Silence your van

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how well would a good thick paint on sound deadner work if you apply many coats to the floor and walls?

[ben]

i recon it would be the way to go bro!! i have a gelcoat gun im gunna buy brush on sound deadner and thin it down enough to spray it on. cheaper that way rather than buying the spray on stuff..

oh yeh i already have sound deadner on the floor and it works well. want to do underneath as well and firewall i supose the walls could have a quick coat also

ben

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that is very good to hear ben... i cant afford the more expensive options...

yes underneath and on top for the floor. when you say fire wall are you just talking inside? i was just going to paint the engine bay with quick dry chassis black but if its safe i can give it a lick of deadner as well on the engine side?

ps... i didn't die... it rained for two/three months solid in geelong and their was no way i was spraying in that weather.... i just locked up the garage and saved some money for the two months....

i want my bedford but i didn't want it having rust issues early because i didn't have enough sense to know when not to work on it

[Bas NZ]

I have deadner on the engine bay area, paint over top, then clear. works well as long as all the other holes are filled ofcourse

[able]

ok.. the chassis black enamel will stick to anything... i didn't think to coat up the fire wall and then paint over it...

you learn something new every day. thankyou.

[Bas NZ]

Ok here is a a photo of the finished product, clear has been used over the top to allow easy cleaning.

[Marky]

hey bas..is that some kind of aftermaket heater unit u have there? top right of pic

[Bas NZ]

No Marky, Eddie asked the same question, it's an air box VN Holden, dam motor won't run well with out it, had an ramflow pod / filter on it but coudn't get enough air in, runs with an electric supercharger a fan unit that receives the air and forces it out, its controled by a switch. think it runs at about 4psi, but makes a big difference to the power, will place a photo of it on here tomorrow. Don't need a heater as I use the LPG blow heater thats in the back of the van, just has a couple of tubes up to the front, flick a switch and the heater starts up. Bas

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LPG blow heater? pics please!!!! ill have kids in the back and the original heater looks weak.

hang on is their a dedicated "heaters what have you done" thread?

[hunterbynature]

get a heater out of one of those toyota custom vans, they have them under the seats or toyota surf in the centre consul, they work well, have fitted them into a few customers vans cheers stevo