It's more, something like 2x.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Sassone [mailto:brians@xwarecorp.com]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:21 AM
To: Ty Graham; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Re: Reducing road noise in Westies... what works most
effectively?

How does the price compare to Dynamat?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ty Graham" <tyg@oz.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Reducing road noise in Westies... what works most effectively?

> 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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