Thin Sound When Shutting Front Doors

[gwhalin]

So not quite like a 60's door panel. Thanks.

Written it sounds harder than it is. All in takes maybe 5-10 minutes to get it off the first time and faster for the following doors.

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[CompDude]

Written it sounds harder than it is. All in takes maybe 5-10 minutes to get it off the first time and faster for the following doors.

Do I need to buy any spare clips? Did you break any?

 

[gwhalin]

Do I need to buy any spare clips? Did you break any?

I didn’t. They didn’t seem too brittle.

 

[NOVA_Ranger]

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

 

[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..

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