Boss, comparing rear boot noise insulation and 4 wheel arches noise insulation, which yield to better noise insulation on tyre noise inside cabin?

Definitely rear boot

Tire is the least diff with max money spent

U mean changing tyre wont help or 4 wheel arches/fenders sound proofing wont help?

Anything u do there's of course the diff

No such thing as won't help

Only how much diff u get for the money spent that matters

And I meant the tire soundproofing

Got it sir!

I've done sound proofing on the boot, floor and tyre well.

All in all, there is improvement as you do those, but I would say the boot is worth doing, floor being fairly painful to do and fender, being right in the middle in terms of price and with the right material, it certainly helps to dampen the tyre roar.

At the end of the day having done that, the roar is reduced except on the worst of roads. I know this for a fact as driving down the KESAS which has some really bad pavement from Kota Kemuning till Subang, there was a huge difference, and a measurable 5 - 8 dB diffrence. Now wind noise is more of a problem which I plan to solve with door soundproofing.

Having said that, the MC5 that come with our cars have never been known for their silence and there are much more better tyres out there.

Also if there is some need to quieten your ride, try installing a door rubber seal. I installed StuffIt and it's really good.



Let me know if you guys would like some pics. I could probably dig it out from my archives.

Thank you for your support and kind words, much appreciated.

Of course I am indeed interested to see pictures. If you don't mind, please let us know what material were used and pricing for each compartment.

Do you find any rattling noise that never had before you did the sound proofing? I am kinda skeptical to hear more rattling noise after things had been dismantled and put them back again. Usually it will come with some extra rattling noise for stuff that has been re-installed.

To tackle with tyre roar, better to start with boot first? I am curious that did you done all the fender, floor, and boot sound proof at the same time? If yes, then how would you identify which part yields the best result?

This post has been edited by cougar richard: May 9 2015, 12:24 PM

Bro, mine is at this area between the emergency signal button and the digital clock unit. During every morning start engine, the vibration will slowly reach here and buzz sound like a loose spring. Also cruising low speed or uneven/rough surface will have it. When press the top flat surface the sound disappeared. Sent my car for 1k service at PJ Red Cube and they don't advice to open the dashboard. What they did is hand solution! Tumbuk tumbuk at top of dashboard surface and the noise disappear for some times. Hope no other sound appear after this solution. The buzz sound still can hear at a less noticeable noise though, lately didn't hear much of the buzz sound. Will monitor it.



For the sunroof noise, is loosen clip, they took it out and reclip back. Issue solved here.


Once at 1 traffic light cornering felt the car swirl abit to left maybe due to sudden corner at 60-80km. Didn't see ESC symbol light up. So far didn't feel under power during pick up. But during jam the car felt abit moving forward might be due to the heavy body.

hi all, am interested to know the latest/upcoming deal for 1.6 k3 and k5. appreciate any recommendations

I also did tumbuk tumbuk, press hard hard on it. mine is at the edge of passenger side. It will solve a little while but still back to square again. I think the HU can open to fix inside, I will step in to sc and let them have a look.

Can pm me on how to connect wire from FM to AM ports?

Rattling noise
Yes is irritating

From last 2 weeks, my car got into sick

When u drive to average 100 km/h (cruising), you will hear some metal rattling / buzz Sound.
Suspect from left front dashboard

Sent to Redcube PJ. They say they tighten dashboard , and ask me drive back . let me feel that they are tai chi ing, coz the sound still exist

I think best way is to prove to them before and after fixing, so that they are aware of where the sound is from rather let them tighten blindly

Does anyone have issue with the mp3 cover picture not displaying correctly? I assure my mp3 folder have proper album cover before playing it via usb, but the player in car show different image. might considering reset the whole system but this is not cover in the user manual.

Ah, yes. The deep press on pedal and not moving but just engine roars. I think i might know the issue as i tried to play on manual and auto. Actually manual is totally not fun to play with since on 1-2nd gear is basically no pickup feel, and 3rd gear at 3000 rpm u only hit 40km/h

Back to the deep press experience issue, as i found out, since the gear needs to shift from 1-2-3 and onwards, giving that basically 10-15km/h the gear shift to 2nd and during the shift in Auto, i notice there's a feel of "release gear" and "enter next gear", during this gap, suddenly the pedal you press is all just like you are on neutral and press pedal, hence no power. The engine is CVT and should have a smooth auto gear shift, but there is a 0.5sec where the "shift" appears, the pedal press is "Nuetral" so u see rpm flies to 4k - 5k but no movement. Plus the car 1st gear is about 10km/h and then shift 2nd gear, to about 20-30km/h then 3rd. So it's quite low and really not much to accelerate. 40km/h you should already on 3rd gear in auto. Try play manual and you'll see that the rpm on 1,2, 3rd gear, even if you press on 2nd gear, it won't bring u much pickup but only at 30-40km/h your engine roars like a lori.

Above is just my experience and guess on how my gear shift and test for trying to pick up using 1st and 2nd gear.

Btw, i accidently fill my car with Vpower racing RM2.80 per litre, instead of 97 . Results ? the car gives better respond for 1st and 2nd gear pickup. Way better than using 95 where you have to "wait" the car to move while other cars beside you already pickup till 2 cars away from u.

PJ Red cube, tumbuk tumbuk your car? , surprise how they solve the issue. Anyway if you have a sunroof then mostly underpower is not a main issue for you. As only 2.0 have sunroof if not mistaken. Different engine la bro.

Asking for anyone polish their dashboard? which brand of internal polish is good? i try not to buy those oily type where once you wipe, you see a layer oil and hence the obvious oil layer with the non-polish area. (You know our dashboard area near the wiper area, it's almost unreachable with out a tool, so mostly that is the non-polish area )

Please do share if anyone polish their car by own effort as well, plan to polish my car since it's been nearly 4 months, the original "shiny" from the clear coat need a boost.

This post has been edited by Chester77: May 11 2015, 12:16 AM

Is 6 AT not cvt bro. I will more enjoy slowly cruising rather than racing the engine especially at night. Slowly enjoy sitting inside the car..

This post has been edited by cougar richard: May 11 2015, 09:04 AM

Need to use those water based cleaner. Just look at keywords when buying.