Sticking it to the door panel is better IMO.

It will also help with stopping the bass from the speakers rattling the door skin.

 

Whats the best way to remove the guey cack that holds the weather sheild on?

 

i couldnt find a good way....my window ****ed up and when i took it out the gay grey crap went all over it, just had to wait for it to go hard then scrape it off with a razor blade

 

Whats the best way to remove the guey cack that holds the weather sheild on?

dip your finger in water and "cut" it open with the wet finger, keep it moist at all times

 

Apply the sound deadening to your door, not the trim panel.
Scrape off the Rover gue with a credit card or similar as well as you can. White spirit or brush cleaner will do the rest.
Have fun!

 

don't waste dynamat on your door card, but it will help to use cheap flashing/marley tape in these areas.

 

I used a stanley to get the gunk off - most of mine came off in big chunks

 

Why is it when you plan to do some work on the car over the weekend, it always p155es it down :banghead:

 

Why is it when you plan to do some work on the car over the weekend, it always p155es it down :banghead:

Happens to me every time mate. I only get every other weekend off and you can almost guarantee that my weekend on will be sunny and my weekend off will pee it down or what usually happens is it will be sunny then as soon as I start any work on the car it will abo..solutely pizz down.

 

or even worse... its sunny, so you get 1000quids worth of ice to put in your car, have it all layed out on the pavement, take out all the necessary car parts (door cards, boot carpet, interior trim etc) lay it all out on the pavement as well. Have a *** break and discuss with your mates about whats getting done first, then while you all go inside for a snack, and when you get outside again, the skys full of black clouds and it starts to piss down! So its all hands on deck to get the precious ice and the trims etc inside before it all gets waterlogged!!! i get loads of luck... but its all bad.

 

Does the weather shield need to be reinstalled? I was reading Hayne's ICE manual the other day which just says to bin it...but surely you need it? My old VW Polo flooded inside a couple of years ago cause that stuff had a hole in it.

 

IF you mean the stuff 'gunk' at the bottom of the doors it is not needed on later cars (they dont even come from factory with it in). However if applied correctly it may be of some use. Problem is over time the wax oyll like substance can move and cause blocking of the already small draining holes - not good when the door turns into a swimming pool. I dont bother with the stuff in doors any longer.

 

Mine is a 2005 ZR and when I remove the door trim there is a blue plastic sheet stuck onto the door with gunk. It's that blue plastic sheet (also referred to as vapour sheet!) I was referring to. I have to remove it to get behand to dynamat the door...but I was wondering if I need to refit it.

 

Ah i see what you mean. You do need something however i just usually cover the holes over with sound deadening material as the plastic sheet tends to not go back on very well.

 

Ah...good idea...why didn't I think of that instead of trying to make plastic stick to metal with prit stick?!?!

 

Thats what I intend to do, just replace the vapour guard with dynamat, so all the holes get sealed which is supposed to improve the bass from the speakers.

I see that some people stick dynamat on the inside of the outer door panel too, would this have a danger in trapping water behind it and causing the panel to rust?

 

I see that some people stick dynamat on the inside of the outer door panel too, would this have a danger in trapping water behind it and causing the panel to rust?

No, because you shouldn't cover the drainage holes at the bottom of the door

 

i dynamat both my doors, inside and out, made alot of difference with road noise and SQ

 

OMG! That gue gets every where! Used on old credit card to get most of it off, then wiped the rest off with white spirit. Couldn't believe this, next door's cat got in my car when my back was turned, climbing all over my leather seats, the little scote!

 

OMG! That gue gets every where! Used on old credit card to get most of it off, then wiped the rest off with white spirit. Couldn't believe this, next door's cat got in my car when my back was turned, climbing all over my leather seats, the little scote!

Well if you have any white spirit left maybe you could add it to the cat's drinking bowl....it won't be in a hurry to jump in your car again.

 

or even worse... its sunny, so you get 1000quids worth of ice to put in your car, have it all layed out on the pavement, take out all the necessary car parts (door cards, boot carpet, interior trim etc) lay it all out on the pavement as well. Have a *** break and discuss with your mates about whats getting done first, then while you all go inside for a snack, and when you get outside again, the skys full of black clouds and it starts to piss down! So its all hands on deck to get the precious ice and the trims etc inside before it all gets waterlogged!!! i get loads of luck... but its all bad.

You must live in a good area. If I laid out 1grands worth of ICE on my pavement it would be gone after said snack break