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Hi, I could do with some advise on the placing of these pads.
I have stripped the later interior out of my car now in preparation for the newly sourced one and whilst at this stage I thought it would be a good idea to fit these anti-drumming pads as there is a fare amount of drumming when on the move.
Just wondered where the best places were to fit them - obviously the middle of the doors and the rear side panels but is there anywhere else that you would advise placing them?

Cheers Skeebs

If they're the sticky ones just be mindful of maybe one day taking them back off, so I wouldn't put them on the floors for starters. Maybe lay traditional sound proofing under the carpet, under the back seat, on the roof panel, boot floor, make sure the gaps from between the boot and the rear of the car are all filled (stuffed with foam originally), behind the dash panels and use a bulkhead section in the engine bay. Makes a whole lot of difference when you've got the soundproofing in the right places as they were intended, often removed and left out in older restorations. Coopers/Supers even had sound proofing cut into the inner sections of the bootlid. I'm not sure bonnet soundproofing is really necessary though.

I'd only use those stick pads on the sides as you've suggested.

If your putting these panels on the inside of the roof it's a good idea to put some RTV on then first espcially if you have a black roof, these can quite oftern fall off onto the roof lining on a hot sunny day.

Pete wrote:If they're the sticky ones just be mindful of maybe one day taking them back off, so I wouldn't put them on the floors for starters. Maybe lay traditional sound proofing under the carpet, under the back seat, on the roof panel, boot floor, make sure the gaps from between the boot and the rear of the car are all filled (stuffed with foam originally), behind the dash panels and use a bulkhead section in the engine bay. Makes a whole lot of difference when you've got the soundproofing in the right places as they were intended, often removed and left out in older restorations. Coopers/Supers even had sound proofing cut into the inner sections of the bootlid. I'm not sure bonnet soundproofing is really necessary though.

I'd only use those stick pads on the sides as you've suggested.

Yes, they are the stick on type Pete. As you suggest, I think I will only use them on the doors and rear quarters and use soundproofing for the other areas. At the moment there is no soundproofing on the bulkhead in the engine bay so that would definitely be an improvement. The foam is also missing between the boot and the rear, so will also help if this is put right.
Thanks for the help Pete

"If your putting these panels on the inside of the roof it's a good idea to put some RTV on then first espcially if you have a black roof, these can quite oftern fall off onto the roof lining on a hot sunny day." [/quote]

The roof lining is in place and original and in good condition so I won't be messing with that but thanks for heads up on that!