I can easily pass the Bic lighter test at 80 MPH climbing a grade. Sometimes I lower a window at a red light just so I can hear it!

 

You are quite right. Or should I say quiet right!?

The later 2002-2003 models had a lot of insulation in the interior doors panel trim, pillar and mirror garnish trim, headliner trim on the ceiling side, under the dash, along the firewall, under the transmission tunnel, under the hood, in the engine compartment, and in the fenders... that the 99-01 models didn't have.

 

you used to be able to order from ford the excursion panels the fit between the dash and firewall but they stopped making them. I've heard those helped quite a bit, it just sucks ford stopped making them because they could be bought for less than $75.