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is it any good? i found a 100 Sq Ft of FatMat eXtreme for $100
comes with 100 Sq Ft of FatMat eXtreme Free FatMat Roller For Easy Installation Free FatMat Handy Cutting Knife Free FatMat Degreasing Agent-Helps prepare greasy surfaces
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I have installed it on a couple of guy's vehicles ,they got it off the net. It is a little thinner than Dynamat Extreme, but you put it on the same way. I put 3 layers in a one guy's trunk and it seemed very affective. The other guy did 1 layer on the entire interior of the vehicle, didn't get to hear that one.
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I used it and it worked well! just make sure you can roll it on if not if will come off if it is exposed to High Temp in the summer.
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I used to use Fatmat but like someone said above, it WILL come off in high temperature if you do not perfectly apply it, and i mean perfect, God-like.
Fatmat extreme is thicker, harder to apply over hills and curves.
Secondskin's Damplifier is awesome. More flexible, a LOT more adhesive and is a stronger deadener.
Fatmat is a mass loader which works by adding weight alone. Damplifier.. well, go to their site and read about it. www.secondskinaudio.com
I ran 3 layers of it in my car. I am still workin on it though so there isn't an reviews from me yet.
I got 2 layers of Damplifier and 1 layer of Fatmat extreme over that(just because i still had 70sqft left over from last install. I only use fatmat on the floor.. kinda hard to fall down from there).
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i heard the second skin damplifier pro was the stuff to get
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I have used sound destroyer mat and power mat both are same company. And applys and works great the foil backer streatches how ever far i needed it. Doesnt turn britle like some products i have used. Like with any aplication have to apply to a clean surface mineral spirits then i used the degreaser botle they sent with for prep, and the utility knife and roller was provided with order and havent had anythign fall off.
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Looks pretty much the same as the FatMat, just more $$$. I've had my FatMat installed for two summers so far and nothing has even started to peel or fall off like some have claimed would happen.
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Thats just one more opinion, I've also heard second skin was great. I've used Stinger Roadkill and now the FatMat, and the FatMat has had NO problems. Maybe you just didn't put it on right and thats why you think it sucks.
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i used to install Fatmat and Rattletrap in a bunch of my customer's vehicles. Even thought about becoming a dealer. That is until I tried some of the better stuff. In my vehicles I currently have Stinger's Expert roadkill, it's great stuff. Another car I have Hushmat(distributed through Boston Acoustics) and that stuff works AWESOME.
I loved those. Then I helped Eric Alexander put DamplifierPro in his van. I know where my money is going next time. It's absolutely the best stuff in the USA.
no more fatmat for me. It's cheap, but doesn't do the same thing as the better materials. You really do get what you pay for.
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cheapy made ****. falls offs after time. if u going to put the money and time into installing it and buying it why not buy something that one is alot better made and will help u more and last hella long. u can put fatmat and second skin side by side and see the diffence and people have gained from going from fatmat to second skin
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The weight of the fatmat is tremendously less than that of the others. I'll have to go back and find my notes on just how much--but it was TREMENDOUSLY less.
Also the aluminum top coat (which is the important part of the deadener) is also TREMENDOUSLY thinner on the fatmat than on the 3 I listed.
In the end it doesn't have the necessary properties to work as a quality deadener. It doesn't matter if it sticks forever on the metal, because it isn't doing anything while it is sticking there.
You would have to use 4-5 layers of the fat mat to get to the equivelent of one layer of the stuff I listed above.
A little over a year ago I gathered a large number of deadeners and tested them all. I didn't care which one was the best. I just wanted to use the best product.
I used the second skin. It was by far the best.
The scosche was second. The thing I didn't like about it was the logo that was pressed into the aluminum. That made it difficult to apply in some tight places. Other than that, it was as good as the Second Skin.
The Dynamat extreme was third. It didn't weight as much as the others, and the aluminum layer was a bit thinner. I again also hated the logo and the fact it was always wrinkled no matter what you did. Appareance does matter. But it would be a good product to use. It is just off of the second skin and scosche as far as the weight and aluminum goes.
the fatmat, raamat, elemental designs (two different kinds), stinger, peal n seal, and the others (my mind went blank) were all a good bit back from those 3 listed above
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Thats what I wanted to know, I've seen posts on other forums about fatmat and other deadeners and all people say is that it sucks cause it falls off, but nothing real. I've had it on for well over a year and not one piece has fallen off or even come close, so I can't say it sucks for those reasons. I put on two layers all around, seeing as Drags said thats all thats allowed, and it did do a good job at quieting down the road noise, didn't do any real testing to compare the difference in db's cause I made several upgrades at once.
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if you are trying to quiet road noise, mat deadener isn't what you want. foam is what you want. Stuff like luxury liner pro from second skin, or the equivelent from the other companies.
Mat deadner is not intended to really quiet down road noise on an effective level. It may have a minor effect but its kind of like using a kite to pull a car instead of using a gasoline powered engine.
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we just installed a layer of fatmat in my blazer helped with some of the rattles but didnt show much of a gain my baseline was a 147.7 weak batt and after fatmat 148.0 weak batt but with a full charged batt it done a 147.9 with out fatmat have not tested with charged batt yet but im sure its better than a 148 so db increased a little. oh and my buddy does a 152.2 with fatmat installed been in his vehicle for 2 years no problems what so ever with the fatmat sticks great and he gained 1.5db after installed.
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I have had great success with fatmat, I did my whole suv over a year now and recently I pull the roof down to check and nothing has fall off and it reduced road noise significantly and no rattle is heard as you would hear with most suv's, maybe it sucks but it work wonders for me
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