sound deadening my new (old) beetle

HARDWORK · 2011-04-12T04:41:06+00:00

Hi All, I am a newbie and probably posted in the wrong area, please direct me in the right direct if I have. Anyway, we want to sound deaden the back area behind the back seat in our 1971 bug. Looks like dyamat is the way to go, but way to expensive for our budget. saw chris from classic veedees in the states using a peel and stick aluminuim film with has rubber and tar in it. I Found some stuff at bunnings called stop leap (looks the same of the stuff on the classic veedees u tube video. Made of rubber and tar and has an alum seal, peel and stick. Has anyone used any of this type of stuff, does it work or am I wasting time and should just go for the dynamat. Also have new carpets for the car, should be we laying some type of felt under the carpet before placing it in. any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks

psimitar wrote:FatMat is yet another contender in the USA market. Unsure if available direct in Oz or needs international shipping.

Check out RAAMmaat. USA company but they can ship direct from Singapore so has same dampening factor as Dynamat and better at higher temps but even with shipping it was about $40/sq metre cheaper than Dynamat.

Resomat, Car Builders, Solavis and dBKill are also all Oz companies with there own products. Not necessarliy made in Oz but the campanies are at least Australian.

Have used Dynamat and RAAMat,
RAAMat was a lot cheaper and all the research(on USA sites) shows its equal if not better than Dynamat, also won in a test for how long it actually stuck to a roof in hot temps,