Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Soundproofing - Stage 2

I haven't been too happy with the original soundproofing I did - especially on Motorways, so I thought newer, better and more of it was needed. Dynamat seemed to be the thing to go for, according to forums and a few TV shows I saw.


I got a combined set for £160(ish) off Ebay - here it arrived! It's a great product - It is sort of malleable to the curves and contours but it's so sticky, once one it's hard to take off.  I did cut my hands up with the aluminium in the sheets as I cut and shaped them.


I decided that to do this properly, it couldn't be rushed.  So on a Monday I stripped all interior panels and carpeting from the doors and floor.  



I did the front doors first.  I didn't strip off the window mechanism, which probably made work for me in the long run, but I got 90% of the door covered.



Then I completed the back door, which was much easier than the front ones.



Next I worked on the driver's footwell and under the seat.  I completely unbolted the seat to lay down the dynamat sheets fully.  The


I continued with the passenger side footwell and under the seat.


I finished off with under the centre box, and also kept the original Noise Killer above it.

At the end I still had some left over for the side panels of the vehicle, where the windows are, so I bought another box of Dynamat so I can do the roof also.  I'm thinking of covering the front foot wells with one of these from Exmoor Trim,




Wednesday, October 9, 2013

General Grabber AT 235/85/R16 120/116Q

Spending more and more in Belfast - I discovered some places to use instead of buying in REpublic of Ireland.  I got my tyres from Vulcamac, I decided to keep the same tyres as what was on it - General Grabber AT 235/85/R16 120/116Q.  I got them for a good price of £125 each, plus £25 for an alignment.

Enjoy!!

Photo of the old tyres,


Here's the new ones on, all in all I was impressed with the service - and I really liked that they took off all the old weights, cleaned that part of the rims and put new ones on.  I know it makes sense but I've been to places where they just add to the old weights.