mrburdon123

This is what I tried. Worked for me http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/289809-skoda-fabia-mk2-vrs-soundproofing-guide/

Boot fully lined with underlay. The carpet still sits flat First panel to remove is the middle one. Pull carpet up to reveal two plastic nuts The nuts aren’t tight so just used pliers to get it going then unscrewed by hand There are two plastic plugs at each end on the centre trim, pull the centre pin out first then the plug can be removed. Pull the bottom of the trim out and up to pop the spring clips out from the slots in the chassis Rear pillar trims require removal to gain access to rear arch trim bolts. Pull from rear first, again metal spring clips hold it on Pull down from the top corner nearest the window, moving down to the bottom corner. Add a bit of underlay when refitting. To get the side trims out Bottom left to top right - T25 T10 Flat head Light (one end needs to come out before the other) T25 T30 T25 Bottom corner of back seats have another plug to pop out Once all the screws are removed, pull the trim away from the back. Pad out behind the trim with underlay filling all the gaps so it pushes against the trim but not so much it doesn’t allow the trim to sit back square to the screw holes. Now the trims are off, put the underlay down over the whole boot. Pop the back panel off, there is a T25 screw near the pull handle which needs removing, pad out with underlay. Door trims. There are two T30 nuts under the door handle cover, the cover will just pull off. There is a T10 at the bottom of the door card, two T10s for the front cards. To remove the rear winders, set at 7 or 5 and pull the spacer out. I ran out of the other underlay so got a bit more stuff from BnQ and with spray adhesive stuck it to the door cards. Bit more underlay added to the door. To get the underlay under over the floor pan, the side trims and front seats need taking out. Front seats are on 4 M10 spline bolts. Pull the pillar trim away, its on metal spring clips again. Dont take the top one out as its got an air bag under it. Pull the base of the trim up. Its got three spring clips at the bottom and one guide pin. When re fitting, add a strip of underlay behind the trim. Pull the front sill trip up T25 screw behind the bonnet release. This allows each side of the carpet to be pulled up and more underlay added as one whole strip from under rear seat to under the dashboard. Didn’t take the seats out again so haven’t got a shot of how the underlay looks with the whole carpet up but you can get the idea. When putting things back together, here are a few things that help. Open up the spring clips before re fitting to keep everything tight. If the clips get stuck in the body, pull out with a pair of scissors. Hope this guide helps people. I had aready put a load of the underlay in the car before i took these pictures so some of them dont show the full view of the underlay iv added. If any more info is needed on how i did things just shout up. It wasnt difficult to get all the trims off but sometimes a good pull was needed. If any of the trims wont budge at all theres a good chance that youve missed a screw somewhere. Cheers for reading

I cant seem to figure the additon of pictures!

Boot fully lined with underlay. The carpet still sits flat First panel to remove is the middle one. Pull carpet up to reveal two plastic nuts The nuts aren’t tight so just used pliers to get it going then unscrewed by hand. There are two plastic plugs at each end on the centre trim, pull the centre pin out first then the plug can be removed. Pull the bottom of the trim out and up to pop the spring clips out from the slots in the chassis There are 4 of these spring clips holding the trim to the chassis Rear pilar trims require removal to gain access to rear arch trim bolts. Pull from rear first, again metal spring clips hold it on Pull down from the top corner nearest the window, moving down to the bottom corner. Add a bit of underlay when refitting Bottom left to top right - T25 T10 Flat head Light (one end needs to come out before the other) T25 T30 T25 Bottom corner of back seats have another plug to pop out Once all the screws are removed, pull the trim away from the back. Pad out behind the trim with underlay filling all the gaps so it pushes against the trim but not so much it doesnt allow the trim to sit back square to the screw holes. Now the trims are off, put the underlay down over the whole boot Pop the back panel off, there is a T25 screw near the pull handle which needs removing, pad out with underlay.

I guess that is a misleading statement as the grammar isn't brilliant. Think "panda eats shoots and leaves". From the link, if you click on the "additional info" tab "provides excellent heat and sound insulation" after all that is what underlay if used for.

Underlay way chosen purely because I didn't know if it would actually make any real difference but also it was nearly a 1/5 of the price of dynamat. http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/flooring/carpet-carpet-tiles/carpet_underlay/Diall-White-Foam-Carpet-Underlay-8-35m2-12608620?skuId=13129326

I had thought about the possibility of moisture retention but looking at the factory fitted soundproofing, it looks and feels pretty much identical to the stuff I'm adding. I guess moisture would be retained anyway by the carpets, seats so adding more shouldn't cause any problems. The issue would be, why is water getting into the car and not what's absorbing the water. I took it for a few test drives (same road, same speed) after fitting and noticed a huge difference. The Mrs also commented on why it sounded quieter (she didn't know I fitted the soundproofing) so I told her what I'd done. So I guess unless you've got a decibel meter lying around (won't trust a phone app) all I can go on is my ears.

As I said in the first post, I'll put pics up this weekend

Hi all, am new to this forum and first time Skoda owner. The car is great but the cabin noise is shocking. I read up about changing tyres but thought surely it cant all be down to the tyres so decided to have a go at adding more soundproofing inside the car. From what I've done so far I can happily say it has made a massive difference and is a whole lot quieter than before and much much nicer to drive, even the Mrs said how much quieter it was! So, a guide to soundproofing a mk2 fabia vrs using carpet underlay from bnq. Total cost - 66quid all in for 8.35m/sq of 10mm thick of the plasticy type underlay (the other types were fibre or rubber stuff) Time spent so far - 4 hours Tools needed Scissors Torx bits Knife Flathead screwdriver m10 or m8 spline tool for front seats (most hardware shops like bnq will have these for bout a tenner) And yourself Underlay added Boot fully lined, including behind the rear wheel arch plastic trim and under the spare wheel. Behind rear pillar trims Under rear seats. Both front seats out and carpet up to line whole floor pan up to the underside of the dashboard. Behind middle pillar trims. Behind upper glovebox. Left to do Front/rear door cards. Behind dashboard. Centre console. Bit more adding behind rear arch trims. On the mobly phone atm so will get pictures up this weekend of getting the trims off and how I put the underlay down. I really recommend having a go at this if the road noise winds you up as much as it did me.