LJH Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) Picked this up a couple of weeks ago... First things first it needed an exhaust so 5 days later I bought a DC Sports cats back system. For some reason reviews on DC exhaust were bad as people said it drones and has horrendous rasp around 2500-3k rpm so company discontinued it and prices dropped. So took a gamble as I had an e46 M3 which is just rasp everywhere and turns out DC exhaust isn't actually that loud, no drone at all and absolutely zero rasp and it is very good quality and pretty cheap. Only slight problem was a couple bolts could have been 10mm longer to make fitting easier and bolts supplied were made of chocolate so a couple stripped just normally tightening but DC exhaust was a good buy....decats to come I think. Edited November 16, 2016 by LJH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Hi nice looking car you have there buddy 🙂 welcome.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Smart in red, I like that!! Brave on the exhaust gamble, but looks like it's paid off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irn Bru Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 braw Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Nice HR 👌 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgs Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Glad to see it back on here and know it's gone to a good home 👠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Nice zed. Love the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Lovely car buddy. Welcome along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Nice car! Welcome along to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zjay89 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Looks epic Mate! love red zeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbad Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Another HR hello and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPod Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Great z in the best colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Great z in the best colour Couldn't agree more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzed8 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Lovely looking zed wish mine looked that tidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 So decided to sound proof it as road noise was proper doing my tits in... First up the boot was layered in 10mm closed cell foam with a 2mm vinyl layer glued on top... Lining the boot made a small difference. Next up was taking the whole rear interior out and place sound proofing over the arches... Both arches behind rear locker and subwoofer had NO sound proofing which is a joke really... ...and the tops had a tiny bit of tar stuff.. So covered the tops... Behind locker and placed the standard crap soundproofing mat thing further back which wasnt glued down so was just sliding about... ...and behind subwoofer. Car was peaking around 82db at 50mph and now floats around 75db. Doesn't sound like much but thats nearly 20% quieter...defo at must for these cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 How did you secure the new sound proofing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Just taped it down incase it needs to come off in future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Oops read that wrong...old soundproofing mats are taped down but on the new stuff the foam is already sticky and I just spray glued the vinyl onto the foam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Cheers, will have to give this a go sometime. Does it still fit the spare wheel etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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