here is a quick report about installing and the performance of SpecialTAuto's (John Hervey's) Rear Cargo Sound Insulating Kit access to the foam is pretty easy, remove the rear shelf carpet (velcro), and the rear vertical trim board (4 screws) I was lucky, the foam pieces in the car were pretty much still intact (not mouse-eaten, etc.) but, the original 25 year-old foam pieces covering the transmission and engine compartment areas were in pretty sad shape, the top black layer portion had numerous large cracks and was hard and brittle, and the "carpet padding" lower layer had seen better days - pretty obvious why it seemed to be "loud" in the passenger compartment, at least by today's standards! removal of these 2 large pieces was easy with a wide putty knife and a shop vac the new foam pieces are made from what appears to be high-quality real "sound deadening foam", rather than the original "carpet pad" foam the portion that covers the horizontal transmission area is in two layers like the original, the lower layer had to be cut to accommodate the throttle cable, then the upper layer was just placed on top of the lower the foam piece for the rear vertical (engine) wall had all the cutouts for the brackets and cables, only had to make a couple slits to the holes to place the cables I attached these pieces with 3-M 90 Hi-Strength spray adhesive from Home Depot there are a number of additional pre-cut pieces for the right and left sides in the fender-well areas - the existing foam was still in pretty decent shape, so I just added (crammed into place) the additional pieces as an additional layer all in all, a pretty quick project (well, really quick as I already had the seats out for another reason), the one-page sheet of instructions is helpful and complete the good news: a HUGE difference in noise level - certainly worth the $130 considering everything is pre-cut, and given the quality of the new sound deadening foam - probably quieter than when the car was new Cliff To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/