As for me,
I laid some down 2 weeks ago in 75 degree weather, and then again last week in 50 degree weather. It was a bit more pliable when it was warm but basically no difference. Definitely didn't need a heat gun. The stuff is so sticky. Just a wood or rubber roller.

As for a template:
At first I was going to try to use one but later found out that if the metal has concave countours, it isn' going to be exactly the same size as the template because you want the mat to contact the metal.

Some areas such as the door, I had to use different size pieces because of all the obstacles.

It is easier to work with by using small pieces. It may not look as good, but it's getting covered up anyway and will perform the same. Mostly, I would lay a piece down that was a close fit and trim with a razor knife.

Just my thoughts,
Thraak

 

Does the dynamat makes the bass tighter? I am anxious to have my trunk dynamat on Monday. Ive only got 1 10 inch JL sub in the trunk. Do yall think 1 extreme trunk kit should be able to do the job?

 

I just did my trunk, it wasn' too hard.
Turns out the temp is not critical as it was 45 out, probably warmer in the garage. I did use a hair dryer to heat up and help smooth out the Rammat. Overall it took 2.5 hours. I will post some pics.

 

Just leave the Dynamat in the house until you need each piece.

 

LOL!

Yes, it's sort of like putting on a big "sticker." The adhesive holds very well. You should have no issues with release in summer heat. In fact, I'd suggest the metal would rust to nothing before the Dynamat let go.

Weight issues? Typically none, but this stuff is not light. Do your whole car and yes, you'll add measureable weight to it. If you worry about 100ths of seconds in your quarter mile time, don't Dynamat your car.

I don't know about "painting" sound deadening over Dynamat. Never done it, never heard of it, don't know why you would do it.
-golfpro

 

i dunno about dynamat, but when using Rammat the guy told me that if you are doing more than one layer to put the second layer on at 90 degrees to the first....and overlap seams by an inch or two.

again, i went all crazy in my WRX and i think it was total overkill. The S2000 will have dynamat in it, but not nearly as much. A little bit actually goes quite a long way.

 

If your worried about that small amount of time you'd better be scraping out the stock sound deadener not adding more

 

did adding the dynamat help w/the convertible tray rattle? i noticed that w/a sub, the main source of rattling noise was coming from there. please advise. TIA!

 

It did for me. I cut little squares out in put them on the underside of the tray. But for some that hasn't been enough, and they've had to put a 'matchstick' or the like here or there to help.

 

I'm in the process of putting in some edead v1se2 and edead v3 in my car. It's a lot less expensive than dynamat and does the same thing. The v1se2 is a mat similar to dynamat and on top of it I'm going to apply some v3 which is a latex sound deadening liquid. A friend of mine used it in his car and it was amazing how quiet his car is and how much better his stereo sounds. I got the stuff via the elemental designs website, plus if you go to their forum, you can get an extra 20% discount. Just wanted to let you guys know so you can save yourselves a couple bucks.