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over the years, we have worked on quite a few Gti of the mk5 and mk6 vintage, but this is actually the first time we have touched a Golf R/R32.
The customer approached us initially for a full sound deadening job to kick down the cabin noise level while driving, but after some discussions and also a quick demo, it was decided that we would also do a full SQ build at the same time.
I approached the design of this system the same way as i did a Gti, which in the end, turned out to be both correct and incorrect
read more later.
anyway, goals:
1. fully sound deaden the car using a combination layer of products to reduce interior sound levels and resonance
2. establish a nice level of sound quality
3. maintain a fully usable cargo area and oem floor height
lets get started, first a look at the car itself:
for the signal source, we went with a pioneer 4100NEX double din unit, installed via a best kits dash kit that has been blended together and repainted by jesse:
i also installed a Rydeen rear view camera:
a quick shot of the wiring organization behind the headunit by jesse:
I also added a Compustar dash cam for him, which consists of a front main cam with screen, and a rear facing camera. here is his rear facing cam:
and here is his front cam, showing both screens at the same time:
two quick pictures showing how the rear camera's wires are done, it is ziptied to factory wires and goes through the factory loom and forward, ziptied all the way:
so now we get to the sound proofing pics. basically, this was a "windows down" project. first, jesse stripped the entire interior out, and laid down GP audio composite damper on all the surfaces. this composite cld and foam damper saves us time in having to do only two total layers versus one:
then, a full layer of mass loaded vinyl (MLV) was laid down, the seams and joints bonded with strips of foam:
and then the factory juke and rubber pieces went back on, followed later by carpet:
the rear quarter panels also received the same treatment:
lets move onto the front doors. first jesse ran new speaker wires into the doors and laid down a few strips of STP cld damper around the speaker opening:
next, he traced out the proper shape needed to cover the door panels fully, and cut it out of a piece of GP composite damper:
then he cut out a matching piece of CLV and secured the two with nuts and bolts:
on the sticky side of the GP audio damper, foam square cover the screw heads to prevent buzzing:
this was then secured to the door panel:
jesse then fabricated a set of spacer rings, coated them with black bedliner to protect them against the elements:
and the illusion audio c6 midbass was wired up and installed:
the outer door card also got some CLD treatment as well:
The customer approached us initially for a full sound deadening job to kick down the cabin noise level while driving, but after some discussions and also a quick demo, it was decided that we would also do a full SQ build at the same time.
I approached the design of this system the same way as i did a Gti, which in the end, turned out to be both correct and incorrect
anyway, goals:
1. fully sound deaden the car using a combination layer of products to reduce interior sound levels and resonance
2. establish a nice level of sound quality
3. maintain a fully usable cargo area and oem floor height
lets get started, first a look at the car itself:
for the signal source, we went with a pioneer 4100NEX double din unit, installed via a best kits dash kit that has been blended together and repainted by jesse:
i also installed a Rydeen rear view camera:
a quick shot of the wiring organization behind the headunit by jesse:
I also added a Compustar dash cam for him, which consists of a front main cam with screen, and a rear facing camera. here is his rear facing cam:
and here is his front cam, showing both screens at the same time:
two quick pictures showing how the rear camera's wires are done, it is ziptied to factory wires and goes through the factory loom and forward, ziptied all the way:
so now we get to the sound proofing pics. basically, this was a "windows down" project. first, jesse stripped the entire interior out, and laid down GP audio composite damper on all the surfaces. this composite cld and foam damper saves us time in having to do only two total layers versus one:
then, a full layer of mass loaded vinyl (MLV) was laid down, the seams and joints bonded with strips of foam:
and then the factory juke and rubber pieces went back on, followed later by carpet:
the rear quarter panels also received the same treatment:
lets move onto the front doors. first jesse ran new speaker wires into the doors and laid down a few strips of STP cld damper around the speaker opening:
next, he traced out the proper shape needed to cover the door panels fully, and cut it out of a piece of GP composite damper:
then he cut out a matching piece of CLV and secured the two with nuts and bolts:
on the sticky side of the GP audio damper, foam square cover the screw heads to prevent buzzing:
this was then secured to the door panel:
jesse then fabricated a set of spacer rings, coated them with black bedliner to protect them against the elements:
and the illusion audio c6 midbass was wired up and installed:
the outer door card also got some CLD treatment as well: