dynamat or R-blox

[1badchevelle]

I found the dynamat xtreme on egay for 109 and another for 115 ea new box. So not bad at all.

[crustysack]

this is working for me


no smell, sticks great

[Mr Nick]

And how about props for a vendor who respects his competition to the level Ant does.

Ditto, I received great customer service from ANT. He's up there on my list with Tobin at KORE3 and Marcus at SC&C.

Three excellent vendors that help take some of the purchasing stress out of this expensive hobby.

[Z06killinSBF]

I have 20sq ft Damplifier and some Luxury Mat pro coming to me now. I just need to tear apart the back of my car as 12's cause some rattles and I'm trying to tone down the exhaust drone.

[chavez o]

Save up for the second skin! It is second to none.

[LoPro67]

Bought on Ebay 3ea 36 sqft boxes of Dynamat Extreme for less than $400 shipped and covered everything I could get my hands on. Would buy again in a second.


I just did a quick search and $136 shipped on Amazon. 50% off retail.
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamat-10455-.../dp/B00020CB2S

[rrstroker71]

One word DYNAMAT. Tried the other and compared, there was no Comparison!

[Z06killinSBF]

I've used both second skin and dynamat and will say that the second skin is a better product. It's thicker, more plyable, and sticks better. I will stay with second skin. Made a world of difference on my trunk lid, now I just need to lay down the luxury mat.

[rrstroker71]

Use what you like. that is what I say, I just speak from what works best for me.

[Cakeaholic]

who's got the best pricing on second skin?

[wmhjr]

One word DYNAMAT. Tried the other and compared, there was no Comparison!

Can you try making a comparison? It would be good to have actual reasons for your preference. My experience was apparently different. 2nd Skin has a thicker gauge foil, I found the adhestive to be more effective, it was no more difficult to work with. I could find no advantage to Dynamat. What factors make you prefer Dynamat over 2nd Skin? Seriously curious.

[61ragtop]

Another second skin customer here. I used Damplifier Pro everywhere. Pretty much 100% coverage. Then Luxury Liner Pro on the firewall, the floor and the trunk. Since I have a vert, along with poly body mount bushings, solid motor mounts, and a bottom filled pontiac standard block making close to 600hp, I wanted to do what I could to minimize the "bad" noise.

The Damplifier Pro was awesome to work with. No heat guns or anything other than the provided small roller and a single knife blade were required. It sticks - period. It easily applies and rolls. No issues in corners, crevices, angles or rounded areas. Not a single solitary corner of a single piece came loose.

The Luxury Liner Pro was also great to work with - you use spray adhesive for it.

For a convertible, the car feels "solid".

I've used Dynamat. I have a little Dynamat Extreme. Damplifier Pro is better. Fatmat isn't even remotely in the same league. My viewpoint is that you only want to apply this stuff once, so don't cut corners.

Did it tone down the exhaust droan at all? I have a 61 ragtop Impala with a 383ci sbc and 50 series flowmasters on it that can get to be a little much. I want to use some second skin products to take care of it and was wondering exactly what difference it made for you?

[wmhjr]

I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I don't know yet. Motor has been run and on the dyno, but not in the car. Finishing up a few things. If I wanted, I could probably start it today but I'm doing a little final wiring things and haven't been in a hurry. I've been under a bunch of snow so weather will prevent driving the car around here for at least another 6-8 weeks. Car has never been driven with current components. All I know on this car is how the doors feel opening/closing, closing the trunk, etc. On another vehicle, Damplifier was installed at the same time as a new exhaust.

[MarkM66]

Hushmat.

[Z06killinSBF]

Did it tone down the exhaust droan at all? I have a 61 ragtop Impala with a 383ci sbc and 50 series flowmasters on it that can get to be a little much. I want to use some second skin products to take care of it and was wondering exactly what difference it made for you?

On my car the biggest gain was from using the Luxury mat pro that they carry. It is a little too thick for my liking but made a huge difference. But this was laid on top of the Damplifier. The car is very quiet inside now.

[Second Skin Rep]

Wow
glad to see so many people like our Damplifier Pro damping mats.

When it comes to the comparison with R-blox and Dynamat Extreme, the Dynamat will out perform the R-blox by a large margine.
In fact, from what we can tell, it would take a bit more than 2 layers of R-blox to get the same results from 1 layer of Dynamat Extreme.

Dynamat is actually designed to go in cars for vibration reduction.
R-blox is a product that is made by a company that makes roofing tape. It was not designed by the manufacturer to go in a car, which is why Dynamat is that much better.
Hope that helps!

ANT

[68Formula]

Is second skin planning on coming out with pre-cut kits for 1st gen Fbodies?

[TnBlkC230WZ]

Did it tone down the exhaust droan at all? I have a 61 ragtop Impala with a 383ci sbc and 50 series flowmasters on it that can get to be a little much. I want to use some second skin products to take care of it and was wondering exactly what difference it made for you?

I'm running 2.5 inch Flowmasters with an X pipe. I have one layer of regular Damplifier and and one layer of the thiner Overkill. both have 100% coverage. Even without the bottom part of the back seat in, there is no drone. You know the engine is alive when you step on it, but you can have a normal conversation and even use the phone when just cruising.

[qwk406]

Just to add my.02... was in Lowe's the other day, needed some roofing stuff, saw the roof tape, looked it over and decided to punch a small hole in the plastic, took a whiff and put it right back down. The asphalt used STUNK! I can't imagne putting an asphalt based product in the car, what would it stink like in the heat of summer, don't want to breathe all those toxins in, might wind up growing an extra arm or something. They did however have a "butyl hybrid" tape, didn't smell but was very thin, hmmmmm.....

[Lex]

Hi. I prepared the surface with POR15 then installed the Stinger "Expert Series" Roadkill. It cost me about $200 to cover most of the trunk, behind, under and the sides of the back seat. It is 4mil thick, cuts easy and is easy to install. I used a rubber roller and a razor knife. The material will definitely slice your skin open if you are not careful. I need to get another bulk pack to finish the trunk and the doors. Bulk pack is $120. I used the OEM rubber sound damping kit for under the front seats and front floor pan because I already had the kit and didn't feel like buying more Roadkill. The only thing I'm worried about is the OEM kit does not have an adhesive, it just lays on top of the metal. I tried to heat gun it but it didn't help. I hope it works out well, I didn't get to test it out yet. Thanks, Lex