Raamat Group Buy for the month of april!

[Jtown]

Announcing ElantraXD.com Group Buy for RAAMmat60 BXT, the fully
Butyl based sound deadening mat from RAAMaudio. Each roll is 62.5 sq ft,
aluminum backed, peel and stick install, easy to work with and for the month
of April only $89 per roll plus shipping. All you have to do is email Rick,
raam@raamaudio.com, and send him your zip code and how many rolls you need,
he will let you know the shipping cost and how to order. Any install
questions can be answered on the install guide below but if you have
specific questions just ask, he will help you out."

Here is what I recommend, this is from years of experience and alot of
customer feedback, it works very well.

-Front doors, doors with speakers, remove door panel and plastic moisture
barier, toss it in the trash.
-One layer of mat on most of the outer door skin, overlap the seems, add
two more smaller layers, about 12" sq, behind the speakers. Then the same
size piece of close cell foam on top of those layers(ensulite foam is best.
-Check for loose wires, cables, etc, inside the door, secure with foam tape,
tie wraps, etc. build up the speaker mounting location by making a solid
baffel that you can screw to the door then the speakers to it, MDF works
great and easy to work with.
-Seal up the door access holes with a piece of tin, I use perforated
aluminum, this gives the next layer of mat something to stick to and
tightens up the midbass response.
-Install one layer of mat over the inner door metal, seal all air passages
possible, cut the mat back around 1" from edge of door panel.
-Add a layer of 1/8" close cell foam, ensulite again is best but hard to
find, to the top of the mat, cut around all mounting points, same for the
mat, to make sure the door panel will fit back on ok, cut back around 1/2"
from edge of panel.
-Tap on the back of the door panel, being plastic it will have resonate
areas. Add patches of mat to those areas until it sounds deadened, usually
about 1/4 to 1/3 of the surface is enough, install the panel and test the
the door, slam it a few times and listen for rattles, etc.

Rear doors, as the front, if they have speakers in them.
Doors without speakers, just mat the inner door metal, covering the access
holes, like above no need to mat the outer door skin.
Rear side panels, outer metal skin, foam, varies from vehicle to vehicle,
try to seal up the best you can like the doors.
Rear hatch, same as above.

Floor, One layer everywhere, tap on the floor and add a second and sometims
a third layer to the resonate areas only, any more is a waste of mat and
effort, once and area is deadened, there is nothing more to gain with adding
more mat.
-Some tend to over use the mat in some areas and not enough in others.
-Add a layer of 1/4" close cell foam or two layers of 1/8" then the factory
carpet, done!

Notes:


If you want to go all out on the floor, you can add do a layering effect
over the really resonate areas of the floor. One layer of mat, a layer of
foam, another layer of mat then another layer of foam, only use 1/8" foam so
the floor does not get to high for the carpets to fit back in. This method
will absorb even more accoustical energy but mainly used for all out comp
car installs.

Roof, not usually needed, least results, alot of effort, once the rest is
done, test and decide what to do. On a black or very dark vehicle, a
tremendous amount of heat build up can occur on the roof, one layer is the
maximum I would use the cover it then add a solid layer of close cell foam.

If you have an exceptionally loud exhaust and or tires, they are the worst
offenders as they permeate the air around the vehicle and penetrate from
many areas. Sometimes they have to be changed no matter how well matted,
just want you to be aware of this issue

[Jtown]

So whos ordered theirs?

[Jtown]

10 days left!