I am thinking about removing all the sound deadening material in my 08 lancer. I'm not too concerned with road noise, I just want to make this car as light as possible. I did a search but I couldn't find any how-to's or any advice on where to start. I'm just wondering where exactly all the material is (Doors, carpet, engine bay?, trunk, headliner maybe?) and if it serves any other purpose besides lower road noise. I'm completely clueless when it comes to interior work like this so any tips are welcomed. Also, does anyone know roughly how much weight I could save from sound material alone. Road noise already sucks so it doesn't seem like the sound proofing stuff is working.
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The amount of weight you'll remove is hardly worth the increased noise and future resale problems.
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Waste of time. There are much more important things to remove first. When you get to sound deadening, THEN think about all the work you'll need.
As an example, this Honda Civic Si only lost 19 lbs. when they pulled that. And they did the sound deadening material way down near the bottom in the Advanced level of the teardown (which means it's something of a racer-only job).
http://www.importtuner.com/features/...ips/index.html
As an example, this Honda Civic Si only lost 19 lbs. when they pulled that. And they did the sound deadening material way down near the bottom in the Advanced level of the teardown (which means it's something of a racer-only job).
http://www.importtuner.com/features/...ips/index.html
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yeah the 04 RS vs EVO, with the sound deadening material removed plus a lot of other stuff it saved it like 88 lbs.....so to do it to a normal car thats not 100% track i wouldt do it...
ok, you guys convinced me not to bother removing the material, for now.
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WOW no one EVEN attempted to answer your question, yet bashed your ideas...to answer your question...use dry ice on the sound deadening material for an hour or two. then have a flat head spakle(sp?) to manually remove the material..it will take a lot of patience to take this stuff off. BTW some of other manufacturers add about 8lbs of that stuff in your ride. dont about mitsu though.
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Originally Posted by OZ_kidd
WOW no one EVEN attempted to answer your question, yet bashed your ideas...to answer your question...use dry ice on the sound deadening material for an hour or two. then have a flat head spakle(sp?) to manually remove the material..it will take a lot of patience to take this stuff off. BTW some of other manufacturers add about 8lbs of that stuff in your ride. dont about mitsu though.
Because it would be more logical to not do it?
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+1 waste of time and energyOriginally Posted by sgand
Because it would be more logical to not do it?
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Compared to other forms of saving weight (like removing seats, AC, etc), removing the sound deadening material is nothing. You might save 30 lbs or so but you'll end up with a decidely less pleasant car. Weight savings are for race cars, not daily drivers.Originally Posted by OZ_kidd
WOW no one EVEN attempted to answer your question, yet bashed your ideas...to answer your question...use dry ice on the sound deadening material for an hour or two. then have a flat head spakle(sp?) to manually remove the material..it will take a lot of patience to take this stuff off. BTW some of other manufacturers add about 8lbs of that stuff in your ride. dont about mitsu though.