Hi Guys,

A friend of mine recently bought Fabia. He spends a lot of time in the car as he is driving instructor.

Since he drove my car he wanted to achieve the same soundproofing in his new car to not shout to the trainee drivers.

We have used Standartplast StP gold as damping mats and Stp VBT for the floor and stp AK10 and stp SPL08 as a sound barriers.

So we have started with the boot and the rear seat:

FABIA SOUND PROOFING

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849318951210530

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849341217767906

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849357159751538

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849388869648290

and next was the whole floor:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849439619754402

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849466377542658

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849417293917522

after damping mats we put some sound bariers:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849523708511122

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849574889170354

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849604659022306

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849623783643522

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849655621103218

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849665892199106

and then roof:

original dedening:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849686635561730

replaced with the STP gold

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849718015596114

and on the top of it STP SPL08:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849754099576050

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849761012655090

wheel arches:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849814662757538

un-needed construction wholes were covered as well with sound barrier:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5537849822927920050

The rest of the pictures will follow.

Edited 10 November, 201015 yr by Yankee

how much weight has that added?

Can I ask how much it cost for the materials?

The wight is around 30-40kg in total (even with the doors which are not done in full as we are searching for speaker adaptors).

The damping mats are quite heavy around 3.6 kg per sq. m.

The sound barriers are aroung 0.3-0.4 kg per sq. m.

Regarding the price StP it's around half price of the dynamat price and we negotiated with supplier discount as my friend allow them to use photos of the installation on their website.

Check the prices on http://fasterthansound.eu/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=22 or on their Ebay shop.

We used in my opinion far too much damping mats as there is no need to cover every sq.inch.

We used:

three bulk packs of gold (around 42sq. ft each and few sheets of the third one has left) , two VBT (floor and under rear seat) two AK10 sides and doors, one SPL08 and one hood solution.

He might reduce costs to:

max two bulk packs of the gold, one VBT, one SPL08 and two AK10 and of course under bonnet one.

Now it's time to get speaker adapters and finish the doors and put decent HU with bluetooth and finish amp installation in the boot.

Edited 10 November, 201015 yr by Yankee

and finally the rest of the promised pictures:

Front door with vibration damper and later on with sound barrier:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129326528667938

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129366300818722

the same with rear door:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129489309049490

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129514624926178

The speakers were finally attached to the 25mm mdf rings (sellers sold him incorrect speaker adaptors)

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129534422821042

The bulkhead was done as much as it was possible to get there from the top:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129563127485938

Finally bonnet received as well some dampers (as you can see conditions outside there is no need to heat it up even when it's sub zero temp. outside)

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129586866393602

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129618236586002

Sound barrier at the end:

http://picasaweb.google.com/103910062658721665879/SoundProofingSkodaFabiaWithTheStPStandartplast#5546129642193069570

Materials used:

2,5 Stp gold bulk solution

2 Stp AK10

2 StP VBT

1 StP SPL08

StP hood solution

Speakers: components from Caliber (front doors), coaxials from Macrom (rear doors)

headunit is on it's way (pioneer with bluetooth and ext. mic),

speaker adapters - mdf board

Subwoofer - JBL 12"

Amps: 4 channel Caliber Venom, second one he had already with sub from his previous car (I don't remember brand)

Wiring kit

Edited 2 December, 201015 yr by Yankee