Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[cast]

Great. I just got all my sound deadening stuff shipped last week. Thanks for the tips.

Originally Posted by swidd

Yep. B-Quiet, about 15 sq ft per door, double layers in the middle/most vibrating areas. Then I stuffed closed cell foam mattress material in the bottom, behind the speaker, and generally all around. And that was it.

I did not do anything to replace the moisture barrier, because when I opened the door I did not see any evidence of water having ever leaked in there. It was all clean and dry. - After 62,000 miles with harsh winter weather!

I also didn't do anything with the plastic door panel itself, other than replacing broken clips/fasteners with new ones (box of 30 cost $15 in a local upholstery store). The plastic didn't seem to vibrate when I had sound coming out of the door speaker.

[swidd]

Look forward to it! I just slipped in the Alpine PDX-5 into the wire mess, and wholla, awesome sound! CYA!

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by swidd

I did the undercoating way back before much else, and did not notice much improvement if any.

It did make the wheel wells look better though. All black and deep, hiding the cheap plastic and thin metal... But it wears off after a while.

go with Duplicolor brand... better quality. Mine is still going strong after 45,000 miles & 2.25years. I've spent probably 1,000 of those miles on dirt/gravel roads too.

if you want both looks & sound improvements... you gotta go with one of the paint on/spray on sound deadeners that comes in 5 gallon buckets for example the second skin spectrum. Everything else either won't put on enough mass, or doesn't cure hard enough.

With the duplicor brand spray can stuff (I think $8 a can) I only notice a reduction when comparing a rock flying off my tire into the wheel well at highway speeds... I notice it is slightly muffled compared to when the well was naked (pre-coating).

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by cast

Great. I just got all my sound deadening stuff shipped last week. Thanks for the tips.

Good, what did you get?


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[derickveliz2]

Well I manage to take a break at Lunch and finished the rear left door. Everything was so fast! compare to the first door.

I started with the front right door, here are some shots!..

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[derickveliz2]

Ok, I'm almost done with this other project! need to finish the roof and a climbing wall and I'll be all set, to continue working on my car.

"FAMILY FIRST"


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[ezhacker1]

i did 50 ft of edead 45, that got out most rattle made the doors sound much more solid when closing. I do have rattling when sub goes but i honestly dont care as long as i cant hear it inside. The thing i do care about is the front speakers being about as loud on the outside as inside. How would i go about keeping sound inside, those foam things? If all else fails i would just put speakers in the side air vents seeing they point at me, i would get the most sound per volume setting.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by ezhacker1

The thing i do care about is the front speakers being about as loud on the outside as inside. How would i go about keeping sound inside, those foam things?.

Some where I read... "MLV keeps the noise out and the music in"

I'll let you know once I get my system running.

D.

[ezhacker1]

Originally Posted by derickveliz2

Some where I read... "MLV keeps the noise out and the music in"

I'll let you know once I get my system running.

D.

thanks. Everytime i roll up to a stop light or in traffic, i tend to turn my music down and its not even loud just its as sound outside as it is inside. Im paranoid like that dont want to disturb people with my awesome Eurobeat collection

btw, Eurobeat is pure JDM

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by ezhacker1

thanks. Everytime i roll up to a stop light or in traffic, i tend to turn my music down and its not even loud just its as sound outside as it is inside. Im paranoid like that dont want to disturb people with my awesome Eurobeat collection

btw, Eurobeat is pure JDM

A layer of mat all over the inside of the door will help a lot. It'll dampen most of the midrange and midbass tones. You'll still hear the treble/vocals fairly well tho.

The best option if you don't want any sound to exit the car is to make fiberglass kickpods to install your speakers by your feet. It has the added benefit of allowing you to aim your speakers for better SQ too.

In my mazda I had it so that you could have music at about 130dB on the inside, and barely hear it outside of the car... if I cranked it much more then the bass finally would overcome the amount of mat I had... but even then, it wasn't nasty rattle like most people's cars do.

[ezhacker1]

I probably look into what i can fit in the side air vents, or maybe the middle vent which i deem pretty useless for aiming air.

[derickveliz2]

Ok, I've been reading and reading all about car audio and passive and active crossovers, and I think I'm getting an idea, thanks to sqcomp and talnlnky for all your help and information. This website it's a very good source of information: http://www.bcae1.com/

I'm done with my son's playset so this week I'm going back to my project.

I'll post some ideas of my audio set up and progress with the deadening process.

Thanks YarisWorld.com!

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[sqcomp]

That's what this forum is all about mang! I'd like to hear your ideas...

[derickveliz2]

After some reading I realize that using an active crossover is the way to go, I'm heading a little bit towards sound quality here, and by doing so I think I'm going to loose my rear speakers, (this is for a good staging, I assume).

I'm OPEN to any suggestions here, this is my plan, if you feel like suggesting a better way or proper way my ears are wide open, I'm here to learn and to accomplish as much as possible, there are some variables like things that I already have, but the more input we get the better.

Thank you,

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[_S7V7N_]

What rms are them solobarics rated at ? and have you checked the airspace they'll require ?

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by _S7V7N_

What rms are them solobarics rated at ? and have you checked the airspace they'll require ?

Each is 350 RMS when installed in 0.66 cubic enclosure, I had these puppies in my truck and the box fits inside the Yaris trunk, so it's an easy drop install if I'm lazy. LINK-SOLO-BARIC Manual

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[_S7V7N_]

Wow, i thought they'd ask for more space, that's not bad at all. Install looks well thought out.

[sqcomp]

Are those new solos? That looks suprisingly like my old Solo D series rounds...

I love those old round D series subs. I had two 15"s of two ZR360s ten years back. Fun times.

As for criticism of the layout? Meh, I'd say the weak part is going to be the Pioneer EQ. I understand then need though. I'd say do as much tweaking with the amplifiers and the ReQ as possible before installing that.