Second Skin Sound Deadener

I Second Skinned the crap out of the 67 GTX. I went all the way up the firewall in the front leaving access cutouts where needed. Also did the kick panels, but left all access holes. I covered over all the heat/AC firewall holes and will cut them from the engine side before I reinstall the restored under dash heat/AC heater box. I have got people telling me to reuse that huge factory compressor that sucks 30 HP for originality sake, but I am not sure I am buying into that.

The ends of my fingers look like a Jinsu knife salesman. I found that a large roll of 2 inch wide duct tape makes a better roller than a 2 inch wide short handled plastic wallpaper seam roller.

The Second Skin I bought was factory seconds, supposedly with slight thickness variations. The three boxes came taped together. The top one was perfect, nice smooth sheets. The second and third box had buckles in the sheets like they hiccuped in the machine during the manufacturing process - one in each sheet. I assume that is what made them seconds. It seemed to work fine and as it will all be under carpet, any slight wrinkles are no big deal to me. The stuff sticks great. Not silver like Dynamat. It has the black adhesive and the silver and a flat black coat on top of the silver. Lots of little slices to my fingers, but only three cuts requiring band aids. I tried using surgical gloves, but they just wanted to stick to the sticky stuff.

I saw where someone on here covered the doors under the door panels. In order to allow inner door access, I am going to replace the clear plastic with sealer, but am thinking about putting Second Skin on the back side of the door panels before I put them in. I may do the underside of the package shelf and the seat side of the board between the back seat and trunk also.

I should get the dash back from the powder coater the end of this week and can start putting it back together. I am hoping to get some flaws in the top repaired out and painted before the windshield goes back in. The car originally had a vinyl top. My wife was not happy that I duct taped in the windshield and drove 70 miles on the interstate to have a painter give me an estimate.

The project continues - slowly. I think I am ahead of the game for right now. I have already bought most of what I need, so it is now a factor of time more than money.

Second skinned the crap out of your interior is the under statement of the decade brother ... also

My wife was not happy that I duct taped in the windshield and drove 70 miles on the interstate to have a painter give me an estimate.

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worked apparently and "get'r done"

Wow, driving that thing is going to be like being in a sensory deprivation chamber.

Wow. Looks like a NASA project.

Should make quite a difference though. ;)

Hemi Rebel said:

Wow, driving that thing is going to be like being in a sensory deprivation chamber.

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I may have to make a tape of engine noise to play when I am driving.

Please let us know how well it works when you get the car out for a drive......I am sure a lot of us are curious how well those "stick on" sound deadener products work......

I took it out for a drive yesterday, but the lack of carpet, most of interior, door seals and windshield made it hard to tell if was any more quiet. The flow through ventilation was excellent, however. I should have put on safety goggles. Just glasses at 45 MPH did not work well. The eyeballs got pretty dried out. I seem to remember riding motorcyles when I was much younger with no eye protection at all.

Is the headliner down? Do the ceiling too.

Headliner still in for now. If I replace it I will do something to the roof, but I think it requires a different product that will take the heat better than the floor pan stuff.

That's what I'm talking about! lol I saw some stuff on ebag they were selling second run dynamat type stuff all butly at half the cost. I always envisioned doing the whole interior too plus roof.