It was YOU!!! YOU made me into this... this... this MONSTER!!!
08-04-2010, 01:34 PM
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08-04-2010, 01:45 PM
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Fantastic work, it looks great.
08-04-2010, 03:01 PM
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Thanks!! Talent? Or maybe just plain OCD and **** retentiveness - you make the call!
I have to go back in the doors for one last "correction" (the Dynamat sticks out past the door panels at the very front edges on both doors - and we can't have that!) so I will double-check the position of the foam piece. It may be best positioned elsewhere...
I have to go back in the doors for one last "correction" (the Dynamat sticks out past the door panels at the very front edges on both doors - and we can't have that!) so I will double-check the position of the foam piece. It may be best positioned elsewhere...
08-04-2010, 04:34 PM
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Thats some serious sound system you have there. Impressed!
For newbies, and particularly one who is about to replace both window motors - what is dynamat? It looks real cool, but what does it do, and where would I get hold of it in Norway?
SimonC
For newbies, and particularly one who is about to replace both window motors - what is dynamat? It looks real cool, but what does it do, and where would I get hold of it in Norway?
SimonC
08-04-2010, 04:55 PM
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Thanks! But with no sub-woofer, I don't think this system can quite be called "serious". :-)
Dynamat is promoted as a "space-age polymer that turns vibration into silent energy!" but that doesn't mean much. When it first came out ~20 years ago, they promoted it by saying that it reduces the resonant frequency of metallic materials in your car, which I think makes more sense. Either way, Dynamat is a sound-deadening material. It is made of a heavy-gauge foil with a layer of the polymer material (thick, gummy, and stretchy, like Silly Putty) that sticks to metal (clean well before application!).
It works - it acts as a sound barrier to wind and road noise when applied as a sheet. When applied as I have, it keeps the metal surfaces in your car from resonating with the music - so you hear the music, not the vibrations from the car.
I bought a 20 sq ft package for $150 USD and it covered every flat-ish surface I could get at, and it made the car much quieter. You could probably put twice that amount in a 928, but it's very heavy, so doing so would add close to a hundred pounds to the vehicle.
You should be able to find it at car audio store or on-line. If you are working on your window motors, I suggest just getting about 4 sq ft and applying it to the back of the speaker mounting plates (on the back of the door panels) and the door frame itself.
Good luck!
Dynamat is promoted as a "space-age polymer that turns vibration into silent energy!" but that doesn't mean much. When it first came out ~20 years ago, they promoted it by saying that it reduces the resonant frequency of metallic materials in your car, which I think makes more sense. Either way, Dynamat is a sound-deadening material. It is made of a heavy-gauge foil with a layer of the polymer material (thick, gummy, and stretchy, like Silly Putty) that sticks to metal (clean well before application!).
It works - it acts as a sound barrier to wind and road noise when applied as a sheet. When applied as I have, it keeps the metal surfaces in your car from resonating with the music - so you hear the music, not the vibrations from the car.
I bought a 20 sq ft package for $150 USD and it covered every flat-ish surface I could get at, and it made the car much quieter. You could probably put twice that amount in a 928, but it's very heavy, so doing so would add close to a hundred pounds to the vehicle.
You should be able to find it at car audio store or on-line. If you are working on your window motors, I suggest just getting about 4 sq ft and applying it to the back of the speaker mounting plates (on the back of the door panels) and the door frame itself.
Good luck!
08-05-2010, 11:41 AM
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Thanks! The vinyl covering has a clean look and it will stay clean. Carpeting picks up and holds on to everything, little bits of wire strands in particular.
The board was cut by the shop that installed my last system - it was one of the few things they did right! It fits the spare wheel perfectly, and wedges in with just enough tension to stay put.
The board was cut by the shop that installed my last system - it was one of the few things they did right! It fits the spare wheel perfectly, and wedges in with just enough tension to stay put.
