What did you do to your Emira today?

[Tomwa]

Dunno yet. Still need to go for drive. A few things still to button up. Haven't decided if I'm doing some on the doors.

Also atmospheric river today, so will wait for another dry day

 

[Tomwa]

Bear in mind there is also factory sound foam.

 

[Orchardbike]

Road noise is a very large part of the noise you hear when driving any car. The doors are responsible for a large part of this, so if you want to quieten the cabin, the doors are essential.

 

[Carig5A]

Took her for a nice drive on a beautiful day post snow post raín ( yes to clean up salt debris) . Car is awesome

 

[Orchardbike]

Put it on the back of a low loader……

 

[Beachbum]

Put it on the back of a low loader……

Oh dear. How bad?

 

[Orchardbike]

Clutch thrust bearing or pressure plate bearing collapse

 

[Eagle7]

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Guess I'm one of those weirdos adding weight to a car where weight is one of the first discussion topics.

Okay weirdo lol, how long did this take you? And just from an engine start-up immediate impression, what kind of sound difference are you noticing inside? By any chance did you weigh one of those Hybrid 3-1 mats to see how much they weigh?

 

[silent cilantro]

I pulled out of the garage without remembering the batter tender was plugged in. Only the CTEK quick connector was damaged as the wires were pulled from the terminal, but I'm not sure I can repair it.

Makes me wish I had gone with this: https://hethelsport.com/tools/charger-connection-kit/

That’s what I use. Saved me a few times already lol

 

[Tomwa]

Okay weirdo lol, how long did this take you? And just from an engine start-up immediate impression, what kind of sound difference are you noticing inside? By any chance did you weigh one of those Hybrid 3-1 mats to see how much they weigh?

I took less time than I had imagined. Started hmm..1-2pm Saturday, busy Sunday, Monday after work was basically done when wife wanted to do a Costco run.

In total, If I was prepared with everything I needed it's maybe 4-5 hours to get in there cut stuff to size and put it back together. It's pretty tight space to work in though. I didn't take a seat fully out but it would be smartest to do that to both seats.

I get pretty easily distracted though, started really looking at how these cars are put together, looked at the speaker mounts, etc. Plus dropping screws down into unreachable pockets adds time.

I've only done the back firewall and a little into easy spots on the qtr panels. I'm thinking I should do *something* in the doors. Probably just a strip or two to knock down some high frequency, not skin the whole door.

I'll put the seat back and fire up the engine to get an initial impression though.

Goal is to add less than 10lbs of material.

 

[Carig5A]

Im gonna pick up on the idea of painting the seat centre stripes in yellow! Soon will show pictures

Would love to see that !

 

[crestima]

Dunno yet. Still need to go for drive. A few things still to button up. Haven't decided if I'm doing some on the doors.

Also atmospheric river today, so will wait for another dry day

Not sure if you've seen this picture of the guys who did a sound system upgrade in the UK. They also did a meticulous soundproofing job on the doors resembling a jigsaw puzzle. The picture could help in planing for your project, if you choose to go ahead with it. Looks painful, but I may take a shot at it myself sometime in the near future.

 

[virtualmacho]

I didn't drop the cotter pin, but dropped the OEM eyelet . Will need to retrieve at the next oil change.
Shift feels nice and short, but not as stiff as expected (which was a pleasant surprise).

Bespoke template for shifter position adjustment.

 

[Tomwa]

I've seen a few of those photos floating around.

Gotta be honest. I'm not sure that's the best way to accomplish what needs to be done.

I would think actually that the best application would be on the outermost door skin, effectively between the door and the pocket the glass will drop into. It's also going to be the smoothest part to apply material to because it can't have any brackets or protrusions as they'd interfere with the glass.

All that said though.

On the drive after button everything back up. Result. It doesn't pass the "would my wife notice" test.

It might lower the sound floor, and on a real long drive may result in a less fatiguing experience. However, it's not noticable by anything more than a placebo effect.

I will have to drive back-to-back with another car to be sure, but the bulk of the noise is just background super charger whine, and that's not going anywhere. I suspect mostly coming through the glass.

 

[Eagle7]

I've seen a few of those photos floating around.

Gotta be honest. I'm not sure that's the best way to accomplish what needs to be done.

I would think actually that the best application would be on the outermost door skin, effectively between the door and the pocket the glass will drop into. It's also going to be the smoothest part to apply material to because it can't have any brackets or protrusions as they'd interfere with the glass.

All that said though.

On the drive after button everything back up. Result. It doesn't pass the "would my wife notice" test.

It might lower the sound floor, and on a real long drive may result in a less fatiguing experience. However, it's not noticable by anything more than a placebo effect.

I will have to drive back-to-back with another car to be sure, but the bulk of the noise is just background super charger whine, and that's not going anywhere. I suspect mostly coming through the glass.

Are you mostly trying to reduce road noise?

 

[Tomwa]

Are you mostly trying to reduce road noise?

Just generally make it a slightly less noisy place to be.

Some of that will be reduction in road noise, some in mechanical noise (gear whine, valve train, chain mesh, etc).

Still to solve (and may not be present in passenger seat) wind noise when going roughly 70mph+

Wind is coming from right behind my head so I need to look at the window seals and what can be done.

 

[Last ICE]

I replaced the annoying touch controls with proper physical buttons.

Before:
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After:
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Installed mine on day one, love that they’re softly backlit.