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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 04:35 PM
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Sound proofing cab?

Anyone had any luck sound proofing their cab against road and engine noise?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 08:49 PM
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I have done a couple

Don't waste your money on the name brand stuff such as DYNAMITE, FATMAT, etc

Goes to lowes and buy Peal & Seal in the door and window section

it comes in 6"x25' rolls and sell for about $16

IIRC my crewcab took 9 rooms to do the ENTIRE cab and doors
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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 08:58 PM
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Noise?

So I guess it was a success or you wouldnt have posted! I jus want to have conversation in the cab without speaking loudly to each other. Thanks for the tip. Im almost afraid to pull out the roof liner, afraid ill screw it up. Thanks for the pics also.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 09:07 PM
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So I guess it was a success or you wouldnt have posted! I jus want to have conversation in the cab without speaking loudly to each other. Thanks for the tip. Im almost afraid to pull out the roof liner, afraid ill screw it up. Thanks for the pics also.
I went from having to have the radio on 3/4 volume and 4 working speakers to hear it .......
to ONE working speaker than the volume at 1/4


HUGE difference
 
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Old Aug 4, 2016 | 12:15 PM
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Road noise - yes...engine noise - don't folks buy a Ferrari with out a stereo just to listen to the engine??
 
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Old Aug 20, 2016 | 09:24 PM
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Thanks for the info! Gonna try this soon.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2016 | 11:12 PM
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I'll let u know when im done. But it should significantly reduce road noise. Don't care about blocking engine noise. I think its vital to know what noises are coming from the engine bay. Pinging,knocking,squealing,grinding and etc.

I'm using small scraps from work. They throw em away i re purpose them. But when I get her done im getting a box of it before I throw in the carpet and my seats. I'm also going to pull the glass out the doors mask them important areas that do not need any bedliner interfering with anything. Oh btw excuse the mess in the cab. It's 9 sheets to a box at roughly $20 a sheet.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2016 | 12:03 AM
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Actually you can buy rolls on ebay and it will cost a lot less. Look under sound deadener and the stuff from Texas tends to be the best deal. I have done 6 vehicles with it so far and it makes a difference. I did not do the roof though. I used sound deadening foam instead.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2016 | 12:16 AM
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I'm planning on only doing floors in butyl and rear wall and doors with rattle can bedliner.

Any specific ones?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2016 | 01:21 AM
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I still like the ones from Texas. They work and they cost less. I bought the roll on stuff for the doors and roof.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2016 | 08:40 AM
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foam filling the roof pillars will also help, this is done on many high end cars.
 
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I bought a dozen sheets of 4X8 foam/aluminized genset insulation for $5/sheet at a local swap meet years ago... still have enough left to do one more project.
 
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