VBlok has done wonders to quiet my Syncro Westy.  I have monster mat by
dynamat in my Carat -- poor substitute. You can buy VB-3 from high end car
audio places.  I have never found a web source.

Ty Graham
Links and pics at http://www.oz.net/~tyg/TyG/Westy.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Mark Dorm
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 10:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Reducing road noise in Westies... what works most
effectively?

Higher end stereo shops do this for customers... and when they do it its not
cheap - theres a shop around here that recently did someones Suburbun and it
cost 2000 dollars and the guy said it was as quiet as a Mercedes... and he
mentioned that the kit can be sold so I could do the work myself.... And
I've heard that the undercoating spray some places will use to protect your
car from rust can help reduce noise...

>
>First, thanks to all who've answered my several questions in the last
>couple
>of months.  I hope that someday I'll have enough background in this area to
>help others.
>
>REDUCING SOUND IN MY VANAGON?
>
>One of the things that I'd like to change on my '90 Multivan is to reduce
>the road noise before the monsoon season starts.  I remember the day I
>bought my Westy, and was very surprised at the noise from the windshield
>wiper motors.  My wife recently bought a new used car, a Maxima, and was
>surprised at how we could travel down the freeway and easily hear each
>other
>as we talked.
>
>I've been told that the #1 fix to reduce noise level in a car is to have
>accoustical undercoating sprayed on the surface of the wheel wells.  I
>suspect that a lot of the road noise is coming from the front end.
>
>What modifications have you found to be effective in reducing noise on your
>Westy?
>
>-- Ken, in Marysville, Washington

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