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Old 03-18-2009, 02:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Location: Bay Area, CA
Drive: '09 Brabus Coupe
New install: Kenwood 8120/Focal/JL/Sound Dampening

After receiving several referrals (from different forums) to Sound Innovations, I decided to give them this project, and it was an awesome decision. Ernie (owner) and Junior (installer for 10+ years) were great to work with. I suppose Ernie is doing something right if he's been in business for 20 years.

Products:
Kenwood DNX 8120
Focal 165 KR
JL 8" underdash sub
JL HD600/4 amp

Anyway, here are some pics that they took for me:

Strip down for Sound Dampening:









Sound Dampening:

Products used:

1) Cascade Audio VB-3: for car floor and engine cover



2) Dynamat Extreme: to line inner door panels

3) Blackhole Tile Block: to line outer door panels



Results: The car is SIGNIFICANTLY quieter now!










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Old 03-18-2009, 02:40 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Final Product:

The tweeters were too big to fit on the outside of the cover, so they fabricated brackets to mount the tweeter from behind










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Old 03-19-2009, 07:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
Location: New Jersey
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Impressive

Great job!Enjoy and thank you for not using roofing material like some members

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Old 03-19-2009, 08:21 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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Very nice. I'm always in awe by the patience some people have. Is the amp installed on the brace?

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Old 03-19-2009, 08:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Great install tbone!

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Old 03-19-2009, 09:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
 
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Thanks everyone!

roofing material? No comment

The amp is installed on the seat brackets....it's not touching the floor

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Old 03-19-2009, 09:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Great install tbone and you'll love the 8120 as much as I love the 7120. This install goes into the Members Library.

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Old 03-20-2009, 07:15 AM   #8 (permalink)
 
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Very nice! Enjoy those Focals.

Do you know how much VB-3 was used? The last time I bought it was from Parts Express and it was about $18 a square foot. It sure does work, though!

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/psho...70&ctab=6#Tabs

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Great job!Enjoy and thank you for not using roofing material like some members
Apologies to the experts, but VB-3 comes on a roll. Read the first sentence of the application instructions. It's not even glued to the floor:

http://www.parts-express.com/pdf/268-270i.pdf

Roofing materials Rock!


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Old 03-20-2009, 09:48 AM   #9 (permalink)
 
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brian - My installer said he would need 3 rolls of the VB-3, but he was really cool, and told me to buy just 2 rolls, cuz he had some leftover from a previous project that he would use on my car, free of charge...that's probably the reason for the extra seams you see in the pics.

brian - your thread on the b-quiet install was actually what made me want to do sound dampening. I plan to do the pillars like you, but will try to do that myself one of these days.

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Old 03-20-2009, 02:59 PM   #10 (permalink)
 
Location: New Jersey
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Uh but the vb-3 is not the dampner product it is a totally different type product,their v-max line is comparable to the b-Quiet.They used the dynamat extreme instead.Dynamat extreme comes in sheets,right?

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