What did you do to your connect today?

[Graham Taylor]

Looking good.
What fabric did you use and how did you fix it on?

Acoustic material similar to that on speakers, got it off ebay. Its quite stretchy so nice tight finish. You fix with contact adhesive which you spray on both sides. Dont use cheap stuff as its prone to crystallise in time.

[Graham Taylor]

My vans crap at cornering especially when carrying weight so fitted a strut brace to see if any improvement, if not I'll just treat it as a bit of under bonnet bling

[g-man]

is it noisier with no sound deadening under the bonnet?

[Graham Taylor]

is it noisier with no sound deadening under the bonnet?

Never had any so dont know. Keep telling myself to get some and maybe one day I will

[gt_addict]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

[Graham Taylor]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

Any difference to noise?
I've lined the floor in the cabin and cargo area with soundproofing which helps keep the road noise down.

[paul2012]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

Salvage yard 5 min from me has just had another connect in a few days ago.
I can check to see if it has the bonnet insulation if you still require one.

It does make a difference in sound level

[Graham Taylor]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

Salvage yard 5 min from me has just had another connect in a few days ago.
I can check to see if it has the bonnet insulation if you still require one.

It does make a difference in sound level

Yes please

[Graham Taylor]

Dyed the dash black today to match the doors I did earlier, no more horrible grey!




Also now lowered

[doebag]

Got it through the MOT.

New exhaust last week, then failed on Wednesday due to 1, passenger seat belt not releasing under tension. 2, Emissions test, failed .

Two days of fuel cleaner, and bouncing the engine on the limiter [ 60mph in third gear on the dual carrigeway gets a bit annoying], new seat belt receiver and it passed.

One advisory: 'Evidence of slight fuel leak in area of breather hose on top of tank ' Now I am guessing something simple like a hose clip, but if it is a tank out job , it can wait.

The fitter was suprised the exhaust had only lasted six years [ 58 plate] but I thought it was about normal.

[squirrel93]

Mk

[woolf]

Dyed the dash black today to match the doors I did earlier, no more horrible grey!




Also now lowered

what did you use on the dash graham?
Looking good a bit lower,nice work!

[gt_addict]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

Any difference to noise?
I've lined the floor in the cabin and cargo area with soundproofing which helps keep the road noise down.

Can't say ive noticed a massive difference inside the cab, but then again there's shed loads of road noise. But outside the can it sounds like a newer BMW diesel, quite quiet with just a hint of tractor.

[Graham Taylor]

Woolf

I used this stuffhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/28135865 ... 0&ff14=108

Basically thoroughly clean the surface with detergent and a scotch pad then apply a thin coat and just build it up from there, about three coats should give a good coverage. I then gave it a thin coat of spray dye from Halfords just to get an even finish

[Graham Taylor]

I didn't have any when I got te can so bought some "silent coat" (same stuff as dynamat but cheaper) and it did make a bit of a difference. Luckily a friend wrote his connext off and I pinched his fibre one, so that's on there too. It makes a difference with keeping the heat in te engine after you've been stopped for a while. Doesn't take so long to warm up again.

Fords wanted £120 for a new fibre one!!

Any difference to noise?
I've lined the floor in the cabin and cargo area with soundproofing which helps keep the road noise down.

Can't say ive noticed a massive difference inside the cab, but then again there's shed loads of road noise. But outside the can it sounds like a newer BMW diesel, quite quiet with just a hint of tractor.

Thanks gt