^^sweet, have you put any on yet? First impressions?

 

is it a noticeable difference now MIN?? or just a slight?

 

i spent about two hours yesterday and got a layer on the bottom of the trunk done. not gonna rush on the install and it'll probably take three or four more days getting it done.

so far with a single layer on the trunk (no seats and trunk panels installed yet), it killed lotta exhaust resonance and its definitely noticeable. gonna start loving the raammats now they are lighter, thinner, cheaper, and safer (dynamat's sharp foil ) than dynamat

 

awesome, guess I'll order some up this weekend.

 

I have all my parts needed to send my car to paint!

All that is left is the fog lights.

 

Me too.. on the bright side I managed to extend my stay on the east coast by a couple days, I'll be swinging up to Boston for a Red Sox game.

 

who is going to paint it?

I am looking for a place for next time my car gets hit... kadels isnt really keeping me happy.. I had to send my car back today after just picking it up yesterday.. found too many mistakes

 

Tualatin Auto body.

I send anyone who needs paint there.

If/When you go there, ask to see their shop and the cars they are working on at the SoCal speed shop. Good stuff in there. When i went to check on my car when i was hit, it was parked between a Porsche race car, and a Pantera

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO




Go Cards!

 

do they warranty there work too?

 

Life time.

I had some dirt in my clear coat on my trunk and brought it to their attention over the winter. I also told them that i wanted to do a spoiler on the car so they said when i was ready to bring it back and get it all done at once.

Here we are today, got the spoiler and adding custom molding, and a new front bumper to the bill.

The guy i work with there told me he would mold the spoiler for $500 (That cost is body filler/man hours of 8ish hours) paint is free on the trunk. But since the paint will already be mixed, hes only charging me $250 for the front bumper.

Let me know if you want his contact info, and ill dig up his card.

 

Haha very nice.

How long are you going to be there for?
Let me know when you find a good place, I was going to fix my lip and some dings on my car but I don't think I'll have the time before I move.

Are tint shops up there sketchy about putting tint on the front window?

 

Places will do front window tint. But youll be paying in cash, and wont have a invoice. Goes the same for anything over 35% too.

 

What part of Socal? Maybe I'll just hit that up while I'm still here.

 

12th through 24th.

 

Yeah I figured, I guess I'll just get it done before I move out of here since everyone does negative anyway, lol.

 

And that's June right?

 

Indeed

 

Ok, I can do the BBQ on June 7th (Sunday)

Or Saturday June 27th.

What works best for whoever actually wants to come? I'll supply the meat and beer, just bring side dishes.

 

27th should work just fine

 

not sure if you'll need two rolls for the whole car. think i used almost half of the 64sqft roll doing a good one layer on the trunk, rear wheel well, rear shelf, and some of the rear side panels.


can't wait to see the result!!

 

Sick, should we do a tee time for that day too?

 

Not Southern Cali. But the SOCAL speed shop.

http://www.so-calspeedshop.com/

Me either...just nervous about cutting the front lip

 

Oh, lol.

 

I'd be up for some golf that day. Even though my rotator cuff surgery is pending (late August), the surgeon gave me the OK to play! Even got it in writing on the visit summary as proof to my wife.

If I play bad, at least I can blame it on my shoulder...

 

Hahahaha, nice!

Let me look into it more and see how much tee times are at this place.

 

Where are you looking? I generally play 9-hole courses because I don't have the time for 4-5 hour rounds. Lots of decent 9-hole courses in Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Bethany Area. How about Claremont GC? Look at Oregongolf.com and pick the Portland Area to see what's out here.

 

trunk, rear shelf, rear panel, rear pillar panel, rear wheel well finished.
put all the trunk panel back on. hoping it'll dramatically change the noise

btw... one full roll is almost finished and still haven't done the doors and front floors yet

 

I was thinking michelbook since I almost live on the course. I just need to see if I'm a member yet.

 

"Michelbook"? Never heard of it. I thought you were moving to McMinnville - the closest course to Mac is Bayou GC, according to Oregongolf.com. Is this a new course?

 

Nice!

 

It is in mac, it's a very old course but I think it's private, maybe that's why it doesn't show up? I can try and find the website when I get home from work tonight

 

http://www.michelbook.com/ Here you go Bonk.

I'd be down for Bayou though, haven't played that course for years.

 

exhaust resonance isn't much improved with or without the interior panels
but road noise is definitely reduced noticeably on highways.

i noticed one weird thing while driving around town. exhaust gets louder with longer driving time. it seems like exhaust tone gets louder as exhaust heats up and tones back down as it cools

 

^^You may need to do the floor to get rid of the exhaust resonance?

 

rear seat, rear floor, rear exhaust tunnel, front driver's floor covered with one layer today. only spot i didn't get to is passenger front and four doors. after doing passenger front, i'll probably have some left over to do one door. thought i could cover the whole car with a one full roll but it requires some more than a roll.

resonance/drone is still there but its alot subdued. road noise improved for sure. i think a bottom layer of raammat and a top layer of ensolite will be more affective than multiple layers of raammat itself.

 

I'm good either way, haven't played those two. Would it be OK to play only 9?

 

Sounds like you must have really gutted it out inside to do the work

 

9 holes is good with me!

 

full roll depleted as of today