Alex Jarrell
CarAudio.com Newbie
- 12
So I'm looking into sound deadening my car but I have a couple concerns that I haven't seen addressed anywhere.
Starting off, since one of the main goals of sound deadening is reducing road noise, I'm concerned about how well it will do this. Do I need to be worried about being less able to hear other cars like ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, or even just people honking? I can't imagine that just putting in dynamat will cut off all sound from the outside world but I'm worried about the effect of having it installed combined with having music playing.
My second concern is about heat retention. I live in the south and my car is solid black with a black interior. I'm already aware that I should consider going with heat resistant deadening material so it doesn't come off in the heat. If I add an extra layer of stuff in my doors and floor and whatnot, am I just going to make it easier for heat to get trapped in my car? It's already approaching 95°F in the shade where I live and I have to park in direct sunlight at work so my car already gets dangerously hot and I'm not looking to make that any worse.
Finally, will sound deadening my doors make it harder for me to install new speakers? I'm thinking I'll probably want to put new speakers in my car at some point, but I've been told that sound deadening should be one of the first steps I take to improve my car's sound quality. I've been looking online at a bunch of instructional videos and articles on how to install deadening material, and all of them look like they would get in the way of taking it and putting in speakers in the future.
Starting off, since one of the main goals of sound deadening is reducing road noise, I'm concerned about how well it will do this. Do I need to be worried about being less able to hear other cars like ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, or even just people honking? I can't imagine that just putting in dynamat will cut off all sound from the outside world but I'm worried about the effect of having it installed combined with having music playing.
My second concern is about heat retention. I live in the south and my car is solid black with a black interior. I'm already aware that I should consider going with heat resistant deadening material so it doesn't come off in the heat. If I add an extra layer of stuff in my doors and floor and whatnot, am I just going to make it easier for heat to get trapped in my car? It's already approaching 95°F in the shade where I live and I have to park in direct sunlight at work so my car already gets dangerously hot and I'm not looking to make that any worse.
Finally, will sound deadening my doors make it harder for me to install new speakers? I'm thinking I'll probably want to put new speakers in my car at some point, but I've been told that sound deadening should be one of the first steps I take to improve my car's sound quality. I've been looking online at a bunch of instructional videos and articles on how to install deadening material, and all of them look like they would get in the way of taking it and putting in speakers in the future.