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: Anyone know of a road that's consistently bad for a Km? Near Metrotown?

banshee
02-17-2018, 05:14 PM
I want to test some sound deadening. And I want to see if what I'm doing is having a good effect.

I think the right thing to do is to test it on the same road, same speed, during a quiet time of the day.

What's best would be a road that is consistently bad, not just a pot-hole-y one.

A good example is the I-5 just south of Blaine. Concrete. Very noisy to drive over and consistently rough for some distance. Of course, that's too far.

I want it near Metrotown. The #1 Hwy used to be bad but now it's paved over smooth. In fact, I can't think of ANY road that's bad in Burnaby. Imagine that: a city hall is doing a good job!
Badhobz
02-17-2018, 05:22 PM
Elliot street. It's a piece of shit. Go from the top at 54th and down to marine drive.

Imperial is also a piece of shit from boundary to Kingsway. Tons of potholes.
tiger_handheld
02-17-2018, 05:49 PM
Lougheed - East Bound from Gaglardi to Austin
SkunkWorks
02-17-2018, 06:28 PM
Kent Ave. All of it.
bcrdukes
02-17-2018, 06:36 PM
Kent Ave. All of it.

lol this
danned
02-17-2018, 09:48 PM
metrotown parking lot,
lots of fun
Inaii
02-17-2018, 10:08 PM
Kingsway from Willingdon to Nelson.
jinxcrusader
02-18-2018, 08:16 AM
literally in front of metrotown, the whole stretch of Kingsway from bubble world over to Royal oak
forcedot
02-18-2018, 08:23 AM
Third Street in New Westminster is probably the worst KM of road you will find in the Lower Mainland.
fliptuner
02-18-2018, 09:20 AM
Road? Test it off the road.
Teriyaki
02-18-2018, 10:45 AM
Crystal Mall Parkade. If your sound deadening can eliminate all the tire screeching, you've got yourself a winner.
bcrdukes
02-18-2018, 11:43 AM
Crystal Mall Parkade. If your sound deadening can eliminate all the tire screeching, you've got yourself a winner.

I don't think his sound deadening is meant to block out such sound frequencies, plus the amount of echo in a parking lot like Crystal Mall's.
hchang
02-18-2018, 11:58 AM
Nelson from Kingsway to Rumble
banshee
02-20-2018, 11:10 PM
Lougheed - East Bound from Gaglardi to Austin

I think this might be what I'm looking for (if memory serves). Thanks.

To the other responders, I wasn't looking for super rough or pot-holed roads, just something with consistently rough roads that will cause tires to "roar".

I'm thinking of a dynamat type substance with 3M thinsulate on top to insulate a van.

It probably won't be worth the effort to remove if back-to-back testing shows that it's ineffective, but I did want to get a sense of the improvement.

Might use a sound meter app on my phone to get hard numbers.