Ok this vehicle isn't really hamb worthy but i figure you guys and gals have the most experience of anybody getting these old tin cans to be pleasurable to drive. I just sold off my other vehicles so my 64 Ford f250 is getting brought back into daily driver service including high way trips. So it needs to get insulated. Right now i just have some cheap *** fibergl*** and foil type stuff for hot water heaters in it and while its and improvement over nothing it still ****s. This truck is has not been redone so there a little bit of rust in the floors and such so i don't really want to stick a bunch of tarry **** all over it because some day this truck is coming apart for a total rebuild and i don't want to have a bunch of **** on it that i can't get off. I am also a broke college student so im trying to do this on the cheap but i also want to do it well. Ive been looking at http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/ And while it would probably be over kill for what i need it looks like it would do the trick very nicely and be way better than some hardware store ********. I was thinking of placing the damping tiles in strategic places (2 on the roof, 1 inside each door, and maybe one on the back wall of the cab). Followed my covering the firewall, floor and possibly the back of the cab with the foam and the barrier, then building a head liner to incorporate the foam and barrier for the roof. and if i have any s****s maybe i could piece together something for the doors. Then put carpet back in. My goal for doing this would be to cut down engine noise and road noise as much as possible, right now its like your in a coffee can that somebody kicked and i cant even hear the gl*** packs because the motor is so damn loud. I don't have a stereo system so that aspect is non relevant, i just want a quite interior. So for those of you in the know would this be the best use of a couple of hundred bucks or should i revise my plan. Im open to any and all suggestions that aren't crazy expensive.
Don at www.sounddeadenershowdown.com is a great guy and will not sell you anything you don't need. I had him spec out an OT car for me. He sold me everything needed to do it right, front to back, top to bottom. I will tell you that the car turned out to be a VERY quiet ride. Follow his methods and yours will too.
I bought the 100 sq ft roll off fleabay to do my 55 wagon. I did the firewall, entire floor, rear floor and spare well, upper inner quarters, all doors including decklid and strategic strips at roof area. I still have a ton left and I tried to use it all. It is SUPER quiet and a great product. I positioned the inner door material at an angle so water wouldnt lay on the top edge and rust through the door over time. I used a heat gun in a few areas to stretch and to roll the stuff down allowing for minimal air pockets. It made a HUGE difference.
I just sent don an email detailing my goals and truck and detailing what i was thinking and asking for any advice he had. Hopefully he will get back to me and i can determine if this is practical for me.
NEWFISHER what type of material was the stuff you bought? was it the tarry like stuff or the bubble wrap type stuff or something different.
Thanks for the info,... I'll be needing something for the 40 Pickup soon. Has anyone used "Dynomat" ? 4TTRUK
I'm very interested in this thread... So which product provides better results? EZ Cool Insulation or Fatmat. Is one better for sound deadening and the other for shielding heat? I have a buddy that installed the Fatmat. BUT, sold the car before ever getting it on the road so I have no idea how it performed. One thing I did notice by handling the roll was that is was VERY heavy.
Both will block out heat and noise to some degree. Lobucrod's insulation is more effective for heat, and Fatmat is more effective for noise. You should know that Fatmat is only one part in proper sound deadening though. It merely lowers the resonant frequency of the panels you stick it to (by its heavy weight, as you noticed). On top of it you would still need to use closed cell foam (CCF) and m*** loaded vinyl (MLV) to get the full sound deadening potential. On another note, I lined a truck with lobucrod's insulation almost exclusively, and it was noticeably quieter, but not to the same level as a proper sound deadened system. I was happy though!
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