Hood insulation question - Lateral-g Forums

Payton King · #1 07-17-2006, 01:28 PM

My hood is painted the same as my car...yellow...underneath. I thought that I might like to use some black block offs (for lack of a better term)

I don't want to use the factory insulation as it covers the entire hood. I am looking for some thing I can put in between the braces where you can see the hood skin.

So my question is do any of you have any recs on what material to use.? I know they make underhood insulation that has a sticky backing which would be perfect, but it is a silver foil. I need something black.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

cutlasskid · #2 07-17-2006, 06:41 PM

my friend used speaker box carpet glued to hood, It looked pretty good

Payton King · #3 07-18-2006, 07:29 AM

I had not thought of that.

Buick Motorsports · #4 07-18-2006, 06:53 PM

Purchase plain old foam in a thickness slightly larger than the depth between the skin and the support. Cut to the appropriate shape, spray bomb it a semi-gloss black.

It sounds cheesy, but it looks awesome when done. Trust me pn this one, my friend did this on his car and people were always asking where he bought the custom inserts.

Payton King · #5 07-19-2006, 08:10 AM

I will let you know how it turns out. I guess I could alway use high heat black. LOL

Pics to follow

Buick Motorsports · #6 07-19-2006, 09:07 AM

High heat black is a perfect.... the semi gloss that my friend used was in fact BBQ paint.

ls67 · #7 07-21-2006, 04:04 PM

what kinda foam are you talkin about I need to do the same thing payton is lookin for, Ive been considerin dynomat insolation but not liken that to much right now.

71Nova · #8 07-27-2006, 02:07 PM

You might think about Extreme liner over the silver material or dynamat extreme. Extreme liner is black but I do not know what kind of temps it can handle.

David

71Nova · #9 07-27-2006, 02:10 PM

I just checked it out on Dynamats site. here is what they had on Extreme liner

"Extremeliner provides maximum low-frequency attenuation and heat resistance. Extremeliner is a four-part composite barrier consisting of 1/8 inch layer of neoprene, 15 mils of acoustic lead barrier, 1/4 inch layer of high efficiency acoustic foam and a 3 mil urethane top facing. Extremeliner works anywhere on your vehicle's floor and firewall for the ultimate barrier from road noise and engine noise. Great for high heat areas.

NOTE: Extremeliner provides maximum control when applied over Dynamat Xtreme."

So I guess it is good for high heat areas. Also good that it blocks low freq noises.

Payton King · #10 07-27-2006, 03:01 PM

is for the interior of the car. I do not believe it would hold up under the hood. Most of the sound and heat barrier stuff for the engine compartment has a foil outer barrier. I found some from second skin, but like I stated, it has a foil outer barrier and I don;t want under the hood to look like the space shuttle.