The Toyota RAV4 is a compact crossover SUV that burst onto the scene in 1995. Since that time, it's grown into the best selling SUV in the world, so there are a ton of these vehicles out there. We Americans buy hundreds of thousands of them every year. This SUV has been around long enough that it's gone through quite a few generations and body upgrades, but one thing has been consistent across the decades - this thing makes a good bit of noise.

We run into a bunch of Toyota RAV4s at Second Skin. Similar to Mazda3 road noise, it’s just louder than you’d expect relative to other vehicles in its class. The most common complaints we hear about are too much engine noise, general road noise or cabin noise, and tire noise – especially from the rear wheels. We also run into quite a few customers who are upgrading the stereo systems in their RAV4, so you’ll see some car audio related treatments below as well as road noise reduction. If you are looking for other Toyota specific recommendations, check out our articles on Toyota Corolla sound deadening and Toyota 4Runner road noise.

RAV4 Cabin Noise Reduction Treatment

The good news for your RAV4 is that the sources of the noise are treatable. If you’re looking for the best possible road noise and engine noise reduction you should be looking into one of our Compact SUV Vehicle Packages. This package is specifically designed to stop both types of noise in a vehicle: structural and airborne. By using Damplifier Pro and Luxury Liner Pro together, we can reduce the noise level inside a loud RAV4 by 10-15 dB.

This vehicle package includes a combination of two of our best performing RAV4 soundproofing products. The first is the top performing sound deadening mat, Damplifier Pro. Damplifier Pro is the best at reducing structural noise in your car, and you only need 60% coverage for extreme vibration reduction. Damplifier Pro can be applied to the floor, doors, roof, firewall (cabin or engine side), trunk, and hood to deaden the metal. Once you stop the vibrations, you'll stop the noise. The next product in the package is Luxury Liner Pro, which is our best performing automotive sound barrier. By installing it with 100% coverage on the cabin side firewall and floor, you will create an unbroken noise barrier between you and the airborne noise (engine, tire, road noise) getting into your RAV4 cabin.  

How to reduce RAV4 Tire Noise

If you’re looking for best bang for your buck and are dealing with road and tire noise, Spectrum liquid deadener as a wheel well sound deadening treatment is going to be the most cost-effective treatment you can do for a noticeable dent in the noise problem. Many of our customers opt for this treatment because you don't need to access the interior of the vehicle to get a 3-5 dB reduction in cabin noise. It’s also much cheaper than investing in quieter tires, which you can still do later to reduce the noise further.

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