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Old Aug 8th, 2018, 10:55   #1
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Who's using it? What're you using? Where have you put it?

I'm thinking of stripping basically the whole rear of the cabin back to metal, because thats the easiest trim/seats to remove, as well as the headlining and going from there but I've got no idea what to stick on.

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I have something similar to NoiseKiller in my 245. I needed to remove the carpet because the aircon drain got blocked and was dumping fairly large quantities of water on the floor. Thought I might as well add sound proofing. It didn't make much difference, but I had the soundproofing bug, so I put some under the headliner. That made the biggest difference of all (I did floor, firewall and under the bonnet). My 244 has what looks like many layers of Waxoyl underneath, and it's quieter than the 245 with all its added interior soundproofing.

It's amazing how fast a job removal and replacement of the interior is (not including the dash).
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I put some under the headliner. That made the biggest difference of all .
That's interesting. I've often thought that there seems to be a drumming noise from the roof, also a rattle as if all the wiring looms are being whipped up and down.
Another thing I notice about the roof is that it seems to act as a sounding board for any other rattle, amplifying it and transmitting so that by reflection a noise is hard to pin down and can appear to sound as if coming from somewhere else.
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Thanks for the input guys.

I'm a physicist by trade so thinking about it from that angle I wouldn't be surprised that the roof would act like a big sounding board since that large a sheet of pretty flat metal must resonate a fair amount.

I'm planning on buying 1m x 4xm of this stuff: https://www.campervaninsulation.co.u...mal-insulation Hopefully that'll be most of the inside of the spare/driver side wheel well, boot floor and underneath the head lining. After that I'll probably buy some more and do the foot wells and up behind the dash as well if I'm not satisfied.

But first, radiator and water pump change. Yay!

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Alex: ~ this type of insulation is good particularly for under the bonnet applications as you can cut to shape & run the edges under the strengthening ribs- the fact that the top layer is easily cleaned when in place also helps.
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Alex: ~ this type of insulation is good particularly for under the bonnet applications as you can cut to shape & run the edges under the strengthening ribs- the fact that the top layer is easily cleaned when in place also helps.
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Fab, thanks Bob. I'm going to concentrate on the back of the car at the moment but that'll certainly go on my to-do list. It's especially useful since I wasn't sure where to look for flame retardent sound deadening for hot places!

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