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UplandPa Enthusiast

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Well I've had my truck for a year now and have put a little over 20,000 miles on it. Ive got to say this is the best vehicle I've ever owned bar none!! It gets GREAT MPG, plenty of power, and I've had absolutely NO issues with at all. I get plenty of comments on it's looks and I love keeping it clean. I just love looking for excuses to drive the thing! :chevy::flag:

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UplandPa

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This is just one of the reasons I love my truck! My lifetime average with over 21,000 miles is better than 20MPG.

 

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I've got 25000 miles and 16.1mpg lifetime average =\

This is just one of the reasons I love my truck! My lifetime average with over 21,000 miles is better than 20MPG.

 

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UplandPa Enthusiast

UplandPa

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Yea, that was on a hunting trip to Pheasant Camp. my buddy has a Tundra and was following me. The best he could average going the exact same speed was 16.8, that's a HUGE difference!

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Nice UplandPa, glad to hear the goodness, I will admit after sound deadening my truck its been even more awesome to drive, its so quite now I can hear the door switch/s panel rattle with the radio up, sigh' pull the door panels back off add more foam/CLD/. My fuel economy is about 15mpg but every time I take it out I pound on my 6.2, 8 months 1,390 miles I never drive it lol.

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UplandPa

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Sound deadening...? My truck is pretty quite as is, I can't imagine it getting much more quite! lol. Yea, my son has a 6.2 and it's a beast !

Rolling Thunder Enthusiast

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Nice UplandPa, glad to hear the goodness, I will admit after sound deadening my truck its been even more awesome to drive, its so quite now I can hear the door switch/s panel rattle with the radio up, sigh' pull the door panels back off add more foam/CLD/. My fuel economy is about 15mpg but every time I take it out I pound on my 6.2, 8 months 1,390 miles I never drive it lol.

 

Can you elaborate on your sound deadening process?

camcamaro1991 Enthusiast

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Can you elaborate on your sound deadening process?

 

when I get off my can to post pics in a thread, takes some time to load, edit, then add them here on this site, also I noticed how much quicker the truck cool/heats depending on the season, truck stays cooler in hot summers here in TX, and so far it finally reached freezing temps this week,.

 

CLD - thick and extremely heavy (choose this for cost reasons, decent for the money)

Kuncoptz Kno Knoise - Kolossus Edition 150SQFT 100mil CLD = http://www.knukonceptz.com/mobile-audio/sound-deadening/kno-knoise-kolossus-edition/

 

Foam/MLV comb - best, thick and extremely heavy (no other good substitute IMO in the market place) not easy to get under my door panel's.

54 SQFT (aka its 75lbs) of Second Skins Luxury Liner Pro aka 6 sheets = http://store.secondskinaudio.com/luxury-liner-pro/

 

Rolls and rolls of foil tape.

 

2 kinds of foam:

Stinger RKO12 Overkill 0.25-Inch Foam Damping Mat = https://www.amazon.com/Stinger-RKO12-Overkill-0-25-Inch-Damping/dp/B001TH8OCE

 

Noico foam Russia stuff I think, ok foam but really thin, really good for the roof, head liner needs thin foam since the CLD was thick = https://www.amazon.com/Noico-Insulation-Self-adhesive-Deadening-Automotive/dp/B00URV8MFC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482105524&sr=8-3&keywords=closed+cell+foam

 

I used the Russia foam to pretty much minic the Focal BAM and soundskins CLD & CC Foam comb.

 

Tools, buy nice tools to roll CLD and foam.

 

Everhard rollers: best quality hands down, roller bearings, not metal on metal roll pin like all the other brands, would not bind up after heavy used or pressure, trust me I purchased other rollers.... they found their way to the trash can. buy this brand =

 

all around great general use roller. (you really want the 22H for tight places)

https://www.amazon.com/MR05029-Everhard-Ergonomic-Silicone-cushion-grip/dp/B004VMVIUE/ref=pd_sim_60_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B004VMVIUE&pd_rd_r=63RH3WGA4Q3YJX3P91D0&pd_rd_w=a3DH0&pd_rd_wg=TKy0z&psc=1&refRID=63RH3WGA4Q3YJX3P91D0

or wood handle exact similar to the 22H just no silicone handle=

https://www.amazon.com/MR05020-Everhard-Silicone-Rubber-Roller/dp/B008GVQ8LA/ref=pd_bxgy_469_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008GVQ8LA&pd_rd_r=MYCDYSN2YB22ZPH2K3J8&pd_rd_w=2bqUo&pd_rd_wg=LLhoW&psc=1&refRID=MYCDYSN2YB22ZPH2K3J8

 

Beast mode heavy & solid unit, nice for flat surfaces =

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IGGT4NO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Smooth rolled corner area's didn't use this much =

https://www.amazon.com/MR02150-Everhard-Steel-Roller-Radius/dp/B007IKWOI6/ref=pd_sim_60_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B007IKWOI6&pd_rd_r=ES0K372HN2EWGQCKNMSP&pd_rd_w=2Ys6v&pd_rd_wg=nTzoE&psc=1&refRID=ES0K372HN2EWGQCKNMSP

 

I did test demo sections of CLD & foam comb..

This would work best in headliners and door panels. I fould that Kunkopectz was really more like butyl rubber, almost no mess and could peel away for repair if needed so I choose to not use the CLD & CC Foam comb. the cheaper stuff with more asphalt would leak and stick to everything.

 

Both these brands used what felt like more asphalt in the CLD material and it was extremely thin, but I think it was designed this way as stated for head liners and door panels.

 

http://soundskinsusa.com/

http://www.focal.com/en/car-audio/car-audio-kits-solutions/accessories-and-cables/acoustic-insulation/bam

brians09 Enthusiast

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I've got 25000 miles and 16.1mpg lifetime average =\

 

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I wish I had 16.1 mpg lifetime, let alone 20!

 

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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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Can you elaborate on your sound deadening process?

Not worth it unless you have experience with it imo.

 

I've done it before. Took a lot of labor, was a pain to get everything to fit correctly and put it back together, and it didn't sound much different. I used good stuff and stripped the whole interior down to the metal and put it back together. Was a huge waste of time and money and it added weight to the vehicle.

 

If you know what you're doing it might be worth it, but for average joes in an already quiet interior, it's literally the last modification I would ever do to my truck.

Rolling Thunder Enthusiast

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Not worth it unless you have experience with it imo.

 

I've done it before. Took a lot of labor, was a pain to get everything to fit correctly and put it back together, and it didn't sound much different. I used good stuff and stripped the whole interior down to the metal and put it back together. Was a huge waste of time and money and it added weight to the vehicle.

 

If you know what you're doing it might be worth it, but for average joes in an already quiet interior, it's literally the last modification I would ever do to my truck.

 

TG,

 

Understood, I'm not that handy disassembling interiors, I was more curious looking for and easy project. This is not it but thank you.

mookdoc6 Senior Enthusiast

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Agree! about the interior as I will do more damage than good!

 

I am 100% glad GM is going the route of being the quietest vehicles on the road! I support that effort 100% Can't wait to see the next rendition of the Silverado/Sierra's hopefully they can kill that damn FERD finally!

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