Octavia Wagon sound deadening

[MarksVRS]

Some people have mentioned that Skoda save some money in areas like sound deadening.....

I had a spare day yesterday so I thought I would use it to tear the car apart and see how much deadener is used in the rear. I found there is plenty of space in there that acts like a boom box! A couple of blocks of HD foam have been pushed in behind the wheel wells but it seems a poor attempt...

The photos on Flickr might help if anyone wished to remove the rear panelling. It is mostly straight forward provided you have Torx drivers. And if someone knows how to remove the rear seat edge cushions let me know! I didn't want to force anything.

Anyway, thanks to RSOK for the idea and material (I used it all BTW!).

I haven't been for a drive yet, but I hope to note some minor reduction at highway speeds.

After taking out the floor panel and spare wheel, the first cowl to be removed is the bottom panel that covers the boot latch (3 plastic nuts and spring clips). Then the rear pillar cowls. This top panel then unscrews with 3 visible screws including the carry hook. They are all torx screws. I am lifting it on this angle because I could not access the front fixing screw (hidden behind the rear seat squab). You need to lift it to remove the fixing screws for the side panels.

This first photo shows the insulation I added to the left side. There was heaps of space behind the panelling and I think I could have added extra layers although this should be enought to stop the road noise booming through from the rear quarter panel.

The same with the right side. There is actually space travelling between the wheel well and the quarter panel. This adds to the vibration or harmonics that add to the noise at highway speeds. I also glued deadener to the wheel wells, which had not been done when I took these photos.

I did not glue the remaining deadener in, other than around the edges of the wheel well.

[MarksVRS]

If anyone can remind how to add photos??? The links are showing in my post but nothing shows once I submit the thread.

[ope126]

Keen to see the pics also...

[hooba]

If anyone can remind how to add photos??? The links are showing in my post but nothing shows once I submit the thread.

Flickr isn't playing nice, normally I'd right click on the image and select "Copy image url" which you can then paste in between the .

IF you want to see the pics, click here These screws are difficult to access! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Transporter]

Plenty of pictures in this How to ©koda Octavia Club - Tlumení kufru Vibraflexem, but it is in Czech language. You can see from the numbers there that there was more than a couple of dB difference (actually quite a good result).

[dazag]

I'll get around to showing you what I've done so far. I had a Bulk pack of Dynamat left over from doing my Merc Van and thought I'd use it in the RS. Always good to quieten things down and helps give the stereo a bit more punch.
I've only done the floor of the boot area, & under the rear seat. I've yet to pull panels to do the rear wheel arches and also need to do the doors. If I had my head screwed on, i should have got the Service centre to fit some to the roof when they had the lining out, would have been happy to pay for the fitting. Will get pics and post em when i have the time.

[MarksVRS]

I added a link in the first post. I'll try for the pics again later...

Edit.... Thanks Hooba, beat me to it!

[Transporter]

If anyone can remind how to add photos??? The links are showing in my post but nothing shows once I submit the thread.

It appears to me that you've disabled the sharing in your flickr profile. I've mine tweaked for more privacy too but you have to allow for some sharing, I think. When I have time I will check my profile in flickr and post the settings. I use mostly Picasa in Google, much better, it gives you more privacy and more options for sharing.

[K1W1]

It appears to me that you've disabled the sharing in your flickr profile.

Even if you make photos private you can still post them as links on sites like this. Flickr just warns you that you are posting a private photo to a public site.

Open the photo that you want to share in Flickr (click on it's thumbnail)

Click on the top drop down arrow beside the Facebook and Twitter icons at the top left of the image.

Click on "Grab the HTML/BB code"

Select the "BB code" button and the size image that you want.

Highlight the text and copy it (Control-C on a PC) then paste it here


20110410-RLR_7868 by mcguirem07, on Flickr

Now comes that editing bit

The text for the above image looks like this (with the spaces I have added)

[u r l=http://www.flickr.com/photos/toolangi_30-9-07/5607064961/][i m g]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5607064961_e0d62ebd36_z.jpg[/i m g][/u r l]
[u r l=http://www.flickr.com/photos/toolangi_30-9-07/5607064961/]20110410-RLR_7868[/u r l] by [ u r l=http://www.flickr.com/people/toolangi_30-9-07/]mcguirem07[/u r l], on Flickr

If you want to get rid of the words under the image but still have it as a link to your Flickr site then delete the last two lines so you end up with this code (no spaces of course)

[u r l=http://www.flickr.com/photos/toolangi_30-9-07/5607064961/][i m g]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5607064961_e0d62ebd36_z.jpg[/i m g][/u r l]

and you will get this



If you just want the photo with no links to Flickr just highlight and copy ithe text between the img tags (in bold below). Notice that the image is no longer a link.

[ u rl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/toolangi_30-9-07/5607064961/][i m g]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5607064961_e0d62ebd36_z.jpg[/i m g][/u r l]



For the observant yes that is not my Flickr account but 99% of the images there are mine and I effectively administer it for various reasons. It's there for one reason only and that should be obvious.

[Transporter]

Well I've done exactly as you said, clicked on the thumbnail and clicked button next to facebook and my link look exactly like the OP's link but his doesn't display image.

You can compare and see that my pictures when you get in flicker give the same style link, but his won't display image.



This is the result when you're not signed into your Flickr account.

The same picture when signed in.

[K1W1]

You can't link to somebody else's account.

[MarksVRS]

Thanks everyone. I seem to have got it now! I am not sure why I could not access the URL link when viewing the larger versions although I can right click on the smaller versions. Hopefully the original post is a little more valuable now!

[Transporter]

Thanks everyone. I seem to have got it now! I am not sure why I could not access the URL link when viewing the larger versions although I can right click on the smaller versions. Hopefully the original post is a little more valuable now!

I think that you probably were not signed in when copying the link. It happened to me as well when I just used the shortcut in my top bar.

It's good to be back to the original topic.

[MarksVRS]

Just to close the story on this one, I am happy to say that the deadening has worked wonders for highway driving. We drove to Maitland over the Easter weekend and without any doubt both my wife and I immediately noticed the difference. Talking and listening to the radio can be done at a whisper and whilst it wasn't obstructively noisy before, the difference is well worth the effort and minor cost.

[RSOK]

Great to hear Mark, I second your comment that it's worth the effort. It cost me, what, 2 hours of time and about $70 or so of material (bought via Ebay) and glue to put the sound deadening material through out the boot, too easy and effective result.