Silence your van

[Sundownernz]

Hi all,

It's been a while since I posted on here. I've been rather busy, first with work and then the usual rush to get the van back on the road before the Nationals, having been off the road for well over 12 months with the interior out. I'll put up a seperate post on the changesto the inside shortly.

Most of you are aware that one of the main reasons for pulling the inside out was to fit it out with Dynamat. If you want to see the product check out the swivel seats post in this section and you can see the product on the floor around the seat bases.

Well my trip down to Wellington was the first major venture out for the van since fitting Dynamat. I fitted it to the front section of the floor and up the firewall, the sides, rear and roof plus inside the front and side doors. Not all of the panels were fully covered but probably 75 - 80%. Well if you want to quieten down your van (road, engine and just general noise) this is the way to do it. I had heard that this product was good and now I can vouch for it and would recomend it to anyone. The van was reasonably quite before but now it's like being in a limo. Such a pleasure to drive, especially with the V8 for power, power steering for ease and now the Dynamat for comfort and quiet.

If you want to improve the ride of your van no end, then fit Dynamat to your panels before you fit the interior. You won't be dissapointed.

Garry.

[ben]

that sounds fantastic.. can you give us a rough price estimate??? always an issue.. cheers
ben

[eddy]

thanx for the info bro, I'm using acrylic bats on mine as everything is being done to a strict budget and I have a bag of batts left over in the garage, I cut in a 3mm ply roof panel around the sunroof in the cabin and will insulate it with some rubber backed foil I have lying around, looks similar to your stuff but is only 6mm thick, is there a preference to putting the foil facing out or in, it will be glued to the back of the panel to create a gap between panel and roof, however the van is matt black and will the foil facing back towards the metal cause extra heat on the panel and in turn paint fade? or should I have the rubber backing facing the metal ? its only a small area but unfortunately is in the cabin where the heat will be on hot days given theres a friggin overhead sunroof!

[eddy]

found dynamat on ebay, Knox Auto Carpet has it available around $220 plus delivery ....

[obsession]

I love that stuff gives you back your hearing!!

[hunterbynature]

repco sell dynamate  cheers stevo

[Bas NZ]

Its good to see you have a Repco way down there.

[hunterbynature]

hey bas we have 2 here 1 in town and 1 in mosgiel and the best thing about having 1 in town is that my wife works there, great stuff when your building beddys  cheers stevo

[Bas NZ]

And yes their prices are not to bad as well.

[BusyKiwi]

hunterbynature, maybe you can get your wifes discount, add a few bucks on and sell to us