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Rear Sound Deadening

larryt

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Another weekend, more cold weather but the work continues! 

 

Goals for the weekend were to;

  • Address the rear loom issues
  • start on the sound deadening 
  • get some lights working

 

Saturday

 

So i fixed the wiring loom which had been cut by the body shop, simple case of stripping the wires back and re-soldering them and applying some heat shrink

 

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had a full squad at the car, everyone chipping in and helping with various bits and bobs

 

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yet again james was able to come down and help and posed for a few photos 

 

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cant believe how much of a difference this matting made, lots more to do but its starting to take a lot of the panel vibration out

 

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some thick peacemat XL to absorb panel vibration and block road noise, this was stuck underneath the peacemat XR, there is some more foam to go on top of this after.

 

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 hairdryer making an appearance to help stick this stuff down.

 

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inside the rear quaters too, this was were i noticed the biggest difference, took all the vibration and made the body feel super rigid.

 

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slight overkill maybe however there was still rattling on the cross member.

 

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used up some spare deadening on the panel over the rear diff, this will be covered by carpet so not seen.

 

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double team, dad and jimbo sorting out the front indicators, cant get the turn signal to stay on at the moment :( 

 

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fittted

 

Sunday

 

so i thought i would pop down on sunday and have a quick re-wire in the boot as i was having some really freaky things happened when i had no ignition on and turn signal down or up. random lights appearing :s time to start AGAIN!

 

Yet again james and leah popped down to help, and jack came with el to take some photos and see the car in the flesh

 

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two of us, still cant solve the problems :@ sooooo frustrating, may have to cut the loom back to where it enters the boot and re-wire from there.

 

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Testing for brake lights.. not working as you can see

 

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Hate those steel wheels, cannot wait to get something nicer on here, not a big priority at the moment tho.

 

and one final one for the blog, he made such a fuss of the car for me this weekend and helped a lot.

 

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Posted up shouldering number-plate lights in, wasnt correct so i ripped them out again.. this job seems to be taking forever and i cannot get it right.. how hard can it be, its only 7 wires.. 

 

Going to take a few days off from the car, re-think my wiring issues and get online to order some more bits to help fit stuff back on, need more clips and screws and bolts and nuts.. endless money pit

 

thanks for reading :)!

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MildSeven

keep it up, nice work!

 

question.. how do those 3-point rear belts work? they look retractable. Where is the top point mounted?

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Mark92131

My cab had a feature on my turn signal switch that would turn on the left tail light (drivers side for me), with the ignition switch off.  It was explained that it was used for parking at night on roads with no curb or sidewalks.  I actually ran the battery dead in my garage when I accidentally activated it.  Maybe your car has that feature.

 

Mark92131

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larryt
8 hours ago, Mark92131 said:

My cab had a feature on my turn signal switch that would turn on the left tail light (drivers side for me), with the ignition switch off.  It was explained that it was used for parking at night on roads with no curb or sidewalks.  I actually ran the battery dead in my garage when I accidentally activated it.  Maybe your car has that feature.

 

Mark92131

 

i think this is the case, it can be disabled at the switch, just need to locate which wire is which! haha 

 

thanks for taking time to read and comment 

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larryt
15 hours ago, MildSeven said:

keep it up, nice work!

 

question.. how do those 3-point rear belts work? they look retractable. Where is the top point mounted?

 

hi! 

 

these were welded in before i owned the car, pretty neat feature tbh. they have been bolted into the rear parcel shelf and welded to the inner sill.

 

thanks for taking time to read and comment! 

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zdealey

Nice build fellas and thanks for sharing.  Can you advise on the sound dampening material you're using and where to source it?  I'm just looking for some alternatives to FatMat, DynaMat, etc. available in the USA....

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larryt
9 hours ago, zdealey said:

Nice build fellas and thanks for sharing.  Can you advise on the sound dampening material you're using and where to source it?  I'm just looking for some alternatives to FatMat, DynaMat, etc. available in the USA....

 

if you like i can make up a spec sheet of what i used and where we placed it. the kit was designed for me by a UK based company called http://www.carinsulation.co.uk/.

 

they were very helpful and explained exactly what i should use in each area and why it was to be used there. much cheaper and more effective than just dyna/fatmat the whole floorpan. 

 

these are the products i used, if you can find them in the states (or something similar) then let me know and i will send you over the images of where to place everything, potentially going to write an instruction blog about it for the forum if there's enough interest.

 

http://www.carinsulation.co.uk/product/4m-roll-peacemat-xr-car-sound-deadening-alu-butyl < Peacemat (similar to fatmat/dyna)

 

http://www.carinsulation.co.uk/product/5m-peacemat-l-sound-deadening < Heavy duty matting to go over the top of the floorpans 

 

http://www.carinsulation.co.uk/product/10m-bulk-roll-6mm-self-adhesive-insulation < 6mm Closed cell foam to absorb air born noise 

 

http://www.carinsulation.co.uk/product/10m-waterproof-heat-noise-closed-cell-foam-insulation < 10mm Closed cell foam

 

i should be finished this weekend and will do another blog post of how we included the closed cell foam

 

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zdealey

LarryT,

 

Thanks for the response and details on the peacemat.  If you get time, please do send a spec sheet or maybe include it in your blog.  I'll search stateside for some peacemat vendors, but maybe I"ll end up having it shipped.  The peacemat bolstering reminds me of the old diamond stitching patterns used in hot rods and even though it'll get covered up by carpet and upholstery, I guess I'd take some pleasure in knowing it's underneath LOL.

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larryt
On 2/10/2017 at 5:23 PM, zdealey said:

LarryT,

 

Thanks for the response and details on the peacemat.  If you get time, please do send a spec sheet or maybe include it in your blog.  I'll search stateside for some peacemat vendors, but maybe I"ll end up having it shipped.  The peacemat bolstering reminds me of the old diamond stitching patterns used in hot rods and even though it'll get covered up by carpet and upholstery, I guess I'd take some pleasure in knowing it's underneath LOL.

 

yo, i have started writing an article for the forum, didnt manage to get anything done this weekend due to bad weather, cant really be trying to stick that stuff down in minis 1degree weather hah

 

i will update you once ive finished the article 

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