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DIY door lining to reduce wind noise: who's interested?
corgan:
Just to share with all, I have DIYed a second door lining to help reduce the wind noise. As you all would have noticed, once our rides hit 80km/h and above, you can start to hear wind noise coming in. But with this DIYed door lining, the noise only becomes noticeable at about 100km/h and the volume of it is definitely 30-50% lower than before. Best of all, this DIY lining will not cost more than $15. After doing the lining, I found the door harder to close because of the extra padding but its slowly getting seasoned and getting easier to close now.
here are some pics to show you what i mean.
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after:
Thinking of organising a mini DIY session to do this and if you are interested, pls add your name to the list below. Session will most likely be this sunday or next sunday.
1. Nick Lee
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blackspotGG:
Thinking of organising a mini DIY session to do this and if you are interested, pls add your name to the list below. Session will most likely be this sunday or next sunday.
1. Nick Lee
2. BlackspotGG (Hopefully it would be the price as mentioned during the meetup at AMK) ;D
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4.
blackspotGG:
My friend (driving a honda civic FD, the new one) installed a similar sound proofing strip/door lining on his car. Think if I'm not wrong its from 3M. The material is flat and quite hard. Found it quite hard to close the doors after installation. Damage = $40.
Seen corgan's door lining last evening and its quite different from what my fren had. Its round and soft, similiar to the existing door linings we have on our car. Most important of all, damage is less than half of the 3M one..... Decided to give it a try. IF its not good, can simply just throw it away without much heartache... :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:
best_ctzn:
--- Quote from: blackspotGG on December 02, 2006, 01:36:56 AM ---My friend (driving a honda civic FD, the new one) installed a similar sound proofing strip/door lining on his car. Think if I'm not wrong its from 3M. The material is flat and quite hard. Found it quite hard to close the doors after installation. Damage = $40.
Seen corgan's door lining last evening and its quite different from what my fren had. Its round and soft, similiar to the existing door linings we have on our car. Most important of all, damage is less than half of the 3M one..... Decided to give it a try. IF its not good, can simply just throw it away without much heartache... :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:
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Sorry to kp abit. Ur friend civic FD is the cost for 2 doors or all 4 doors?
I believe Corgan cost of $15 only for 2 doors. Correct me if I am wrong. The few designs I saw fr Homefix are from 3M and each about 2m (depend on width and shape) cost about $10. Those small width type should be longer for same cost. 1 tube should be enough for 1 door. And if you got lobang for no brand but really big drums type, should be even cheaper.
I believe if you could get one type that is thin and narrow enough with the appropriate softness, it will be possible to reduce wind noise and yet not increase the difficulty in closing doors. That takes some effort though.
blackspotGG:
--- Quote from: best_ctzn on December 02, 2006, 06:44:05 PM ---Sorry to kp abit. Ur friend civic FD is the cost for 2 doors or all 4 doors?
I believe Corgan cost of $15 only for 2 doors. Correct me if I am wrong. The few designs I saw fr Homefix are from 3M and each about 2m (depend on width and shape) cost about $10. Those small width type should be longer for same cost. 1 tube should be enough for 1 door. And if you got lobang for no brand but really big drums type, should be even cheaper.
I believe if you could get one type that is thin and narrow enough with the appropriate softness, it will be possible to reduce wind noise and yet not increase the difficulty in closing doors. That takes some effort though.
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$40 for all 4 doors for my fren's door rubber lining. He said the material from taiwan...
What I understand from Corgan is less than $15 for all 4 doors (Corgan: please correct me if I misinterpret it...). "Thin and narrow enough with the appropriate softness", the door rubber lining on Corgan's car fit exactly your description (in my personal point of view). Its quite easy to close Corgan's door as compared to my fren's FD. My fren's car I have to slam three times then can close....
When I saw the rubber door lining on Corgan's car, i was thinking to myself "Mai Tu Liao!". That's why once I reached home last night I added myself to the list... ;D
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