Procedure to take out your front seats, carpeting, console, and rear seat for purposes of applying sound deadenerThanks to UrbanskiClick the images to make them larger Unclip 2 connectors up front (one grey, one yellow). Grab and lift the rear of the seat, it unhooks and slides backward. Lift it out carefully, it is HEAVY, i estimate 70lbs. It was all i could do to lift it. Seriously. I popped up the shifter boot but couldn't get the knob off. Unplug a connector driver's front of console, slide it up and off the shift knob. Observations: That's alot of bare sheet metal transmitting road and exhaust noise right into our cabins. I applied 2 sheets at least to everything and still have at least 20ft left over from the 62ft roll. I stayed away from they yellow air bag unit, and the black yaw sensor. The RAAMmat is new to me, and is very STICKY. More so than Damplifier, equal to Xtreme. I had to push down some previously-applied Damplifier but the Xtreme was perfect. I did discover a mystery. There was a male connector hanging unconnected under the center console right side. I could find no "mate" for it anywhere. It has green, grey, and another wire coming from it which headed back to the right rear fuse box. Everything seems to work well on my car but the front cig lighter, but I saw no connector for that. It didn't seem StabiliTrak related so I can't blame that for my crashes. ADDED WEIGHT: I was asked why I am "slowing down" my car. 62.5sqft RAAMmat was 26lbs, of which I only used 2/3 today, 15lbs. 38sqft Dyanmat Xtreme was 25lbs, as was 38ft Damplifier Pro. I'm approaching 300 ft of this stuff now. Plan to use the remaining RAAM to do the UNDERside and more on my rear deck to calm my mighty subwoofer rattles. Here is my rear seat writeup: http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/rearseatsounddead/index.html |