road noise - BRZ vs FRS

[Chanpion]

Originally Posted by mav1178

The two cars are identical when it comes to sound insulation from the factory.

-alex

Doesn't the BRZ come with a trunk lid interior liner?

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Chanpion

Doesn't the BRZ come with a trunk lid interior liner?

Have you actually taken it apart? It's a piece of plastic with fur covering it. Looks pretty but doesn't do jack for sound.

Sound insulation that I speak of is actual deadening material that is glued to panels.

-alex

[tahdizzle]

[zc06_kisstherain]

if you cant handle that noise, dont buy it. you'll regret it

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by carma143

Not to derail the thread, but I still can't relate to others having issues with the spealer volume. If I simply want to hear a song in the background (street driving) I'll keep the volume anywhere from 7-21. If I want to really, as the cool kids say "ROCK OUT!" I'll bump it up to around 32-43; flipping my hair in the wind... Queen, ELO, and Foreigner come to mind.

This^^^^
The only issue I have is that with some music the bass will start to resonate with my exhaust and the whole song become nothing more then a booming form of white noise (Sabbath and GNR are both really bad for it at any volume). In those cases a quick switch from "Feel" to "Voice on the head unit usually fixes it.

(oh and "Rock out" to ELO? Teehee)

[chaoskaze]

Plug up that sound tube on passenger side. It's pretty quiet.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Chanpion

Doesn't the BRZ come with a trunk lid interior liner?

Originally Posted by mav1178

Have you actually taken it apart? It's a piece of plastic with fur covering it. Looks pretty but doesn't do jack for sound.

I have some photos of it on my Builder's thread here. @mav1178 is right, I doubt it does much for sound deadening. It's literally thinner than your car key.

[tahdizzle]

What's a "key"?

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by tahdizzle

What's a "key"?

I got a courtesy loaner from the dealership a month or so back, and I sat there and stared at the key for about five seconds before I remembered what to do with it. I was seriously thinking "But where's the start button..."

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by tahdizzle

What's a "key"?

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[kee] /ki/
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noun, plural keys. 1. a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.

2. any of various devices resembling or functioning as a key: the key of a clock.


3. key card.

4. something that affords a means of access: the key to happiness.


5. something that secures or controls entrance to a place: Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.


6. something that affords a means of clarifying a problem.

7. a book, pamphlet, or other text containing the solutions or translations of material given elsewhere, as testing exercises.

8. a systematic explanation of abbreviations, symbols, etc., used in a dictionary, map, etc.: pronunciation key.
Compare legend (def 4).


9. the system, method, pattern, etc., used to decode or decipher a cryptogram, as a code book, machine setting, or keyword.

10. one of a set of marked parts, designated areas, or levers pressed in operating a typewriter, computer terminal, calculator, etc.

11. a manually operated lever for opening and closing an electric circuit, used to produce signals in telegraphy.


12. Music.

1. (in a keyboard instrument) one of the levers that when depressed by the performer sets in motion the playing mechanism.
2. (on a woodwind instrument) a metal lever that opens and closes a vent.
3. the relationship perceived between all tones in a given unit of music and a single tone or a keynote; tonality.
4. the principal tonality of a composition: a symphony in the key of C minor.
5. the keynote or tonic of a scale.

13. tone or pitch, as of voice: to speak in a high key.


14. mood or characteristic style, as of expression or thought: He writes in a melancholy key.


15. degree of intensity, as of feeling or action.

16. a pin, bolt, wedge, or other piece inserted in a hole or space to lock or hold parts of a mechanism or structure together; a cotter.

17. a small piece of steel fitting into matching slots of a hub of a wheel or the like and the shaft on which the wheel is mounted so that torque is transmitted from one to the other.

18. a contrivance for grasping and turning a bolt, nut, etc.

19. Computers. a field or group of characters within a record that identifies the record, establishing its position among sorted records, and/or provides information about its contents.

20. (in a series of advertisements or announcements soliciting replies) a unique code inserted for each medium used, to determine the relative effectiveness of the media.


21. Electricity.

1. a device for opening and closing electrical contacts.
2. a hand-operated switching device ordinarily formed of concealed spring contacts with an exposed handle or push button, capable of switching one or more parts of a circuit.

22. Biology. a systematic tabular classification of the significant characteristics of the members of a group of organisms to facilitate identification and comparison.

23. Masonry. a keystone.

24. Architecture. (in a ribbed vault) a stone, as a boss, at the intersection of two or more ribs.

25. Masonry, Carpentry. a wedge, as for tightening a joint or splitting a stone or timber.

26. Carpentry. a small piece of wood set into a timber across the grain to prevent warping.

27. Building Trades. any grooving or roughness applied to a surface to improve its bond with another surface.

28. Basketball. keyhole (def 2).

29. Photography. the dominant tonal value of a picture, a high-key picture having light tonal values and minimal contrast and a low-key picture being generally dark with minimal contrast.

30. Painting. the tonal value and intensity of a color or range of colors: Rembrandt's colors are characterized by their low key.


31. Botany. a samara.

32. (initial capital letter) a member of the House of Keys.

33. keys, spiritual authority.



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adjective 34. chief; major; important; essential; fundamental; pivotal: a key person in the company; key industries.


verb (used with object), keyed, keying. 35. to regulate or adjust (actions, thoughts, speech, etc.) to a particular state or activity; bring into conformity: to key one's speech to the intellectual level of the audience.


36. Music. to regulate the key or pitch of.


37. Painting.

1. to paint (a picture) in a given key.
2. to adjust the colors in (a painting) to a particular hue: He keyed the painting to brown.

38. to fasten, secure, or adjust with a key, wedge, or the like, as parts of a mechanism.

39. to provide with a key.

40. (in the layout of newspapers, magazines, etc.) to identify, through signs or symbols, the positions of illustrations or pieces of copy in a dummy.

41. to lock with or as if with a key.

42. Masonry. to provide (an arch or vault) with a keystone.

43. Computers. keyboard (def 4).



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verb (used without object), keyed, keying. 44. to use a key.

45. Computers. keyboard (def 4).

Verb phrases 46. key in, Computers. keyboard (def 4).


47. key on,

1. Football. to watch the position and movements of an opponent in order to anticipate a play: The defensive backs keyed on the star receiver.
2. Also, key in on. to single out as of prime importance or interest; be intent on or obsessed with: a company that is keyed in on growth.

48. key up,

1. to bring to a particular degree of intensity of feeling, excitement, energy, nervousness, agitation, etc.: keyed up over the impending test.
2. to raise (a piece of masonry) by the insertion of a wedge or wedges.
3. to raise (the haunches of an arch) by the insertion of a voussoir.

Idioms 49. power of the keys, the authority of a pope in ecclesiastical matters, vested in him as successor of St. Peter.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

I got a courtesy loaner from the dealership a month or so back, and I sat there and stared at the key for about five seconds before I remembered what to do with it. I was seriously thinking "But where's the start button..."

I had keyless for many years and now that I am back to one I just jump in and try to push a nonexistent button at least once a day!

[Chanpion]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Have you actually taken it apart? It's a piece of plastic with fur covering it. Looks pretty but doesn't do jack for sound.

Sound insulation that I speak of is actual deadening material that is glued to panels.

-alex

Haha! My bad, I thought it actually did something.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by tahdizzle

What's a "key"?

It's that thing that prevents someone from hopping in your car when you are standing outside of it, pushing a button and driving off.

You know, that thing... (although, in all fairness a gun works for that too)

[f0rge]

Road noise is a big problem for me in this car and the main reason I'll be getting rid of it when the lease is up. Adding performance-oriented tires makes it worse too.