Ramp

Hello all,

I am new to this site and I am a new owner. I just picked up a 2004 grey automatic last week.

I have a question about the noise that the front driver side door makes when closing it. It sounds a little hollow and tinny. Is this common? Has anyone tried to fix or modify the sound?

jlukja

Acura tried to "engineer" the sound of the doors to make them sound more substantial. LOL, I guess you don't think it worked. If you add sound dampening materials inside the door then the sound will change. Dynmat and Cascade products come to mind. I put Cascade Vmax in my doors while I was changing out the front door speakers. I haven't made an effort to notice whether the "thunk" changed but I have noticed a significant decrease in road noise.

BTW, congrats on your purchase and welcome to Acurazine.

Tsx536

When you added VMax Jlukja, did that reduce any of the background noise?

I'm especially wondering about what kind of change it made while driving 65+ on the freeway.

Thanks.

jlukja

I haven't been on the freeway yet.

But, the road noise is reduced quite a bit at around 45mph. Road noise is one of the little things that really bugged me about the TSX. After reading posts here, and really listening, I determined that it was due to the OEM tires. With the Vmax in the doors the tire noise is pushed much more into the background.

Ramp

Wow, thanks for the prompt and helpful feedback. What a great community to be a part of, as well as a great resource. This car was originally purchased in Septmeber of 2003, so it was probably one of the early models, althougth, isn't this the "same" car that has been driven in Europe for sometime now?

jlukja

yes, 2004 was the first year it was offered as the Acura TSX but its been in Europe as the Accord (slight differences) before that. Not sure for how long though.

daddydliv

I thought the same thing in the beginning - wasn't crazy about the sound, almost like I was going to break it. You'll learn to live with it though, and it's not that bad if you don't pull the door shut too hard.

elduderino

Cascade, baby.

TSX7

I hear it when I close the door with a window open. With the windows closed, it sounds solid when I close it.

AChangeOfSeasons

studdly

Funny, I like the way the door sounds when you slam it shut.

GIBSON6594

Go close an Audi's door, you'll change your view...

NightShredder

I was going to bring up that point. If the door is slammed shut it will sound different than if you just let it close. I am getting tired of telling passengers not to slam my door shut.

iamhomin

It sounds a lot better when you close the doors with the windows up.

matelot

elduderino

After driving a 2004 with Cascade in the doors for almost a year, I got a 2005 service loaner.

Not only was there a huge diff on closing the door, but the road noise was definitely different.

joerockt

Ken did this for me and it made a big diff. Gives it a nice "THWUMP"

Dan Martin

Cascade? Help a out, I've never heard of this.

jlukja

Ken recommended cascade to me also. I agree with joerockt. I put it in and it made a BIG difference.

Cascade

Cascade Vmax

joerockt

Its a vinyl material rather then asphalt like Dynamat.

Linky

Dan Martin

I thought we were talking about

jlukja

might give you cleaner windows, but unfortuantely won't do anything to reduce noise.


Dan

Howard911s

yall got tooooooooooo much time on your hand to worry about some door sounds @_@

joerockt

When you dont have the engine or drivetrain to worry about, what else is there?

joerockt

Yes Dan, fill your door up with dishwasher detergent.

Dan Martin

It would probably work.