Some people enjoy the feeling and sound of a car audio system that makes their entire bodies rattle, and some enjoy listening to smooth jams to chill out and relax. Whatever your music preference is, cars often act as a mobile concert arena to their drivers.

But it's hard to completely indulge oneself in the music when there is unwanted road noise terrorizing your concert from various angles. Whether it's road noise, wind noise or rattling metal - most drivers wish their car were a little quieter.

That's where sound deadening material comes in. Car sound deadening or sound dampening work by applying a soft material like a mat or foam to the metal surfaces under panels to absorb and stop unwanted road noise.

By using a car sound deadening material, not only will you stop unwanted road noise, you will simultaneously add thermal insulation to protect you from extreme heat during those hot summer days.

When you're sitting in your car, you're basically sitting in a small room made of metal walls. For sound quality this is the worst case scenario because metal. is the worst acoustic material in the world. This is very noticeable in your car doors because of the way they are constructed, which is broken up into 3 layers.  

Just how you would add more tint to your car to make it darker, you would also add more car sound deadening material to make it quieter. The good news is that when you insulate car doors, it naturally increase the quality of car audio.

Steps you can take right now, to identify where unwanted car door noise is coming from and reduce or stop it.

1. Adjust fade and balance on your car audio system to see where rattling is coming from.
2. Tighten all loose screws and add washers or cell foam to decouple.
3. Replace broken car speakers.
4. Add Speaker Tweakers, these will prevent speaker waves from bouncing directly into the door speakers.

If your ultimate goal for using a car audio sound dampening material is to increase the quality of your car audio system, then your project should really begin with the car doors. Once the doors are completed, consider adding car sound deadening material to the roof and the trunk of your car to fully utilize car stereo sound deadening materials and maximize your car audio system.

A great sound audio system is not fully complete without some nice bass. This requires a subwoofer. Most people place their subs in their trunks. When you add a lot of bass, the subwoofers really get things shaking and the trunk rattles at high volumes.

While some users are fans of the rattles, most prefer to hear clean sound. That's where our Trunk Sound Deadening Kit comes in. To cover a full trunk, including walls we recommend with at least 2 SoundSkins Pro door kits. This will stop the rattles in your trunk. Since the subwoofers create the most vibration, you will need to dress it up from head to toe with some SoundSkins Pro.

Not everyone who purchases our materials are necessarily looking to enhance their car audio experience. In most cases, our product is to reduce the amount of road noise in their vehicle. With bluetooth calling becoming the norm, many customers want a better call experience, but their cars are too polluted with road noise that it becomes too difficult to have a clear conversation. SoundSkins really helps reduce all that unwanted road noise and brings the driver a smoother and more calming driving experience.

Another use case for our product is for insulation, especially for older cars with little to no manufacturer insulation. Temperatures can become unbearable in some states, a little bit of SoundSkins can help alleviate this problem. Drivers that decide to reside in their vehicle (#vanlife) also chose SoundSkins for noise reduction purpose also get great insulation benefits.