> do not use the readily available spray > glues that you can buy just anywhere as when the vehicle gets hot all your > work will be destroyed. Greg, Can you explain more what you are talking about? Do you mean that the glue lets go and gets sticky when it gets hot? I had this problem before with an aerosol spray adhesive when I put the dash together on an old Plymouth. It was just like trying to glue the panels together with corn syrup. I wouldn't put anything in the doors that could hold water. You would never realize how thoroughly wet the inside of a DeLorean door gets in the rain until you drive around with the door panels off. Each little drop at the edges of the window frame will hit somewhere and splatter creating larger drops that then drip again and ultimately soak the carpet. I ended up gluing a piece of shower curtain to the back side of the impact beam to work as an umbrella for the window motor. Since my previous HD window motor filled with water and rotted, I'm not taking any chances. I have a whole photo-essay ready to put together about that. > Right > now, though, I'm driving a Buick Regal, which is surprisingly quiet. > What does GM use? Ha ha. Farrar, What GM uses (that I have seen) isn't so bad. It is very similar to B-Quiet Brown Bread only stiffer. Then they use a layer of something that I would describe as a thick mat of recycled old stringy rags. It's obviously cheap but better than nothing at all. Speaking of other makes, the new Lincoln Navigator weighs 400 pounds more than its Ford Explorer sibling. Most of this extra weight is supposedly due to sound-proofing insulation. > Does anyone know if anyone has used the flat back of the rear "seat" to > put acoustical foam inside? There isn't a lot of room between the back of the seat and the back wall. The rear parcel shelf is high enough to cover most of the seat back anyway. The whole shelf is covered with carpet which I think goes a long ways toward absorbing noise. A future project is to remove all of the plywood in the back (since battery acid rotted away the bottom portion on the passenger side) and replace it with a quality musical instrument plywood to minimize internal rattles. While I'm there I'll see about putting a layer of Brown Bread and/or Lcomp. Before I would pad the rear of the seats, I would look into finding alternatives to the vinyl surfaces in the car -- especially the rear speaker panels. Those could be done with leather over foam or maybe just more headliner material or carpet. Walt To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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