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Old 12-02-2011, 01:04 PM
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MLV Replacement

Hello all,

I am looking to reduce the amount of road noise in my Legacy Wagon and ended up reading lots of good information so I signed up to get some input

I have the Peel and stick from B-quite and about 25 square feet of their MLV with foam.

I realized that I will need more to do every thing I want so I decided to see if I could find some MLV locally with no luck. I don't want to spend another $300 on this

So here is my idea you can by heavy black carpets that you see in entrances at home depot etc. And I was wondering if anyone had successively used them?

Thoughts?

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Old 12-02-2011, 02:47 PM
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I haven't used those but I have used carpet underlay. It works alright but you must be sure that it won't see water because it will soak it up like a sponge.
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Old 12-04-2011, 08:10 AM
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I have tried the foam underlay as well (it has a vapour barrier on one side), I have found aluminum tape covers up the exposed foam side quite well.
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Old 12-04-2011, 12:08 PM
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lead sheet.. better than MLV.

if u can find something that u can use that is 1lb sq.ft. u are good to go. just make sure u decouple it from the car, like a yoga mat would do the job and its cheap.

but ya i tried that foam crap and it didnt do nothing. anything to block road noise will have to weigh 1lb sqft or more
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Old 12-04-2011, 12:38 PM
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So 1lb per square foot is the sweet spot? Anyone find anything that is around that ratio that is a bit cheaper and or easily found locally?
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