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Originally Posted by crystalworks
Noico works very well. Used it many times. Posted some pics of the rear doors I just did a few pages ago. Done quite a bit of Red in it at this point. Still need to do the roof, hatch, and if the carpet ever needs to come out, the floor pan.
Tip though: Apparently word has gotten out about Noico so the price has about quadrupled on the big packs. So this time instead of ordering my usual 36sqft pack, which has now gone to $220 (used to be $66.00). I ordered 4 of the 10sqft packs which are a much more reasonable $27/ea. 
But as c-bass mentioned it's mostly for metallic resonance and road noise. A dense foam product would be better for plastic rattles/creaks I would imagine. |
Thanks for the tipper, I'll price out Noico tonight as I've used most of the rest of my Dynamat today on the drivers door. I have to say it sounded noticeably better when I drove it to the store this afternoon. Of course it could have been all in my mind, but the car seemed quite a bit quieter and the tunes sounded fuller, and with deeper base. A door cavity full of Dynamat couldn't hurt. I've got a little left which I plan on using strategically around the hatch tomorrow. I need to pull the plastic trim and troubleshoot a loose rear wiper assembly, which probably has just backed off (bolts?) over the years.
I seem to have fixed the airbag light, which did turn out to be a simple connector issue on the front pax unit. The connector is pretty worn where the side clips engage the airbag female end.
I also think I finally figured out why my pax door makes a '72 pinto level of racket/rattle when I close the door with the window not fully up. It turns out a piece of foam is missing from the pax door that I think cushions the window when the door is closed. The pic below has a circle where the foam is supposed to be, just below the handle carrier and on the structural "beam". I suspect the window can rattle against this area as there is no rear window channel on these cars (same guy who designed the clips I bet).
Unfortunately I didn't put 2 and 2 together until I had buttoned up the pax door and opened up the driver's side door and saw the foam. Next time I open the doors up will be to upgrade the speakers so I'll glue/stick some replacement foam in that area then.