has anyone 'undercoated' their car. Where to you buy it? How do you put it on?

A guy took one look at that rear wheel well and said 'you should have that undercoated, I can see that's just bare metal. But don't have the shop do, just do it yourself, cause the dealer does a crappy job. That will help with sound too.' Thanks for any feedback

Anybody use dynamat for sound control in Fit?

http://www.dynamat.com/

 

I will about to undercoat my car this week. I'll use Wurth rubberized rust-proof undercoat. First, you have to wash the underchassis of your car, then let it dry, after that, apply the chemical.

And I will also use dynamat on my Fit. My audio system is about to finish next month. So maybe next week, the dynamat will be installed.

 

Thanks for the reply. That is decent amount of work. That would be a good one to do at AutoMate. Let us know how it turns out, drop some pictures....

You don't do the whole pan, right, just the rear wheel wells and along the bottom outer edge? I guess you have to decide where to put it down next to the sport trim. Thanks again, Regards

 

its a rust inhibitor, and a ripoff since honda has like a 100,000 miles rust warranty

 

In looking at soundproofing for when my Fit comes in , I found this site: http://www.quietcar.net . This stuff can be applied with a roller or brush and seems a lot easier to install than the mat-style sound proofer. I've read some of the comments from our members in Europe, and they seem to put it everywhere: Inside door panels, in the spare wheel well, on the inside of the firewall.

 

That stuff looks pretty good, thanks! I could try that out on some other equipment before the fit. Ends up the Fit noise has not bothered me. I find most ‘tire’ noise at slow speeds. The Fit is one of the most quite Hondas. I hadn’t really considered doing the doors, most of the sound seems to come through the wheel wells and fire wall. Thanks again, have fun with the Fit.

 

I have two Civics that have rusted due to water leaking through body seams in the roof and trunk (not weatherstripping leaks...body seam leaks). On Civics, the rust around the fenders is not from leaks in the wheelwells. The leak is in the roof.

I'd seal the rain gutters in the roof if I were you (Pull off the rail in the roof, and thoroughly coat the body seam with silicone caulk. Replace the rail before the silicone sets up. After 24 hours, when the silicone has dried, I applied a bead of silicone on both sides of the rail to prevent any water from getting under there).

There is a body seam underneath that black rail in the roof. Mine have leaked, and water runs down inside the c-pillar. The water settles near the inner fenders and the car rusts from the inside out.

I do not have a Fit (yet), but when I get one, that is the first thing I'm doing to mine.