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Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? #1500271 09/11/13 10:07 PM 09/11/13 10:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru domingo OP EL Master
domingo OP EL Master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru	Hi! I need to insulate a car's flor against road noise, exhaust noise and also insulate it so that the heat radiatiion from the headers and 3" exhaust isnt unbeareable inside the car. I know Dynamat does the trick, but it is expensive. Looking for a cheaper alternative that will work just as good. What product would you guys reccomend? Looking for the best bank for the buck.....I see Summit has some alternatives, wonder how good they are.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: domingo] #1500272 09/11/13 11:43 PM 09/11/13 11:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 66 Grand Rapids,Minnesota 6 65belvedere member
65belvedere member 6 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 66 Grand Rapids,Minnesota	Did you check Dynamat prices at Amazon?

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: 65belvedere] #1500273 09/11/13 11:51 PM 09/11/13 11:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	I bought FatMat from Amazon. Pretty cheap compared to Dynamat or Hushmat. It was the same .080 thickness and unlike some of the cheaper stuff, had no asphalt smell. Some guys use some roofing type stuff from home improvement stores. I didnt want to go that route. The smell would make summer driving less than pleasureable.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: Kern Dog] #1500274 09/12/13 12:16 AM 09/12/13 12:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru domingo OP EL Master
domingo OP EL Master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru	Quote: I bought FatMat from Amazon. Pretty cheap compared to Dynamat or Hushmat. It was the same .080 thickness and unlike some of the cheaper stuff, had no asphalt smell. Some guys use some roofing type stuff from home improvement stores. I didnt want to go that route. The smell would make summer driving less than pleasureable. I will check that out....thanks!!!

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: domingo] #1500275 09/12/13 12:20 AM 09/12/13 12:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru domingo OP EL Master
domingo OP EL Master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru	How many square feet did it take to do your floors????

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: domingo] #1500276 09/12/13 12:30 AM 09/12/13 12:30 AM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 99 Vancouver, BC, Canada R rtriv member
rtriv member R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 99 Vancouver, BC, Canada	I looked into this a bunch and found pretty good reviews on RAAMaudio. I got the RAAMat and Ensolite combo and they seem like good products and laid down nicely. Haven't run the car yet so can't comment on the performance. http://www.raamaudio.com/

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: rtriv] #1500277 09/12/13 03:04 AM 09/12/13 03:04 AM
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Lefty master L Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 6,516 Santa Cruz, California	I use Fat Mat or Hush Mat and get the 100sq/ft deal. Used to be $100, now it's around $130

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: Lefty] #1500278 09/12/13 10:44 AM 09/12/13 10:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,948 British Columbia C chrisf master
chrisf master C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,948 British Columbia	I se b-quiet happy with their product. they make a bunch of different sound deadeners not just the butyl backed stuff.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: chrisf] #1500279 09/12/13 12:08 PM 09/12/13 12:08 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan C crlush pro stock
crlush pro stock C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan	Check out Peel and Seal from Lowe's home improvement store, I used it on my convertable and worked excellent, looks same as dynamat but in a roll, the rolls are only 6-8" wide but I don't think it really matters. its made for moble or rc trailer roofing repair, but if you go to Lowe's website and read the reviews I think everyone says how good it works for automotive sound and vibration deadining. Not shure if its better than dynamat but it made a heck of a differance on my ride plus its a third of the price.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: crlush] #1500280 09/12/13 02:29 PM 09/12/13 02:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,568 Omaha, Nebraska Scott Carl pro stock
Scott Carl pro stock Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,568 Omaha, Nebraska	Quote: Check out Peel and Seal from Lowe's home improvement store, I used it on my convertable and worked excellent, looks same as dynamat but in a roll, the rolls are only 6-8" wide but I don't think it really matters. its made for moble or rc trailer roofing repair, but if you go to Lowe's website and read the reviews I think everyone says how good it works for automotive sound and vibration deadining. Not shure if its better than dynamat but it made a heck of a differance on my ride plus its a third of the price.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: 65belvedere] #1500281 09/12/13 07:52 PM 09/12/13 07:52 PM
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HEMIDOG 70 top fuel Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,913 central P.A.	Quote: Did you check Dynamat prices at Amazon? I did that, then had Jegs price match the Amazon price. The Amazon price was much lower than Jegs but they matched it. I bought it from Jegs because they had it in stock and ship very quickly.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: domingo] #1500282 09/12/13 10:40 PM 09/12/13 10:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	Quote: How many square feet did it take to do your floors???? My order of 100 sq ft was more than enough. I did the floor from the pinch weld on the firewall to the axle hump. I put sections on the insides of the doors against the outer door skins. Some went in the quarter panels between the doors and wheel tubs. I did NOT pull the headliner to put it there. I had enough left over to do 60% of my Brother in laws Duster floor.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: crlush] #1500283 09/13/13 08:59 AM 09/13/13 08:59 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,920 n.e. pa. 6 65rbdodge master
65rbdodge master 6 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,920 n.e. pa.	Quote: Check out Peel and Seal from Lowe's home improvement store, I used it on my convertable and worked excellent, looks same as dynamat but in a roll, the rolls are only 6-8" wide but I don't think it really matters. its made for moble or rc trailer roofing repair, but if you go to Lowe's website and read the reviews I think everyone says how good it works for automotive sound and vibration deadining. Not shure if its better than dynamat but it made a heck of a differance on my ride plus its a third of the price. I just bought 2 rolls of this yesterday, it was about $20 per roll and is 9"x33'

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: 65rbdodge] #1500284 09/13/13 09:13 AM 09/13/13 09:13 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida	I'm curious what the Lowes stuff looks like. Sounds like a good deal, $20/25 sqft compared to $30 or more for the "automotive" stuff.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: BDW] #1500285 09/13/13 10:19 PM 09/13/13 10:19 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan C crlush pro stock
crlush pro stock C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan	looks the same as dynamat (sticky rubber with aluminum foil on one side). I dont know what the difference is but for the money I experienced a big difference in noise control after installing it on my floors.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: crlush] #1500286 09/13/13 10:26 PM 09/13/13 10:26 PM
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Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	I read here and elsewhere that the home improvement store stuff smells like roofing tar. If it doesn't, I may consider this in future builds.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: Kern Dog] #1500287 09/14/13 12:38 AM 09/14/13 12:38 AM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 99 Vancouver, BC, Canada R rtriv member
rtriv member R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 99 Vancouver, BC, Canada	Yes, I believe the cheap home depot stuff is asphalt based where as the more expensive stuff is butyl based.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: rtriv] #1500288 09/14/13 02:04 AM 09/14/13 02:04 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida	I went to Lowe's, the Peel n Seal is $98 for 100 sqft. That's a pretty good deal. Wish I knew if it smells like tar, that would be bad.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: BDW] #1500289 09/14/13 08:44 AM 09/14/13 08:44 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan C crlush pro stock
crlush pro stock C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan	I couldn't smell anything after install, if you put the roll up to your face you can smell it a bit but it is not overwhelming.

Re: Cheaper but good alternative to Dynamat? [Re: crlush] #1500290 09/14/13 12:40 PM 09/14/13 12:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,395 The Pale Blue Dot Skeptic master
Skeptic master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,395 The Pale Blue Dot	Just search "sound deadener" on e bay, there are hundreds of sellers, the Butyl rubber is more efficient and less smelly- but costs more.

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