Sound deadening Project on 08 Viper

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So long story on why i stumbled in this project.

Previous owner(s), took some real bad short cuts for installing an after market amp/subwoofer. Ive noticed how poor the wiring job was(butchered), and figured one day ill get around to doing it right and while repairing/fixing it, i might as well sound deaden the car to improve road noise.

Heres a list/pictures of the "joy"...

to start the list of destruction.... they absolutely butchered the stock wiring harness(that plugs in the amp), Drilled screws into the trunk, drilled a 1inch hole through the trunk floor to get to the battery to run the power/ground, didnt remove old wires from another custom sound system?, didnt tuck wires properly(carpet on passenger side had a lump in it)

Heres a snapshot of the mess under the passenger seat

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Wiring nest running to the radio

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Wiring nest in the trunk

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Wiring nest partially removed

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Wiring nest fully removed...

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picture of the wiring harness to amp with all the crud removed...

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Picture of the wire harness being repaired as good as i could without sourcing a new one(soldered/heat shrinked)

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Picture of the wire harness reinstalled/tidied up(hopefully i never have to mess with it again...)

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Hole in rear patched with RTV(going to put second skin matting over it as well)

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Pictures of everything removed in passenger area

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trunk area with every removed

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Passenger side nearly done, used 20 SQ ft of second second dampiflier(0.35 lbs / sq ft and 1MM thick)

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