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Old 08-05-2007, 01:28 PM
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Sound deadening and insulation the cab, Have some questions

I'm wanting to install some sound deadening material in the cab of my 2002. I plan on doing the floor, the back of the cab, the doors and maybe the headliner. I have to take one door panel off anyway to fix a few rattles, the clips on the bottom of the drivers door are loose. I fugred maybe i'll insulate the cab while I'm in there. I've seen that genos garage has two type of material on there site, a single sided and a double sided. Which is better to use and can i find this type of material in rolls locally? How much would I need to do a regular cab? I searched this but i didn't come up with much.
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Sound Deadening

I sound deadened my 93 and it really made a difference in driving hiway. I used a roofing product. It is 6 inches wide and has foil backing on one side and the other is very sticky. I put that down on the floor, doors, side panels and the roof. Then I used contact cement to put on good rubber carpet padding on everything but the roof. It was a job but well worth it. If you have any questions pm me.
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Im doing mine right now also. I went to Menards and bought a product called protecto-seal. It is a butyl based door and window flasing. Sticks to about anything. I am putting 4 layers throughout the whole truck. I am then putting down the garage door bubble foil insulation, on the floor and back wall, also on the headliner. I am also taking batts of insulation and placing them in plastic garbage bags, sealing them with spray adhesive (water tight) and lightly placing them in the ex. cab hollows.
I read on a D-max site of a guy who did the same process as I am doing. He took decible readings before and after and it dropped 19db.
Whatever product you buy, make sure its butyl based. Otherwise the truck stinks from the ashpalt products.
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Thanks for the information, I'll be making a trip to the local home depot, lowes or menards this week.
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Lowes is where I got the roofing stuff
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What about dynamat?? Hear good things about it.

There ^^^ way is probly cheaper though.

I have seen it at best buy or you can order it online.
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