Sound deadening/ general system build

[druiddonn]

A few photos of the sound deadening that I added today I swapped out the 16 year old speakers for some very cheap Kenwood to two ways when I upgrade the speakers I may add more sound deadening but I think this is enough for now

 

[2010gmcyukon]

Nice, that always helps.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

The installation of sound deadening material can make all the difference in the world for door speaker sound quality.

From a sound reproduction acoustics perspective, you cannot have a worse acoustic environment than a car/truck door - a large narrow metal box, with all kinds of metal semi-loose components inside of it.

 

[wjburken]

with all kinds of metal semi-loose components

Agree! Saw a car a few weeks ago at a stop light that I am guessing just had a big amp and sub installed. One of those situations where the car is worth $500 and the sound system tripled the value of the car. I say it must have just got installed because the driver cranked it up and I literally saw pieces of rust falling off the car while waiting for the light to change.

 

[Rocket Man]

I have never seen it installed on the trim parts, always on the vehicle itself. Where did you learn to do it like that?

 

[druiddonn]

Well the factory does have some sound deadening measures here most higher in manufacturers included in the interior panels as well as the sheet metal but I probably learned it from a YouTube video where I learn everything but I can't get this wiring harness to work and I'm positive I've got the right adapters

 

[druiddonn]

I don't know what wires I got wrong

 

[Rocket Man]

That’s a pretty good video. I might get a bit more serious about sound deadening in my Silverado. I did a halfway decent job the first time around but just on the inner sheet metal. Then I ended up having to remove and reinstall it when I did an LTZ interior conversion so it needs some TLC plus I wouldn’t mind doing the multilayer method. That material is expensive though.

 

[druiddonn]

I did the depillars today the speakers I ordered are supposed to be a perfect fit and they are not but they are matched to the other six speakers I need to replace the second passenger side door so I'll be waiting to do that until after body work for now 6 speakers replaced

 

[druiddonn]

I have never seen it installed on the trim parts, always on the vehicle itself. Where did you learn to do it like that?

Here's a photo of some of that factory sound deadening on the Denali

 

[druiddonn]

More pictures

 

[Rocket Man]

I did the depillars today the speakers I ordered are supposed to be a perfect fit and they are not but they are matched to the other six speakers I need to replace the second passenger side door so I'll be waiting to do that until after body work for now 6 speakers replaced

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There’s no direct replacement speakers for our D pillars due to the oddball size, they always require some sort of modification to make something fit.

 

[druiddonn]

There’s no direct replacement speakers for our D pillars due to the oddball size, they always require some sort of modification to make something fit.

Yeah that makes sense it's weird the way it was mounted to the trim I've only ever seen tweeters done that way as you can see from the pictures I figured something out that works

 

[Rocket Man]

Nice work. I was going to do something at one point but decided I can’t hear them way back there anyway especially with a 10” JL sub in a Thunderform enclosure right there in the rear panel.

 

[druiddonn]

One USB port plugs into the back of the head unit the other two are just for charging powered from the cigarette lighter which now holds the subwoofer volume
The two for charging light up blue and that should add a nice glow

 

[druiddonn]

and then I had to move the double USB port because the structure behind it didn't allow for clearance but I need to take the whole thing apart again whenever the vinyl wrap shows up I finally found somebody that has Denali pattern vinyl wrap

 

[Rocket Man]

and then I had to move the double USB port because the structure behind it didn't allow for clearance but I need to take the whole thing apart again whenever the vinyl wrap shows up I finally found somebody that has Denali pattern vinyl wrap

Why not cut whatever is behind it, is it something important? I’m always getting my angle grinder or my Dremel out. There’s so much unneeded metal lol.

 

[druiddonn]

I tried not to cut things anymore cutting the back of the little cubby holes not a big deal I'll have to redo it when the vinyl wrap shows up so it works

 

[druiddonn]

This was a pia

 

[TheAutumnWind]

That’s a pretty good video. I might get a bit more serious about sound deadening in my Silverado. I did a halfway decent job the first time around but just on the inner sheet metal. Then I ended up having to remove and reinstall it when I did an LTZ interior conversion so it needs some TLC plus I wouldn’t mind doing the multilayer method. That material is expensive though.

CLD tiles, CCF, and MLV isnt crazy expensive, especially not compared to some of the mods you've done! It can get very time consuming though.

If you can source MLV locally you can save a lot of dough. I work in construction and came up with a big roll of MLV for free. Its heavy so shipping kills ya.

I did CLD,CCF,MLV on the floor and back wall of my 94 and CLD,CCF on the doors and roof. Huge difference in that little truck. I need to do a little better on the doors, but otherwise now all I can really hear is how leaky all the seals are on the freeway and air whooshing over the cab.