Ranger Mods

Hey Guys,

Finally got around to doing some sound proofing to the front doors yesterday, not so much for road noise as they are pretty good but to see what difference it made to sound quality from the stereo.

Overall the process wasn't too fiddly, I used 2 sheets per door, 1 1/2 for the outer skin and the half a sheet on the inner. The outer skin is pretty much completely covered while the inner I just put strips in strategic locations to stop resonant vibrations from occurring.

With the outer skin it was a bit like playing Tetris, I found if you tried to use to big a piece, it made locating it tricky as it likes to stick to everything and fold on itself when fitting to corners, also the side intrusion bar is not level across the door. One I figured this out I just measured and cut to suit and the second door took half the time. I paid particular attention to making sure that its was contacting on all surfaces and I left no air pockets, apparently there is a roller for this but I just did it the handimatic way.

Results - You can definitely hear the difference when shutting the door, no longer has that hollow echoey sound, shuts with more of a thud. Sound wise there is a noticeable difference, the bass has definitely improved, but it has highlighted just how average the speakers are with their response, probably not an issue for most, but if you like high quality sounding music it may be.

Overall for $120 for 5 sheets of Mongoose Q mat(on special) and a couple of hours work I'm happy with the result.

I'll probably do the rears next time the matting goes on sale and if I'm brave I may even do the roof (just a bit apprehensive on pulling down the roof liner, but the wind noise from the Pioneer rack and light bar is very noticeable.

Jason

Oh yeah, next time I'll remember to take photos

Thanks for the write up Jason.

Head liner is super easy to pull down. Take down sun visors, grab handles etc and just untuck the edges with a plastic trim tool. Sounds dodgy but they don’t crease just do one side and slide the other out.


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very worthwhile mod to do.

Ive just spent the last week doing front and rear doors, rear wall and roof.

Once it comes time to run cables for my stereo install I'll do the floor as well.

Interesting as Ive had an XLT for 7 years and replaced it with a single cab XL and it needs something like this for road noise

Bill68 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:48 pm Interesting as Ive had an XLT for 7 years and replaced it with a single cab XL and it needs something like this for road noise

Yeah mine is an extra cab XL+,big difference now with road noise.... bang for a buck its a great upgrade.

Just ordered a xlt is thus worth doing??
I had a sr hilux that I did nearly the whole inside of car with deadener and the sound foam and it helped

Every little bit helps. Xlt is very quiet on the road, but further sound deadening can help further suppress any noise

I've also done this mod, to a Supercab though. Front and back doors and back of the cab.

Made a very nice difference to the road noise and you get a satisfying thud when you shut the doors now. Didn't notice all too much on the sound system improvement but long road journeys are an absolute pleasure now

Some pics attached, installation went pretty much as how OP posted.

Nice work.

It feels good when you knock on the side of the door and i sounds like concrete.

Look at lining under the storage boxes if you have not done so already, this also make a reasonable difference, also inside the C pillar. Back door trims suck to remove on the Supercab though, there are a ton of clips.

Thanks for the tip!

I'm planning to do floor and roof sometime so I'll pay extra attention to those storage boxes.

The back doors were an absolute pain, my van must have been in an accident or the tracking company had butchered there because there quite a few missing and broken before I got there.

Thank you for the photos, Allen! I have a supercab and now I know what to expect when I start my project.

Hey Guys, i dropped the hood lining in my Wildtrak and covered the whole roof and what a difference it made.

SRD0060 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:21 pm Hey Guys, i dropped the hood lining in my Wildtrak and covered the whole roof and what a difference it made.

Great isnt it.

I removed the whole interior from my XL+ supercab (except dash) and sounds proofed the lot because big stereo.

Full floor
Full roof
Full rear wall
C pillars
B pillars
A pillars
Rear doors both inner and out skins
Front doors both inner and outer skins

Have also done the underside of the bonnet.

It's nice and quiet but I do get some slight wind noise from the door glass, not sure how to fix that.

Funnily I get in my Boss's 2021 Wildtrak and mention the amount of noise due to lack of sound deadening it reminds me of my old 70 series landcruiser !!

Don't forget the channel at the front of the the headliner above window. I used foam in this area to get rid of noise from snorkel and any incoming wind noise.

Does sound deadening the doors reduce how loud the parking sensors can be heard from the outside?

TieNN89 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:41 am Does sound deadening the doors reduce how loud the parking sensors can be heard from the outside?

No idea, not something I would ever have thought to check.

saeb wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:10 pm

TieNN89 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:41 am Does sound deadening the doors reduce how loud the parking sensors can be heard from the outside?

No idea, not something I would ever have thought to check.

Just curious as to how it affects that, it's ridiculous loud from the outside surprisingly.

TieNN89 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:41 am Does sound deadening the doors reduce how loud the parking sensors can be heard from the outside?

Don't know, I dont have parking sensors.