Sound deadening
Discussion
Hello all,
First time posting in here but a camper appears to have arrived in our driveway.
Although it is brand new and very nice inside I would like to upgrade the speakers and, most importantly, the sound deadening.
We are based in Hertfordshire and I have been looking round for a company to take this on without much success so far.
Whilst I am reasonably competent with these things I do not have any time before we plan to use it in April.
From any of you that have done this before is there a company you might recommend? If not do you think I should be heading for car audio specialists or camper specialists?
Many thanks
First time posting in here but a camper appears to have arrived in our driveway.
Although it is brand new and very nice inside I would like to upgrade the speakers and, most importantly, the sound deadening.
We are based in Hertfordshire and I have been looking round for a company to take this on without much success so far.
Whilst I am reasonably competent with these things I do not have any time before we plan to use it in April.
From any of you that have done this before is there a company you might recommend? If not do you think I should be heading for car audio specialists or camper specialists?
Many thanks
Personally, if it's brand new I'd be making sure it worked properly before I started f
king about with it.
Give it some proper use to get the bugs out before pulling apart an expensive toy. Right now you have no idea if it's any good, and if there are problems with the interior fitout whether it came that way or whatever audio installer plays with it fked it.
It's not like it's unknown for a camper to be a mess that has to be returned to the supplier.
king about with it.Give it some proper use to get the bugs out before pulling apart an expensive toy. Right now you have no idea if it's any good, and if there are problems with the interior fitout whether it came that way or whatever audio installer plays with it f
ked it. It's not like it's unknown for a camper to be a mess that has to be returned to the supplier.
Spuffington said:
I can highly recommend Audiofile at Bishops Stortford. He did an X5 for me a good few years ago now but he s one of the best in the business.
Lead times might be an issue though.
They look decent, thanks for the pointer. I will give them a call in the morning. Hopefully my timescales will work within theirs. Lead times might be an issue though.
POIDH said:
Another one who says get it all working properly first, so that warranty support is not compromised.
When you say sound deadening, do you mean cab while driving or the accomodation?
Thank you (and Josh) for that pointer. It has been stayed in and driven over from Germany already by my brothers in laws who have a similar camper and all seems really good so far so it has had a little bit of a test run. When you say sound deadening, do you mean cab while driving or the accomodation?
The main thing is wind noise on the road, dialling that down a bit would be a real bonus with the added benefit of better night times.
Problem is if it's what it looks like - a fibreglass roof - then the wind noise is going to be coming from the shape and the joints and short of maybe checking the detailing and the seams there's limits to what you can do.
It isn't going to take deadening like a steel panel would and I'm also not sure there's going to be huge scope for stripping the interior and fitting useful things behind it.
There's all sorts of things that could maybe be done, I'm just not sure how well it would be possible.
On a practical level the hard part is removing & refitting the interior, not fitting a sound management product, so I'd suggest that's better suited to someone who understands the vans. Or maybe it's a split job, one to strip/reassemble and one to do the fitting.
It isn't going to take deadening like a steel panel would and I'm also not sure there's going to be huge scope for stripping the interior and fitting useful things behind it.
There's all sorts of things that could maybe be done, I'm just not sure how well it would be possible.
On a practical level the hard part is removing & refitting the interior, not fitting a sound management product, so I'd suggest that's better suited to someone who understands the vans. Or maybe it's a split job, one to strip/reassemble and one to do the fitting.
MrMoonyMan said:
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The main thing is wind noise on the road, dialling that down a bit would be a real bonus with the added benefit of better night times.
Our Transporter T5.1 was a more basic spec. I whipped off the door panels and floor mat and chucked in some (not total coverage) sound matting. It made quite a difference. The main thing is wind noise on the road, dialling that down a bit would be a real bonus with the added benefit of better night times.
I've also installed wind deflectors, which as well as being chav spec did quieten wind noise a tad.. More importantly you can sleep with the front windows cracked open even in rain.
I also have a glass roof, but mine is slopes not overhanging. Over 60 you can hear the wind noise increase and watch economy plummet. So I sit back and chill at 60...
