Has anyone tried using dynamat or any kind of road noise killer to get rid of the loudness on their protege? I am thinking about getting one but the test drive revealed a lot of cabin noise and I want to know that it can be stopped.

 

Ya if you buy a 50,000$ car,there will be minimal road noise. But when you drive an econobox, accept the fact that there will be road noise. Besides, just turn up your music and you won't hear anything.

 

noodles has got a point. Maybe it's just early on a Monday so that's why he's crusty, but he has a point nonetheless. Seriously though, while adding noisekiller (eg. Dynamat) might work, it'll also add a whole bunch of weight to a car that's already, by most people's standards, underpowered. Probably not the best idea

 

Yes i start work at 6am and am always crusty. Those dynamats do add a lot of extra weight when padded around.

 

I am glad to see that someone else has FINALLY agreed and also uses that all so valuable **** on the dash to get rid of those pesky noises like I do...lol thank you noodles. :{D

something else to note is the fact that although your cars are not POWER mongers....our cars ARE complete with a superior handling package....which translates into a stiffer suspension, and performance tires, which also usually translates into more road noise. I guess I am not that use to riding in a REAL quiet car....for even on my vacation trip of 4800 miles with the wife and kids, which ment I couldn't crank up the tunes, and I still didn't think the road noise was bad....or even more than normal.

 

Yeah, my brother and I put dynamat on the front doors and along the floor of the back half of my wife's P5 (hope to finish the floor and firewall soon). We used dynamat supreme (or something like that) which is just a bit better than the baseline dynamat. I plan on using dynamat extreme and tacmat when we finish the front.

I have no proof but I do think it made road noise a little quieter but nothing dramatic (or it could be imagining an improvement). Basic dynamat is really a vibration dampening material (for reducing rattles) and the tacmat or dynaliner are more for acoustical absorption. I hope to notice a difference with the xtreme an tacmat.

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For sound dampening on my '99 ES:

1.
I purchased,cut & placed sound dampening rubber sheets available for $12 apiece from www.mcmastercarr.com.
I put them under the floor mats(cut them rubber sheets in the same shape as the floor mats) + lined the whole trunk floor with it. Needed 2 rubber sheets = $30 including s&h.

2.
Changed my tires to 205/55/15 BFGoodrich Touring T/A VR4


At speeds of 75 to 80mph on the PA turnpike, it is as quiet as my friends 2001 Accord EX V6.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for the info, Chikoo.

 

BTW, can you give us the code or product description. Nothing can be found under "rubber" or "damp".

Thanks

 

One more thing; how did you manage to reduce engine noise at that speed?

 

VOLUME ****

 

Damn...what on earth ever posessed you to drag back a thread from 6 months ago! lol

 

haha, yea im pretty sure this thread doesn't matter anymore. this guy either bought a protege and fixed the noise or got somethin else by now.

 

Maybe it's because everyone where I live owns giant mud-bogging trucks on over-sized tires with giant tread.....but my Pro never really seemed loud to me

 

If you have a moon roof on your Protege, first step to cut down on cabin noise is to take off the roof rack. I did and mine is infinitely quieter than it was before, even when the roof is shut (like it is for most of the winter.)

If you don't have a roof rack...well, the tips about the volume **** should do the trick.