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As has been said, they seem pretty bullet proof. Plenty of cars have sailed over 100k now and it tends to be auxiliary items that go first.... If it is looked after all should be good

Happy Birthday mate. Hope you had a good one. A nice bacon roll in the morning followed by Tubi shopping and your meal, wine and film sounds like a chilled day......

I say sometimes, I can't hear it with the window down or with the stereo up

Behave Wayne!!

I get this occasionally. And I think it is something to do with the fuel pump and it somehow interferes with the sound system. I assume it is through the earth.....

Nice stance, nice poise, and from a half distance they look good. Not sure about the fleck and I think the rest of the car needs some gold accents to tone with the wheels. At the moment is all being silver (eg door handles) it looks a little at odds. But top marks for being different

Welcome to the club

Welcome to the club

Welcome to the club

Now go back to the drive way, get the jack out and take them off. Then shine and seal them (jetSEAL 109 or something) so they keep that gorgeous look even longer than British roads would normally allow. Please..... Otherwise, they look great!

Yes and kinda. There are cheaper things out there which do a better job. Its kinda heavy. Sound deadening needs mass for it to work. On my clio I had 4mm loudboy stuff that was heavy. Original quote - expensive is a reflection of value and weight is relative. So no would be my answer. I really don't get why people on here get into these cars and then advocate cutting corners each time they mod something.... And sound deadening does not need mass for it to work. Why are studio walls covered in 'egg box' foam? It needs a pattern and / or material to absorb the frequencies. It also depends what the resonant frequency of the material you are applying the deadening to. Check some of the simple tests you can see where a 1" square piece of Dynamat Xtreme renders a cymbal complete tuneless vs some of the other 'bargains' out there..... Not really second skin isnt as expensive as dynamat nor is slient coat. Getting a better product isnt cutting cornors, dynamat just isnt that good. Loudboys 4mm stuff is great and cheap. here is pic of his 4mm stuff vs damplifier pro the 4mm stuff was used in my clio running a RE XXX 15" port tuned to 32hz. It was silly loud as it was facing the up so I got the horn effect aswell. No pannel ratttle. He also does a 2.5mm foil backed one. If the doors where about 3 metres thick then yes soft absorbing materials are great but you dont have that option. Mass is generally the best way to stop panel rattle and sound deaden the areas. In a boot you could have a sub box and on the sides stuff it with towels. this does a great job of stopping vibrations but you cant do that on a door. Also as Rob has said I personaly never found flashing tape to be great but that doesnt matter its messy. If your car is in the sun and you roll down the windows sometimes they get stuck and you get the glue on them. Personally in the last 12 months I havent seen anyone do anything with flashing tape. Generally its considerered crap. All IMO of course. So you managed to get it to stop noise at one frequency (ported tuned box to a particular frequency) - that doesn't mean it has sound deadening properties across a range of frequencies / volumes.... Having done SQ to Ultra level I have heard the differences. Albeit a huge part of the benefit of Dynamat Xtreme is the places you can get it. Just not sure why if the stuff is so good it isn't outselling Dynamat......??

BTW I am not saying that other products don't have their places, I am suggesting that flashing tape and Dynamat aren't interchangeable, more that you use them for different applications.

John Wallwork Manchester Road Altrincham no rover dealership there now, long gone. Just round the corner from me though Everything to do with Rover is long gone! I could never understand how they designed something that looked OK then put a 1950's interior in the things We had a K series in the Elise, it went well. Just don't have passengers or fill it all they way up with fuel to relieve the torque pressure on the head gasket

I am getting rid of my current beater soon - got a new one coming, might have to use some of the write up here to sell the current one though

Yes and kinda. There are cheaper things out there which do a better job. Its kinda heavy. Sound deadening needs mass for it to work. On my clio I had 4mm loudboy stuff that was heavy. Original quote - expensive is a reflection of value and weight is relative. So no would be my answer. I really don't get why people on here get into these cars and then advocate cutting corners each time they mod something.... And sound deadening does not need mass for it to work. Why are studio walls covered in 'egg box' foam? It needs a pattern and / or material to absorb the frequencies. It also depends what the resonant frequency of the material you are applying the deadening to. Check some of the simple tests you can see where a 1" square piece of Dynamat Xtreme renders a cymbal complete tuneless vs some of the other 'bargains' out there.....

A JL 4 channel amp, with two bridged to run the sub would do nicely. Run the rears off the head unit. I would also leave 6.5" speakers. It is tough as 4 or 5.25" speakers do better with vocals, whereas the 6.5" deals with midrange / midbass much better. So I wouls stick with a strong vocal 6.5" speaker. Rainbows, Hertz and JL's would be on my list for that

Always had Dynamat Xtreme and comfortably the best stuff I have worked with and seen and heard make a difference.

Makes me angry - at least there's no damage

Looks like a good fit. Any sound clips?

That is a lovely looking car

Wheels are Linea Corse Dyna. They're horrible really, you don't want a set...... It isn't the height that gets you really, it's the length and how long you're on it. You realise about half way over that it is still a bridge. Very impressive though, do it if you get a chance. And the roads to the south of it are brilliant!!

Not offended anyone Dan, I think someone was just after more detail as they didn't know much about K Sport.

The Zed seems to roll very well once going. On the runs I had over the last two weeks it averaged over 30 mpg, and if you get into a high gear when cruising at lower speeds it hardly uses any juice....

Can we keep any K Sport quality discussions in a separate thread please, and leave this one to further comments on Paul's build progress.... Ta

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