Patience was defintely required. I spent almost 3 days on this project, i wanted to throw in the towell so many times, but then it dawned on me, "My interior is gone and spread all over my garage, might as well finish it!."

As far as how much I would charge, I'd have to say somewhere around $500-600 which would include all material, removing complete interior*, coverining every inch of interior, and reinstalling the interior.

*If you wanted the roof done I would probably have to charge a little more for the material becuase the 100 sq ft covers everything but the roof perfectly. I wouldnt need much more than another 10 sq ft or so, but it would probably mean buying the additional 36 sq ft fatpak which is another $50 plus shipping (the shipping for the 100 sq ft was $30) I would say close to the $600 range.

If a few people were interested in having this done it would probably qualify a savings in material cost. I would figure 110 sq ft per car and divide the material up accordingly.

Let me know what you guys think. I'm not sure on the pricing since I dont do this for a living. I know that going to an audio specialist will cost close to $1000 for what i've done with my own car, this is a very tedious and time consuming undertaking which in tern costs money. I'm not looking to get rich off of this, I just want to extend my newly found "quiet interior" to the rest of the scooby world and at the same time make up for my time.

I could do the project over a weekend. I would definitely need 2 full days to get everything done.


*** Clearly I'm not a vendor, I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds. I am in no way attempting to sell this service through i-club. My personal project seems to have sparked some interest though.

 

hey where are you located?????

 

staticfritz: Plan a road trip out west before the beautiful hot and sunny weathers over. I'll take care of you if you mak a pit stop through Sacramento, CA.

strctlyshw: Citrus Heights is just outside of Sacramento.

For those who say they dont have time for something like this. Do you not have time to actually take a couple days to do the job or cant be without their car for a couple days? If your too busy to actually do the job, just drop your ride with me and I'll have it back to you in a couple days as quiet as a mouse

I'm surprised there seems to be quite an interest in this. I thought I was the only one who felt my car felt like a tin box?

 

RSA, sounds fine to me. And about you sticking around for the job, I think thats a great idea. Isnt the whole point of this and other forums to educate and promote the betterment and know how around our cars? The way i see it, the more options we as owners have to better our cars the more likely we will to continue buying them. Like I'm sure an Audi has better sound proofing than a wrx but if someone who was considering buying one or the other knew that reaching an equal level of sound proofing of the audi was possible, inexpensive and accompanied by a community willing to help then that edge that the audi had is now gone leaving the rest of the charcteristics and features to factor into the decision.

with patriotic music trumpeting in the background, I say, with a tear in my eye,"I love my subaru and the I-club."

 

I'm here for the long haul amigo

And in regards to garage access, I have a 15,000 square foot shop at my disposal for these projects.

 

Hey Fosters, I'm in Toronto Canada so unfortunately not much of a chance I can get my car over there. I asked a couple of audio shops in Toronto and they were asking $1500 for the whole interior with Dynamat, ouch! But after seeing your job, I feel inspired! But I've never taken apart the interior like that and wouldn't know where to begin. I just bought a 2005 2.5RS, so it's basically the same but I'm scared I might mess up something, like the active headrest crap or power windows. Did you know how to disassemble your interior before you started? Could a bright-eyed complete newbie like me do it? Were the Fatmat installation guides of any help? Would I need the Impreza shop manual to disassemble properly and safely? Thanks!

BTW, awesome job!

Oh yah another thing, did you consider using the floor and hood liners?

 

Before I did this I only had my ambition and a garge full of tools. You mentioned active headrest, what is that, I dont think the 02's have that. As far as being able to do it and fearing that youll break something, let it all go man. Devise yourself some sort of system to remember whee things go. For example make drawings of where bolts, screws, nuts, etc go or once you pull a piec out orient it on the ground how it was in the car to sort of make a mock interior outside of the car. Taking most of the components out was a matter of turning a wrench or spocket some require a little finesse and pressure at the right place and right direction becuase some are plastic and will break.

My reccomendation is to try it yourself, just give yourself ample time (at least 2 full days), you dont want to be rushing through it with as many components you have to remove to clear the interior.

I'm not too familiar with the other levels of material fatmat carries. From what i read the floor board mat is a bit thivker and will withstand higher or lower temperatures better. I think the fatmat I reccomended is perfect because it is relatively easy to work with as isnt all that heavy.

Good luck if you decide to go through with it.

-Jason