Damping Accessories

ok when i turn my bass up some stuff on the inside of my car rattles/shakes...and i am wondering if i buy a damping drunk kit ( http://www.cardomain.com/item/DYN19105) if that would help..and i was wondering what does the damping stuff really do and does it really work? thank you

My personal opionion, the trunk "kits" are a waste of time... Dynamat original is garbage - the adhesive fails too easily. I know this from experience, I just spent the last two weekends peeling all my old dynamat original out of every place in my car I installed it. Go to your local brick-n-mortar, and buy a BULK PACK of Dynamat Extreme. It'll cost about 200 to 250 dollars, but with 9 sheets, (4 times as much as that trunk kit'll get you...) there'll be enough to do a goodly portion of your car, including doors, and help all that much more. Actually, PM me, and I'll make you a deal on an unopened box I have extra in my garage... (you'll pay shipping, of course.) But to answer your original question, YES, proper Dynamat (i.e. not the original) DOES work, and works very well!It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

I agree with haemphyst here. I used some of the "offbrand" products. Nothing sticks long term like Dynamat Extreme. New Project: 2003 Pathfinder

Forbidden...do you use the plain Brown Bread or the B-Quiet stuff?? I'm looking to purchase some for my doors.

Rob, I don't know if you saw this post... I still can't find it here, but there is a guy doing absolutely independent tests in his back yard... Lined 'em all up, and took all kinds of shots at 'em. http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/ I was VERY plesantly surprised.... Brown Bread and B-Quiet were some of the first to fail at high temperatures... B-Quiet Ultimate fared MUCH better, although still not as well as the Dynamat X... While some of the most expensive of all the damping products he tested, the Dyanamt Extreme also perfomed FAR better than all of the products in the heat tests, save one of them... The Damplifier stuff beat it in both heat and cold...It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

Well, in my hands on experience over the last number of years (like 6) that I have carried this product, I have not had one wardrobe malfunction. Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

Sweet...thanks...Thats all I needed to hear...I've HEARD that it fails and crap like that but first hand from you is good for me.

jjski78 wrote: Actually, second skin's Damplifier sticks better than Dynamat extreme, and if I'm not mistaken it's cheaper too. Or if you want one that's a lot cheaper with about equal adhesion to dynamat extreme look at www.raamaudio.com Their stuff is hella cheaper and works just as good as extreme. Just make sure whatever you buy isn't just rubberized asphalt and is actually butyl based.

Interesting. I've been "out of the game" for a couple years now, and had not heard of Second Skin's Damplifier. I tried Raamaudio. I recommended Raamaudio for the longest time. Awesome value. However, I have a black car and left it outside this last summer when my stall of the garage was being used for a speaker building project. I opened my trunk on one very hot day; everything had either peeled off or was curling over. The Dynamat Xtreme I had in a few places was still stuck, even in the corners. New Project: 2003 Pathfinder