does anyone still use the rear rubber mat?
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does anyone still use the rear rubber mat?
I just put in my rear strut tower bar yesterday and noticed that that rear rubber mat that is under the carpet is pretty damn heavy (seems like 10lbs or so) Anyways I took it out for the time beeing and of course I'm not going to notice any differances from taking it out but the only one I have noticed was it got quite a bit louder in the car now. I was wondering who has actually taken this out to reduce weight and who has it still in the back of the car for the obvious reason of being able to hear the person next to you
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I removed mine for about a day and then put it back in. It made my car noisier inside, and I already chipped off all the sound insulating tar from the floorpan under the carpet. But I still take the mat out when drag racing or autocrossing though, along with the tool box, jack and spare, and other junk.
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Originally Posted by hondahater
I just went ahead and put it back in. I couldn't stand how loud it is. Straight through exhaust has a way of killing the conversation
Oh well, screw conversation.
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Haven't we ALL heard this
I spilled a half a gallon of coolant so I had to take it out to rinse/dry that bitch. It was loud...was happy to get it back it.
The only downside is that the mat still tastes sweet
The only downside is that the mat still tastes sweet
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Woudlnt it be lighter to take it out and put in some strauss sound dampening material. I dont mind loud, im running straight 2.5" with fake apexi n1's. its all kinds of loud
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No it'd be much lighter to take out the mat, and the stock sound deadening tar, and not replace it with anything
But much much louder, especially with what I'm running. Must be why my gf bitches so much, oh well, not like I can hear her bitching it's too loud
But much much louder, especially with what I'm running. Must be why my gf bitches so much, oh well, not like I can hear her bitching it's too loud
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Originally Posted by dDuB
No it'd be much lighter to take out the mat, and the stock sound deadening tar, and not replace it with anything
But much much louder, especially with what I'm running. Must be why my gf bitches so much, oh well, not like I can hear her bitching it's too loud
But much much louder, especially with what I'm running. Must be why my gf bitches so much, oh well, not like I can hear her bitching it's too loud
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it was gone in the tII... so im stealing the one from the parts gxl and putting it back in. Between the missing shifter boot and no sound deadening rear mat, my car is loud and stinky. I don't mind the loud part, but i gotta hear my metallica when i'm driving
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Mine comes out for autocross. Otherwise there's just too much road noise that comes thru in daily driving. If the car was a dedicated autocrosser, it would be out permanently, but the car would be trailered to events.