New carpet, soundproofing, and dynamat - any tips?

[lazabby]

I'm reviving an old thread here. Has anyone recently put in noise dampening material in their Delorean. Are there any new products out there that seems to work well?

[Lwanmtr]

Im getting ready to do this too...

Debating on which to get...

dynamat, xmat, noico

Dont want anything I need to permanantly attach to the carpets, because those will be replaced in the future.

[Lwanmtr]

Ive tried searching for the eDead stuff...apparently its not around anymore?

so my choices are

Dynamat - too expensive
Xmat - decent price but still pricey
Noico - good price, but not sure how good it is
GTMat - Decent price but again, no idea on quality

Any others I otta look at? Several have advised against fatmat.

[Drive Stainless]

Plain old carpet padding is cheap and works. I noticed little difference with dynamat alone.

[David T]

It is also a LOT lighter than most of the other sound deadening materials. And a lot cheaper. About the only disadvantage is that it will add thickness and in some areas that can cause problems. Try to find stuff that is not flammable and is OK for cars. Most of the stuff sold for houses is not suitable.

[Henrik]

Several have advised against fatmat.

Curious to know why. I went with this FatMat kit. That was four years ago, and I have no complaints.

[Lwanmtr]

Curious to know why. I went with this FatMat kit. That was four years ago, and I have no complaints.

Thats a decent price. Looks enough to cover the main floor area. I dont know why people say not to...but then again I get different answers from different people..hehe.

Plain old carpet padding is cheap and works. I noticed little difference with dynamat alone.

It is also a LOT lighter than most of the other sound deadening materials. And a lot cheaper. About the only disadvantage is that it will add thickness and in some areas that can cause problems. Try to find stuff that is not flammable and is OK for cars. Most of the stuff sold for houses is not suitable.

We have several places around here I can check out for that kind of padding.
I plan to have the sound deadening layer and then cheap insulation layer attached to the carpet (at least on the floor) that way Im not losing much when I finally replace the carpets.

[Henrik]

Looks enough to cover the main floor area.

That's correct, Rob. It was enough to cover the entire inside of the car, and there was still some left over.

[Lwanmtr]

Yeah, gonna go with fatmat for the base layer. Thanks..I also ran into a friend today who works for a body shop and said they use it too.
Next up will be checking into padding for the floor mats to supplement the fatmat.

[Lwanmtr]

I got the MegaMat and started the process of putting it in (just the tops of the doors so far).

For the floors and that, whats the best method for sectioning the peices? seperate for the floor, center console, etc?

Also for matting under the carpet where's a good place to get that stuff? I scraped it off my carpets cause it was rather past it..hehe.