Sound deadening--floor and hood

[clseeling1]

Hi! Post from a newbie. First of all, great forum and love all the info learned so far in my adventures in sound deadening. I've got the doors and rear panel done with a brand called " Mat66". 80Mil and worked quite well in the overall install so far! I have a fair # of sheets left over, and thinking about installing under the hood barrier and then finding a way under the carpeting in the front driver/passenger areas. Question for the group, anyone done this? If so, how to remove the carpeting? (assuming just a few of the trim pieces at the inner rocker panel and popping off the factory hood insulation? Overall would love feedback if worth the efforts and if safe to put this type of butyl deadening under the hood insulation? THANKS IN ADVANCE RANGER JUNKIES

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[Porpoise Hork]

Personally I wouldn't bother with the hood. You're much better off applying the sound mat to the floor and roof. To remove the carpet it's not a quick job better to plan at least 1/2 to 3/4 of a day. It will take removal of the seats, door sill trim, kick panels, the B and C column trim panels, and probably the center console as well. The jute liner does a fairly good job at killing sound and the benefits of adding sound mat under it may not be worth the effort. The roof has no sound deadening or insulation so this may be a better place for it. You could also look into adding this stuff on the roof to insulate it and reduce noise as well.

 

[clseeling1]

Personally I wouldn't bother with the hood. You're much better off applying the sound mat to the floor and roof. To remove the carpet it's not a quick job better to plan at least 1/2 to 3/4 of a day. It will take removal of the seats, door sill trim, kick panels, the B and C column trim panels, and probably the center console as well. The jute liner does a fairly good job at killing sound and the benefits of adding sound mat under it may not be worth the effort. The roof has no sound deadening or insulation so this may be a better place for it. You could also look into adding this stuff on the roof to insulate it and reduce noise as well.

Personally I wouldn't bother with the hood. You're much better off applying the sound mat to the floor and roof. To remove the carpet it's not a quick job better to plan at least 1/2 to 3/4 of a day. It will take removal of the seats, door sill trim, kick panels, the B and C column trim panels, and probably the center console as well. The jute liner does a fairly good job at killing sound and the benefits of adding sound mat under it may not be worth the effort. The roof has no sound deadening or insulation so this may be a better place for it. You could also look into adding this stuff on the roof to insulate it and reduce noise as well.

Thanks so much for the feedback. Great to know and sounds like lot of effort for little reward!

 

[WOADKIL]

Hi! Post from a newbie. First of all, great forum and love all the info learned so far in my adventures in sound deadening. I've got the doors and rear panel done with a brand called " Mat66". 80Mil and worked quite well in the overall install so far! I have a fair # of sheets left over, and thinking about installing under the hood barrier and then finding a way under the carpeting in the front driver/passenger areas. Question for the group, anyone done this? If so, how to remove the carpeting? (assuming just a few of the trim pieces at the inner rocker panel and popping off the factory hood insulation? Overall would love feedback if worth the efforts and if safe to put this type of butyl deadening under the hood insulation? THANKS IN ADVANCE RANGER JUNKIES

clseeling1,

If your 2021 FX4 is like mine, it did not come with the engine cover, which acts as sound deadening. Easier to do than applying anything to the underneath of the hood.

Enjoy!

 

[dmeyer302]

I have done my doors. Next lowest hanging fruit I agree would be the roof. (of note it's not hanging low enough that I have done this yet) You might be able to roll back the carpet at your feet enough to get some on the firewall.

 

[clseeling1]

Thanks to all for the feedback!

 

[dbm1175]

Personally I wouldn't bother with the hood. You're much better off applying the sound mat to the floor and roof. (...) The roof has no sound deadening or insulation so this may be a better place for it. You could also look into adding this stuff on the roof to insulate it and reduce noise as well.

Does anyone have a good example video for removing the roof liner? I think that's what I'd like to invest time and effort on next.

 

[mailbox4449]

While I know some prefer the sound deadening material, just a word of advise. I worked at autobody shop for some time, and if you ever get hail damage, or dings in the door that could easily be removed using PDR (paintless dent removal), the deadening material gets in the way of the tech's tools to massage the panels from the inside. Might mean more tearing into vehicle or just painting the damage altogether. Just something to think about.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

While I know some prefer the sound deadening material, just a word of advise. I worked at autobody shop for some time, and if you ever get hail damage, or dings in the door that could easily be removed using PDR (paintless dent removal), the deadening material gets in the way of the tech's tools to massage the panels from the inside. Might mean more tearing into vehicle or just painting the damage altogether. Just something to think about.

The door shells are aluminum and they could work the metal fairly easily through the butyl rubber. Failing that, nothing a knife/scraper can't resolve in about 30 seconds to move out of the way to fix a ding. For the roof, I wouldn't use the same thing as the doors. Something similar to what's under the hood and use double sided tape around the edges and across the center to prevent extra weight on the headliner. Easy to secure to the roof and easy to remove if needed, but either way you are right. Both would add time and complexity to repairing the panels if the need did arise.

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