Sector281411
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- Greg
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Had a little time yesterday on Father's Day to spend some guilt free me time working on the Jeep. I did this as a proof of concept for an alternative to a name brand headliner solution. I have seen so many videos on this and I have to tell you it was SUPER easy. So here we go.
I wanted to lower the ambient road noise and reading all the positive things people say about Sound Assassin strips, I decided to make my own "Sound Murderers".
I bought sound deadening material from Amazon:
Noico 80 mil Butyl Sound Deadening Mat
I then cut them into strips 1 3/4" wide. and installed them in my front two freedom panels.
Next I used a paper template and cut out some of this foil backed sheathing from Home Depot. One 4' x 8 ' section is enough to the entire roof of your jeep. Not the back side windows though. I outlined my template with a sharpie and used a very sharp scalpel knife to cut the foil first and then went back and did deeper cuts. This worked out great just use a sharp knife and cut in layers. I used some rough sand paper to even out the rough edges and make minor adjustments to the shape to fit the opening:
R-Tech Insulated Sheathing
Bought some black headliner foam on Amazon because I could not find any at local fabric shops. I bought way more than I needed but I didn't want to wait for re-stock:
Black Headliner Foam
Cleaned up the foil side with alcohol and used some Super 77 spray adhesive to connect the headliner foam to the panels.
Sprayed it on and quickly folded everything together:
Next I used some heavy duty velcro that I already had to attach the panels to. It is similar to this product:
Heavy Duty Velcro
Here you can see the attached panels and how they look installed. Sorry for the view through my sun shade.
Final thoughts:
I am mostly pleased with how they turned out as a proof on concept but I am not happy with using super 77 to hold the material after folding it over. I didnt have as much time to go slow and make nice clean folds and my final product suffered for it. Next time I will use Super 77 on the panel to stick the flat side down and then use a slower brush on cement that is made for headliners. I think this will give me the best results and allow me to go slower and make nice tight folds that will lay down more flat.
Best part of this whole process was determining that I can do my entire Jeep top VERY CHEAP and very easily. I think even for a rush job, start to finish about three hours on Father's Day that they turned out pretty damn good.
This morning was my first chance to drive it since installed the DIY Sound Murderer Strips and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I did that part. I have a 15 minute highway drive to work that I have to turn my radio to a certain volume to hear my audio book at. Today I was three notches below where I usually am and I could tell a noticeable difference on sound reduction.
I am going to give my setup a few days to settle and see if any issues arise. I doubt it but I am going to do it anyways. I am going to order some of the brush on headliner cement to do the rest of the top.
At this point I am less than a $100 to do my entire top.
This afternoon I will see if I can notice a difference in heat on the inside of my Jeep after sitting all day in the sun here in North Texas. I hope everyone gets something out of this.
I wanted to lower the ambient road noise and reading all the positive things people say about Sound Assassin strips, I decided to make my own "Sound Murderers".
I bought sound deadening material from Amazon:
Noico 80 mil Butyl Sound Deadening Mat
I then cut them into strips 1 3/4" wide. and installed them in my front two freedom panels.
Next I used a paper template and cut out some of this foil backed sheathing from Home Depot. One 4' x 8 ' section is enough to the entire roof of your jeep. Not the back side windows though. I outlined my template with a sharpie and used a very sharp scalpel knife to cut the foil first and then went back and did deeper cuts. This worked out great just use a sharp knife and cut in layers. I used some rough sand paper to even out the rough edges and make minor adjustments to the shape to fit the opening:
R-Tech Insulated Sheathing
Bought some black headliner foam on Amazon because I could not find any at local fabric shops. I bought way more than I needed but I didn't want to wait for re-stock:
Black Headliner Foam
Cleaned up the foil side with alcohol and used some Super 77 spray adhesive to connect the headliner foam to the panels.
Sprayed it on and quickly folded everything together:
Next I used some heavy duty velcro that I already had to attach the panels to. It is similar to this product:
Heavy Duty Velcro
Here you can see the attached panels and how they look installed. Sorry for the view through my sun shade.
Final thoughts:
I am mostly pleased with how they turned out as a proof on concept but I am not happy with using super 77 to hold the material after folding it over. I didnt have as much time to go slow and make nice clean folds and my final product suffered for it. Next time I will use Super 77 on the panel to stick the flat side down and then use a slower brush on cement that is made for headliners. I think this will give me the best results and allow me to go slower and make nice tight folds that will lay down more flat.
Best part of this whole process was determining that I can do my entire Jeep top VERY CHEAP and very easily. I think even for a rush job, start to finish about three hours on Father's Day that they turned out pretty damn good.
This morning was my first chance to drive it since installed the DIY Sound Murderer Strips and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I did that part. I have a 15 minute highway drive to work that I have to turn my radio to a certain volume to hear my audio book at. Today I was three notches below where I usually am and I could tell a noticeable difference on sound reduction.
I am going to give my setup a few days to settle and see if any issues arise. I doubt it but I am going to do it anyways. I am going to order some of the brush on headliner cement to do the rest of the top.
At this point I am less than a $100 to do my entire top.
This afternoon I will see if I can notice a difference in heat on the inside of my Jeep after sitting all day in the sun here in North Texas. I hope everyone gets something out of this.
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