Cab/Door Noise

[Cougar]

What is everyone doing to help the cab noise? When I open and close my doors, it sounds like a tin can. I would love to have the doors sound a little more substantial or at least not so tinny. I guess I could line them with the noise reduction stuff, but has anyone done anything else to help this? Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[beaufort-fj60]

do a search for dynamat or dynomat not sure on the spelling

 

[dogboy2]

sound deadening (your choice of vendor), plus new door seals, window sweeps & seals will have you riding like a mercedes....

-db-

 

[djawahir]

I did a full dynamat solution on my cruiser and it makes a world of difference. I will try to post in the technical section if I get the time to do the writeup. There is a huge difference in my cruiser now. No more tin can sound from the doors. Keeps the interior a bit warmer as well.

 

[import silvia]

You can also spray ruberized undercoating into the cavities. It is much easier and cheaper to install and works wonders. Just don't clog up any drain holes.

 

[zmontgomery]

cheap and easy....

When my neighbors were tearing the carpet out of their house, I grabbed the padding out of the dumpster--I'm so cheap--and then took off all my doorpanels and cut and spray enameled the carpet padding to the backside. Finding out I had quite a bit left over, I tore up all my carpet and put the rest of the padding to good use. Things are a bit quieter now, less heat comes through the floor and tranny hump, the doors have a better "thump" to them when I close them, and if I ever forget my camp pad, the cargo area has enough padding to make for a pretty comfortable nights sleep

 

[brett76]

spook50 has a great thread on sound dampening.
i think he used edead. its supposed to be really good and its waaaay cheaper than dynamat

 

[Cougar]

Thanks for all the good ideas. I like the spray on liner or the carpet pad tricks for "cheap" fixes.