Reinhard,

This is great work you're doing. I have an '84 and am well impressed
with how darn noisy it is at highway speed. So I'm reading your reports
with great interest, hoping you find e-z and effective means to reduce
the noise. Keep up the good work.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

Reinhard Vehring wrote:

>--- Terry K <CTONLINE@webtv.net> wrote:
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>>Reinhard,
>>Allow me to disspell any thought's you may have that
>>the Dyna Mat does
>>not work in the door panel's--
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>Terry,
>I put brown bread into every reachable spot of the
>passenger side door. Also put Evercoat QPads into the
>larger sections that can resonate. That is even more
>extreme / heavy stuff than Dynamat. It makes my
>speakers sound better (I believe). And removes
>resonances, yes, agreed. Also the door is much heavier
>now :-( and closes with a nice "thump" :-) But: The
>noise level in the van did not drop. Measured many
>times before and after. This was the whole point of
>the conversation. It's like fixing a small hole in a
>pail, if the bottom has already dropped out. Gotta go
>for the biggest source of noise first. Insulating the
>sheet metal in the door doesn't help, if the noise can
>happily go around the insulation through the air
>vents.
>Have fun,
>Reinhard, 83 Westy, "Moose"
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