Another "how much do I need" thread

[fr34kout]

Ok so I'm still trying to gather all my funds, so this build isn't going to happen until at the very earliest june. Just trying to make sure the money I had budgeted would give me enough material.

So I'm looking at picking up a Dodge Magnum. Probably an 06 R/T, but it really depends on what I can find at the time. I'm doing the whole build at one time, so I want to cover the whole car (roof, floor, doors, trunk, you get the idea). Originally I think I had an 80ft^2 pack of damp pro, a 5 gal bucket of spectrum, and 40 SPL tiles. My idea was to lay down the damp pro first in the trunk area, then the roof, followed by doors and floor. If I had extra left over I'd re-do the trunk. If I ran short I had a 5 gal bucket to completely cover the floor and redo the trunk and probably roof. SPL tiles would go in the trunk area.

Does this sound like too much, not enough, just right? I had about $1000 budgeted for deadener, but shipping to hawaii is a bitch so I can't go all out. I wanted some LLP but that bumped my shipping up to like $600. Would you guys recommend me getting JUST damp pro, like maybe a 160ft^2 pack and skip the spectrum? Or get the same thing just get more damp pro?

Thanks in advance for your input.

[Watch the bass]

Hold the spectrum, but on ur side i would do first, roof doors and if u have the rest the sides from the trunk, bottom from the trunk is more stabile than the sides.

[fr34kout]

Hold the spectrum, but on ur side i would do first, roof doors and if u have the rest the sides from the trunk, bottom from the trunk is more stabile than the sides.

Yea it's more stable but I'm putting in an 18" SMD sub off a Sundown 4500. I'd rather over-do it then not have enough. Currently have no form of deadening in my 95 saturn, and all I hear is rattles. I want to do it right from the beginning and just cover all surfaces in the cabin.

[Watch the bass]

Yea it's more stable but I'm putting in an 18" SMD sub off a Sundown 4500. I'd rather over-do it then not have enough. Currently have no form of deadening in my 95 saturn, and all I hear is rattles. I want to do it right from the beginning and just cover all surfaces in the cabin.

If u want do it right, buy all what u need and look only for savings not tor the budget.

[fr34kout]

If u want do it right, buy all what u need and look only for savings not tor the budget.

Oh I completely agree, that's why I was asking how much I'm going to need to cover everything. I've never used any deadener before so I really have no idea how much is needed to do bigger vehicles like the magnum I'm referring to or an SUV or something along those lines. I never intended to say my budget was strict at $1000, just saying that's what I originally planned for and I was trying to figure out how much I REALLY need and if I'm going to need to save up a little more or if that will be good enough. Mainly just looking for a rough estimate of how much ft^2 of damp pro I'll need from someone who has done a similar sized vehicle, and then I'll get a little extra as well.

Edited March 6, 2010 by fr34kout

[Blackedout]

Get 200 Feet of Damplifier pro. Should be enough to fully cover every surface and double the surfaces that need to be doubled. Good Luck.

[fr34kout]

Get 200 Feet of Damplifier pro. Should be enough to fully cover every surface and double the surfaces that need to be doubled. Good Luck.

So a double shop pack and a bulk pack. Comes out to about 1100 with shipping, well within what I was willing to pay. Thanks for the number, I'll see if anybody else thinks I need more than that or if 200 should be good enough.

[Blackedout]

Where do you live? Shipping is ridiculous.

[fr34kout]

Where do you live? Shipping is ridiculous.

Hawaii... lol. Shipping came out to $367 for UPS ground. Flat rate boxes would be the shit if they made em big enough, but would have to separate em because USPS doesn't ship over 70 lbs. That's why I said I can't really go "all out" because $1000 to someone on the mainland will get a lot more material than me when shipping isn't such a big factor lol.

[blackrosetiger]

LOL I see that being fair you get the sand, surf and girls and we get the savings on materials lol

Hawaii... lol. Shipping came out to $367 for UPS ground. Flat rate boxes would be the shit if they made em big enough, but would have to separate em because USPS doesn't ship over 70 lbs. That's why I said I can't really go "all out" because $1000 to someone on the mainland will get a lot more material than me when shipping isn't such a big factor lol.