Those Citroen/Pug vans are blooming noisy for wind in my experience. The last one I hired was really loud, and I did wonder if the really hard plastics of the dash was 'echoing' sounds around. Worth popping some fabric / fleece jacket on the dash and taking a test drive to see if that helped?
The sound deadening title got me interested. But now I am somewhat disappointed.
Our 44 year old campervan, when driven at 50mph leaves me and the wife with sore throats after two hours. We have to shout at each other to chat over the road noise!!
Tried sound deadening, better stereo and speakers and it has probably dropped by 1db.
Our 44 year old campervan, when driven at 50mph leaves me and the wife with sore throats after two hours. We have to shout at each other to chat over the road noise!!
Tried sound deadening, better stereo and speakers and it has probably dropped by 1db.
Depending on how far you want to drive, Car Audio & Security have been around forever, never used them myself but I understand they have a good reputation.
Be interesting to see how you get on with the sound deadening, I've been meaning to get the doors done on our MoHo for a while now. Had great results with Dynamat in my MK2 Golf GTI 20 plus years ago.
Be interesting to see how you get on with the sound deadening, I've been meaning to get the doors done on our MoHo for a while now. Had great results with Dynamat in my MK2 Golf GTI 20 plus years ago.
Just to update this thread.
The van went off to Audiofile in Bishops Stortford, thank you to those that recommended them.
We added sound deadening to the whole of the front cab floor, dashboard and doors.
We also put new Audison speakers in the doors, upper dash and in the rear.
Sound quality and staging has improved massively. The van is also a lot quieter between 20 and 62mph. Above 62mph the lack of aerodynamics takes over again!
At a steady cruise of 62mph on decent tarmac it now registers 67db.
Audio file did a great job, were far from cheap but certainly provided a good service.
The van went off to Audiofile in Bishops Stortford, thank you to those that recommended them.
We added sound deadening to the whole of the front cab floor, dashboard and doors.
We also put new Audison speakers in the doors, upper dash and in the rear.
Sound quality and staging has improved massively. The van is also a lot quieter between 20 and 62mph. Above 62mph the lack of aerodynamics takes over again!
At a steady cruise of 62mph on decent tarmac it now registers 67db.
Audio file did a great job, were far from cheap but certainly provided a good service.
MrMoonyMan said:
Just to update this thread.
The van went off to Audiofile in Bishops Stortford, thank you to those that recommended them.
We added sound deadening to the whole of the front cab floor, dashboard and doors.
We also put new Audison speakers in the doors, upper dash and in the rear.
Sound quality and staging has improved massively. The van is also a lot quieter between 20 and 62mph. Above 62mph the lack of aerodynamics takes over again!
At a steady cruise of 62mph on decent tarmac it now registers 67db.
Audio file did a great job, were far from cheap but certainly provided a good service.
Thanks for the update. Are the speakers powered by an amp or just the head unit? Which brand of sound deadening did you use?The van went off to Audiofile in Bishops Stortford, thank you to those that recommended them.
We added sound deadening to the whole of the front cab floor, dashboard and doors.
We also put new Audison speakers in the doors, upper dash and in the rear.
Sound quality and staging has improved massively. The van is also a lot quieter between 20 and 62mph. Above 62mph the lack of aerodynamics takes over again!
At a steady cruise of 62mph on decent tarmac it now registers 67db.
Audio file did a great job, were far from cheap but certainly provided a good service.
With our MoHo we rarely take it over 60 as it's just noisey and uses even more fuel, so this could be ideal.
It was mainly Skinz car sound deadening. I’ll add some pictures below to get an idea of the work done.
The speakers are all being run off the standard head unit which is plenty for this. I did consider adding a Sub but it would probably have been overkill and we are also very aware of being close to the weight limit for the ‘van already.
The speakers are all being run off the standard head unit which is plenty for this. I did consider adding a Sub but it would probably have been overkill and we are also very aware of being close to the weight limit for the ‘van already.
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