@@scotttucker2557 Absolutely. These Crossclimate 2s are all season tires that rip through snow, but cost me -2mpg and are not quiet as they do it. Tires can make a huge difference as well, but I'd rather the traction (so far).
GFeez 52 decibals is low and that's really quiet. The AC will also raise the decibal up. Anyway our Honda is NOISY. Over 81 and can go easily into the 90s. So I am going to do the rear wheel wells. The noise seems to come from the rear. I heard maybe here that doing the spare tire area is a waste of time. I guess unless you do several readings after making just one change you will know by the meter if it helped.
@@wanaraz Hello, Friend. 👋 OMG, 52 dB is amazing. I can hear a water bottle krinkle, my clutch pedal squeek, and the AC/fan and turn signal are the loudest parts of my car now. 🤗 I did the spare tire area, and honestly, I would recommend you do it. Both your rear wheels, rear differential, exhausts, muffler, and road noise all permeate into your cabin through the trunk. See my video about how easy it is to get to, how much surface area made noise, and the difference it makes. Arguably it's the easier, most wide open area to work on.
@@wanaraz Also, after all my work, my car idling with the windows up is at about 47 dB, maybe 50-54 dB at highway speeds. It's SOOOO nice, absolutely worth the effort.
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic OK I will do it in steps little by little. The Truck area has the fold down seats so there is no metal behind the seats. It looks like the whole trunk area was one big shell that's removeable. I get tires in a couple of days where they were built for quiet in mind. Then I am doing the wheel wells then I will tackle the trunk after I take some readings. As it stands right now I don't think we will ever buy a new Honda again because of the noise level. I am going to check out your trunk video.
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic That's incredible readings. I had no idea you could get that low in DBs. Now my truck is stock and it's only about 71 DB. Very quiet . I get comments on how quiet it is for a truck.
Japanese Drivers, like the Brits, drive on the wrong side of the road, and sit on the Right hense the right side gas cap. That's not an overfill but the Charcoal gas vapor canister vent.
True on the "side of the road" thing. I've been told the fill up is on the right side to keep people safe tanking up on the side of the road, but that sounds like an unreasonable amount of foresight, especially from how we have seen companies act lately. 🤣
Any thoughts on the boom mat overall? Seeing boom mat, and other undercoating sprays from 3M, Dupli color etc. Any particular reason you went with boom mat? Thanks!
Hi friend. Umm, largely, it was a notable name brand and said it did the things I needed it to. I don't know if anything would work better or worse, and in the case of the Subaru, there is already the plastic wheel well liner, that prob is doing some heavy lifting in regards to sound stock. Any spray will prob do just as well as another. Whichever is cheaper. The results were noticeable, especially with weather. Rocks, rain, water, snow, mud, ect. Is much much quieter, as are any loud tires (I have the Crossclimate2 on my car, not known for being quiet or fuel efficient). For the time spent cleaning and applying, I highly recommend doing it. 👍
@@9graff9 It helps that my wheel wells have the black plastic cowling inside them, but I don't know of any deterioration. For the time spent to clean and spray in, this step of sound deadening helped make my drive into work 52 decibles at highway speeds. Would absolutely recommend.
Hey, it's possible I did not notice it, but do you have any video of you doing the firewall (0:19)? If not, could you please elaborate, on which part did you apply the material (inside / outside) and how did you get to the firewall? Thanks a bunch!
Hi Friend! I don't remember if I made a video on it. My base model Forester did not have any protection on the firewall, so I did have to do my firewall. If you have any dark fabric already on your firewall, I don't know that you can add over it. That said, first I cleaned the whole firewall with rubbing alcohol. Then, I cut a sheet or two of the Noice sound deadener sheets (seen in episode one of my noise deadening series) into 1/8 sheet strips, and put that strips anywhere where if I tapped the metal, the metal was loud. Meaning, if I tapped a thin part of the metal, it would make noise like if I tapped the backside of a cookie sheet. If I tapped metal and it was quiet, like tapping a steel pipe, then I didn't bother with the Noico. Next, I used the $14 roll of 10mm insulation foam (Temu, best seen in the "door" episode of my ND series), cut strips of about 4 inches wide, and basically tiled the firewall, making additional cuts to allow for the tubing and connectors and all. I'd say I had maybe 20% coverage for the Noico (to prevent noise from being made), and maybe 80% coverage of the insulating foam (to mute any noise from being transferred through the firewall). I absolutely recommend doing it. It won't look pretty, as it will be piecemailed together, but 1) who's going to ask to see under your hood? 2) it allows you to keep most of the engine noise out of the cabin. 3) it allows you to keep most of the road noise from transferring through your strut towers. 4) it helps keep the engine HEAT out of your cabin, as the insulating foam not only blocks sound energy but also thermal energy Hope that helps!
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic That's very helpful, thanks! But just a second. On which part of the firewall did you apply this? On the engine side? Also, how did you get to that side? Wouldn't the engine be in the way?
@@ToniML200 Everything I mentioned was on the engine side. My final video of the series shows what I did to the firewall on the inside/cabin side. The engine, and like seven houses and tubes, were in the way. Hence why I did not use a single sheet of foam, but opted to cut it into 4-6 inch wide strips, and applied where I could. Too thin of strips and the adhesive mat not stick well enough. Did what I could. 🤷
@@ToniML200 Between all the things I did to my car, my uncalibrated cellphone decible meter app said I was averaging about 70dB while driving to work, and the actual decible meter now reads around 52 dB at 65mph on Cleveland "maintained" roads. Night and day difference.
You should have cleaned & sprayed the back side of the plastic cover as well. Applying sound deadening mats works even better.
