well after months of work i finally have my 4runner on the road drove it a little yesterday and finally drove it to and from school today its all well and good but OMG i cant hear anything with the road noise from my tires. so does anyone know what i can do to fill in the area between the fenders and interior panels? i think it echos in there i mean theres nothing there i really dont know what the designers were thinking on that one. i need something that wont promote rust and wont attrach mold. i was thinking about expanding foam but let me know what you think. im gonna go see if my radio will get any loader so i can hear it. lol

 

Try inner fenders...
you will get some road noise. I can't hear my tires over the lack-o-muffler I have on mine.

 

turn up the radio a lil louder.. thats how I overcome my TSL super swampers at 60+ km/h

You can try using Dynamat under your carpet.. its supposed to deaden noise, and its adhesive on one side so it goes down real easily..

 

Ever heard of dynamat? Its an adhesive rubbery product that is made for insulating doorpanels, floors, etc. for cars with really big sound systems. Its very expensive.

I used to work summers as a roofer and Grace Ice and Water Shield (aka bitch-a-thane, or more properly "bituthene" ) or similar adhesive, tar based roofing products really dampen sound well and are a lot cheaper than dynamat. For $80+/- a roll you get hundreds of square feet of sound dampening potential.

 

Maybe a spray some underbody coating on the firewall and fender wells?

 

You're in the wrong vehicle to be complaining about tire noise etc. Get a car if you want a quiet ride but in all seriousness besides dynomat which is very expensive, you won't be able to do much to make a noticeable difference

 

LOL did they change the title of the thread oh well. Yeah I know about dynamat wanted it for the sound system in my ranger til I found out the price. I figured it would be a problem but didn't think much of it til now. I currently don't have a job so I'm looking for as cheap as possible. Keep the ideaas coming. Thanks

 

Does that Bituthane smell when it gets hot in the summer?

 

maybe it's time for new tires? i can hear passengers, radio, phone, etc. fine with my TSL's. and 90% of the time my windows are down.

 

Must be radial tsl's i cant hear shizz with my bias's

 

WHAT??????


lol I've been trying to figure out a way to reduce the noise in my 4runner. M/T's, no carpet and headers all add up to a noisy ride.