My $67 sound dampening / undercoating

[CTScott]

I have been meaning to paint the inside of the wheel wells since I bought my Yaris to get rid of the patchy look of some visible paint and some patches of seam sealer.

This Saturday I was planning on doing an oil change and figured I would do something with the wheel wells while I had it up on the lift. Doing a little research on coatings for the wheel wells, I found that Herculiner paint-on truck bed coating seemed to be a good choice. It is a urethane rubber based coating and is promoted as being for both truck bed protection and undercoating. For $67 for a gallon, I figured it was worth a shot. I wanted something that could be brushed on to avoid the mess of overspray.

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I initially applied two coats to the wheel wells. I then got under the car and coated the floor pan. This morning it was done curing, so I took it out for a test run. The roads were wet and coated with sand from Saturday's snow storm. I was extremely impressed with the sound dampening that the coating provided.

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