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I remember seeing the guy from second skin said you only need 50% coverage on a panel to achieve sufficient results.

On 11/20/2012 at 8:54 PM, AMI CUSTOMS said:

Turned mine up today at a light, guy next to me his steering wheel started moving and he looked over at me like I was a magician lol.

On 5/9/2012 at 8:45 PM, skittlesRgood said:

fuck the plating. look at what the main metal used is. you could buy unicorn blood plated terminals but if its just covering up dog shit, whats the point

On 4/10/2013 at 12:26 PM, mrd6 said:

I'll admit, half way through sanding that fiberglass in the rain and cold while I was all itchy I was definitely starting to question why i was doing this haha

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I remember seeing the guy from second skin said you only need 50% coverage on a panel to achieve sufficient results.

i heard 30percent laid right, will do fine..

guess it depends on the needs...

i laid that shit on inner, outter,, inner outter, and outter inner..... my doors gained like 19 pounds, and ill say,, they kick ass

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300% coverage or gtfo

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Thing i disagree with is all these test.

Perfect example the bell test and how a small piece of deadener quiets that bell.

Has anyone ever stopped to thing what frequency that bell dings at?

And thats just it, its a ding, its not a massive amount of pressure from a pair of 15s on a 5,000 watt amp.

Sure maybe that 50 or 30 percent coverage will be great for a simple set of components in your doors that wont flex your doors off the hinges unlike some of the more common ground pounders being built.

 

 

Posted

Thing i disagree with is all these test.

Perfect example the bell test and how a small piece of deadener quiets that bell.

Has anyone ever stopped to thing what frequency that bell dings at?

And thats just it, its a ding, its not a massive amount of pressure from a pair of 15s on a 5,000 watt amp.

Sure maybe that 50 or 30 percent coverage will be great for a simple set of components in your doors that wont flex your doors off the hinges unlike some of the more common ground pounders being built.

So If I plan on putting a single 18, 1500watts, with factory size door speakers, 30- 50% coverage would be enough?

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What are you wanting to do with the deadener? If you are just wanting to lower resonance then @25% is probably good enough. If you are looking to reduce flex then you need to add mass in which case you need more coverage.

 

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Does anyone have any experience with Second Skin Spectrum? Is it any good for sound deadening?

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My trunk was from SS Alpha Damp that I got for free from "Alpha Damp Giveaway Extravaganza!" with plenty of left-overs.

As for my doors, I used about 14 sq/ft per door of Second Skin Damp Pro.

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I also did the inside of my door (behind the speaker area and such):
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One final word of caution... do not buy "FatMat". I spent hours removing this stuff from my trunk lid for better deadening:

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