SpaceYam
somewhat awesome
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2004
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- 39
- Location
- Central Coast, NSW
- Members Ride
- 2014 Ford Focus ST
Ok well basically due to the amount of time I spend carting people around in my VN, I've decided it's well overdue to have all the rattles and road noise made as quiet as possible.
What my current plans are are to reglue the door trims (I stuffed them up because I used crappy contact cement when I redid my interior), to use a bitumen based sound deadening paint on the floor and in front of the dash, and I also want to find a way to stop the windows rattling inside the doors when they're wound down. Is it possible to put a non-abrasive foam or felt or something inside the doors to hold them fairly still without scratching?
I'll also be taking the entire dash out to paint it properly (I've given it a fairly good run with that cheap $2.50 spray paint). So basically, I'm going to take a day or two to remove basically the entire interior again, paint the metal both on the floor and under the door trims, do the insides of the doors and repaint the dash with the right sort of paint.
What other things can I do to help reduce the amount of road noise and rattles?
Oh, and by the way - VNs look REALLY schmick with a black dash. Seriously. It's like a brand new car, even with cheap spray paint!
What my current plans are are to reglue the door trims (I stuffed them up because I used crappy contact cement when I redid my interior), to use a bitumen based sound deadening paint on the floor and in front of the dash, and I also want to find a way to stop the windows rattling inside the doors when they're wound down. Is it possible to put a non-abrasive foam or felt or something inside the doors to hold them fairly still without scratching?
I'll also be taking the entire dash out to paint it properly (I've given it a fairly good run with that cheap $2.50 spray paint). So basically, I'm going to take a day or two to remove basically the entire interior again, paint the metal both on the floor and under the door trims, do the insides of the doors and repaint the dash with the right sort of paint.
What other things can I do to help reduce the amount of road noise and rattles?
Oh, and by the way - VNs look REALLY schmick with a black dash. Seriously. It's like a brand new car, even with cheap spray paint!