Thin Sound When Shutting Front Doors

[NOVA_Ranger]

OP must have got a lemon, my Ranger’s doors sound like a bank vault slamming when they close.

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[Meech_]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

I absolutely hated the ranger doors. I've heard it's only a select few of them but both my front and rear doors sounded completely hollow.
I couldn't stand when my wife would get out of the truck and slam the doors. That booming tinny sound made me absolutely despise this truck. I even had a couple of friends that made comments that it sounded cheap.

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a box of Dynamat squares off of Amazon in preparation for a group friend trip to a cabin outing.

Spent a few hours in the garage removing the door panels and adding dyanamat to the inside of the door.

What a change! Time well spent. All 4 of my doors sound solid now and a bit more heft to closing them. No more echoing boom when the doors are closed.

 

[Bob902]

I need to try this as well. Just sounds cheap when closing the doors. I want to change out the door speakers anyway so might as well add mat while I am there.

 

[RecoilOperated]

I need to try this as well. Just sounds cheap when closing the doors. I want to change out the door speakers anyway so might as well add mat while I am there.

I did mine with "kilmat" which is about half the price of dynamat and is essentially the same thing. I haven't even upgraded the speakers yet and it already made a world of difference in sound quality.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-ranger-today.4696/post-312291

 

[Meech_]

I did mine with "kilmat" which is about half the price of dynamat and is essentially the same thing. I haven't even upgraded the speakers yet and it already made a world of difference in sound quality.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-ranger-today.4696/post-312291

Yeah go with Kilmat if you want to save some money. I've heard nothing but good things about those mats.
I only opted for Dynamat due to amazon shipping times to my location and there was nothing local.

 

[CO2Ranger]

I did mine with "kilmat" which is about half the price of dynamat and is essentially the same thing. I haven't even upgraded the speakers yet and it already made a world of difference in sound quality.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-ranger-today.4696/post-312291

Kilmat'd mine last weekend too. Such a huge difference. I bought the 36 sqft and still have half the box after doing all 4 doors. Might do the back wall when installing the electronic brake controller. Makes a huge difference in not only the speakers but also the road noise. ??

 

[gwhalin]

I am considering doing the ceiling after listening to the rain today.

 

[JesseS]

For what its worth the doors on my 21 XLT sound very solid with a pronounced 'thud' when closed, no echo or tiny sound. Maybe Ford listened to the complaints and added some deadening material in there..... or not.

 

[RecoilOperated]

For what its worth the doors on my 21 XLT sound very solid with a pronounced 'thud' when closed, no echo or tiny sound. Maybe Ford listened to the complaints and added some deadening material in there..... or not.

Mine is a '21 as well; the only material in them is a thin foam membrane behind the door card and a strip of what looks like "great stuff" spray foam along the intrusion bar in the center of the door, the rest is completely hollow.

 

[Shelby American]

Has anyone run into trouble with the door panels on the lariat? Saw a post about the ambient lighting tube removal in the door can be quite tricky.

 

[CO2Ranger]

Has anyone run into trouble with the door panels on the lariat? Saw a post about the ambient lighting tube removal in the door can be quite tricky.

It's a tad fragile. You just have to ease it out. I didn't break mine and I'm a Neanderthal. I have faith in you.

 

[CompDude]

It's a tad fragile. You just have to ease it out. I didn't break mine and I'm a Neanderthal. I have faith in you.

Well crap I broke mine lol..

 

[CO2Ranger]

Well crap I broke mine lol..

Well I had faith in Shelby, you I had my doubts... ?

 

[Jimco]

Not sure if this is the official "tin can door" thread but I'll start here. I too have the dreaded front doors and agree the rear doors are less of a problem. So Dynamat or similar is on the docket soon, but I want to wrap the interior mods in a single bash. It seems door speaker replacements even for the B&O are getting great reviews. And a factory trailer brake controller is necessary, though I haven't enough research to know how much if any its installation will affect the interior.

Set aside my fear of the lighting tube thingy, what I'll never be able to live with is sloppy door panel fasteners. The 5G panels are held on with a combination of screws and barbed plastic push pins yes? Call me crazy but I'll have to replace any push pin, screw insert, or other fastener weakened by removal. Anal I get it.....humor me. Metal panel nuts are reusable in my book. Anything nonmetallic is not. Even though most or all of you have likely had no reassembly issues.

Unless someone has documented the fasteners I guess I'll have to trust the Dealer to tell me how many replacement fasteners are necessary. Online diagrams have burned me before.

Anybody?

 

[TXRangerTim]

Not sure if this is the official "tin can door" thread but I'll start here. I too have the dreaded front doors and agree the rear doors are less of a problem. So Dynamat or similar is on the docket soon, but I want to wrap the interior mods in a single bash. It seems door speaker replacements even for the B&O are getting great reviews. And a factory trailer brake controller is necessary, though I haven't enough research to know how much if any its installation will affect the interior.

Set aside my fear of the lighting tube thingy, what I'll never be able to live with is sloppy door panel fasteners. The 5G panels are held on with a combination of screws and barbed plastic push pins yes? Call me crazy but I'll have to replace any push pin, screw insert, or other fastener weakened by removal. Anal I get it.....humor me. Metal panel nuts are reusable in my book. Anything nonmetallic is not. Even though most or all of you have likely had no reassembly issues.

Unless someone has documented the fasteners I guess I'll have to trust the Dealer to tell me how many replacement fasteners are necessary. Online diagrams have burned me before.

Anybody?

There are several videos on youtube showing how to remove the panels ans install sound deadener. Watch what they remove then order extra fasteners just in case. Of course they make it look simple to remove the panels.

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