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There is one more thing you could do is the actual tires try hankook ion evo tire have sound deading inside the tires
@@scotttucker2557 Absolutely. These Crossclimate 2s are all season tires that rip through snow, but cost me -2mpg and are not quiet as they do it. Tires can make a huge difference as well, but I'd rather the traction (so far).
GFeez 52 decibals is low and that's really quiet. The AC will also raise the decibal up. Anyway our Honda is NOISY. Over 81 and can go easily into the 90s. So I am going to do the rear wheel wells. The noise seems to come from the rear. I heard maybe here that doing the spare tire area is a waste of time. I guess unless you do several readings after making just one change you will know by the meter if it helped.
@@wanaraz Hello, Friend. 👋 OMG, 52 dB is amazing. I can hear a water bottle krinkle, my clutch pedal squeek, and the AC/fan and turn signal are the loudest parts of my car now. 🤗
I did the spare tire area, and honestly, I would recommend you do it. Both your rear wheels, rear differential, exhausts, muffler, and road noise all permeate into your cabin through the trunk. See my video about how easy it is to get to, how much surface area made noise, and the difference it makes. Arguably it's the easier, most wide open area to work on.
@@wanaraz Also, after all my work, my car idling with the windows up is at about 47 dB, maybe 50-54 dB at highway speeds. It's SOOOO nice, absolutely worth the effort.
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic OK I will do it in steps little by little. The Truck area has the fold down seats so there is no metal behind the seats. It looks like the whole trunk area was one big shell that's removeable. I get tires in a couple of days where they were built for quiet in mind. Then I am doing the wheel wells then I will tackle the trunk after I take some readings. As it stands right now I don't think we will ever buy a new Honda again because of the noise level.
I am going to check out your trunk video.
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic That's incredible readings. I had no idea you could get that low in DBs.
Now my truck is stock and it's only about 71 DB. Very quiet . I get comments on how quiet it is for a truck.
Japanese Drivers, like the Brits, drive on the wrong side of the road, and sit on the Right hense the right side gas cap. That's not an overfill but the Charcoal gas vapor canister vent.
True on the "side of the road" thing. I've been told the fill up is on the right side to keep people safe tanking up on the side of the road, but that sounds like an unreasonable amount of foresight, especially from how we have seen companies act lately. 🤣
Any thoughts on the boom mat overall? Seeing boom mat, and other undercoating sprays from 3M, Dupli color etc. Any particular reason you went with boom mat? Thanks!
Hi friend.
Umm, largely, it was a notable name brand and said it did the things I needed it to. I don't know if anything would work better or worse, and in the case of the Subaru, there is already the plastic wheel well liner, that prob is doing some heavy lifting in regards to sound stock. Any spray will prob do just as well as another. Whichever is cheaper.
The results were noticeable, especially with weather. Rocks, rain, water, snow, mud, ect. Is much much quieter, as are any loud tires (I have the Crossclimate2 on my car, not known for being quiet or fuel efficient). For the time spent cleaning and applying, I highly recommend doing it. 👍
How's it holding up?
@@9graff9 It helps that my wheel wells have the black plastic cowling inside them, but I don't know of any deterioration. For the time spent to clean and spray in, this step of sound deadening helped make my drive into work 52 decibles at highway speeds. Would absolutely recommend.
Hey, it's possible I did not notice it, but do you have any video of you doing the firewall (0:19)?
If not, could you please elaborate, on which part did you apply the material (inside / outside) and how did you get to the firewall?
Thanks a bunch!
Hi Friend!
I don't remember if I made a video on it. My base model Forester did not have any protection on the firewall, so I did have to do my firewall. If you have any dark fabric already on your firewall, I don't know that you can add over it.
That said, first I cleaned the whole firewall with rubbing alcohol. Then, I cut a sheet or two of the Noice sound deadener sheets (seen in episode one of my noise deadening series) into 1/8 sheet strips, and put that strips anywhere where if I tapped the metal, the metal was loud. Meaning, if I tapped a thin part of the metal, it would make noise like if I tapped the backside of a cookie sheet. If I tapped metal and it was quiet, like tapping a steel pipe, then I didn't bother with the Noico.
Next, I used the $14 roll of 10mm insulation foam (Temu, best seen in the "door" episode of my ND series), cut strips of about 4 inches wide, and basically tiled the firewall, making additional cuts to allow for the tubing and connectors and all.
I'd say I had maybe 20% coverage for the Noico (to prevent noise from being made), and maybe 80% coverage of the insulating foam (to mute any noise from being transferred through the firewall).
I absolutely recommend doing it. It won't look pretty, as it will be piecemailed together, but
1) who's going to ask to see under your hood?
2) it allows you to keep most of the engine noise out of the cabin.
3) it allows you to keep most of the road noise from transferring through your strut towers.
4) it helps keep the engine HEAT out of your cabin, as the insulating foam not only blocks sound energy but also thermal energy
Hope that helps!
@@OutsideTheTargetDemographic That's very helpful, thanks!
But just a second. On which part of the firewall did you apply this? On the engine side?
Also, how did you get to that side? Wouldn't the engine be in the way?
@@ToniML200 Everything I mentioned was on the engine side. My final video of the series shows what I did to the firewall on the inside/cabin side.
The engine, and like seven houses and tubes, were in the way. Hence why I did not use a single sheet of foam, but opted to cut it into 4-6 inch wide strips, and applied where I could. Too thin of strips and the adhesive mat not stick well enough. Did what I could. 🤷
@@ToniML200 If you check my most recent "Community Post", I @ed you with pictures of my firewall. Sometimes pictures tell you everything you need. 👍
@@ToniML200 Between all the things I did to my car, my uncalibrated cellphone decible meter app said I was averaging about 70dB while driving to work, and the actual decible meter now reads around 52 dB at 65mph on Cleveland "maintained" roads. Night and day difference.