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is there any soundproofing available for the mk3?

Loft insulation from B&Q in the cavities and carpeting up the boot. Cheap way to do it instead expensive dyna mat or whatever its called.

scrap house carpet in the boot is also a great way of cushioning the bodywork and the contents from each other

and most importantly for an old car - it's FREE!
(discounting the ££££ cost of getting your carpets done in the first place )

pity we have just had wooden flooring throughout the house then isn't it?

mind you i could use some of me mom's Super Chintz Carpet! mmmm.. flowery...

polog40racer wrote:Loft insulation from B&Q in the cavities and carpeting up the boot. Cheap way to do it instead expensive dyna mat or whatever its called.

does this really work? Can you use it anywhere in the car eg: doors and back quarter panels

hey now there IS an idea - ive got plenty of automotive cavities that need stuffing if you know what i mean harry!

just make sure you dont overdo it on the doors and end up blocking the windows and locks from working!

Its going to be very difficult to do this in the door, as when the window is fully wound down, there is very little room at all. I even had trouble installing remote central locking. Avoiding fouling the window was the main priority. Took me quite a while to sort out all the wiring and positioning of the motors to avoid it hitting. Even now, it just misses the motor by a few millimeters.

You'll find that even if you put a thin layer of insulation in the door, it will still mamage to catch the window as it comes down. I wouldn't bother if I was you. Most of the road noise comes through the floor anyway, so you mite be best putting some under the carpet, if thats even advisable to do.

I think theres plenty of insulation as standard. If you want to do inside the doors, then dynamat or equivalent will be needed.

hardhitter wrote:I think theres plenty of insulation as standard. If you want to do inside the doors, then dynamat or equivalent will be needed.

You're joking aint ya?? unless I have a particularly noisy Polo... but I doubt it.

I realised this week just how little insulation there is in a mk2/3 polo... my dad lent me his mk3 clio to drive to exeter and back, and I actually had trouble judging gearchanges because I just couldn't hear the engine. There really isn't very much insulation in the old polos at all, and I'm really considering putting some in now

Ahh, but insulation = weight. You don't want to lose the nippiness of the older Polos, especially the 2s.

Karl.

Ah, all 45bhp of nippiness Anyway, I wouldn't do much.. stick something under the carpet in the boot, maybe some behind the dashboard.. isn't there some kind of lightweight foam insulator that you can spray about in places like the back of the dashboard? I remember hearing something about it, can't remember what it is though..

Havent come across that myself. mind you, I suppose a spot of sound proofing in the boot will be ok. You could always do what Vauxhall did with the square type Cavaliers, and stick a cushion under the bonnet. I kid you not!

Karl.

taking in to account the cushion and deciding upon it as a bad idea, what other alternatives (apart from dynamat) do we have for underbonnet insulation? or would it cause too much heat?

The heat could be an issue, because hot air rises and all that, it could only really escape from the holes in the front wings, mind you thats all it probably does now. It just means temperatures might get a bit hotter over the standard setup.

Karl.