Slim Jim Unlocking a Car Sound Effect
Heads up: this one is very loud. Turn your volume down before you press play.
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About this sound
“Used on cars pre-1995”
That's a slim jim working inside a car door. It's just under 8 seconds of a bunch of metal scrapes, taps and clicks, busy pretty much the whole way. Mid-range and pretty loud. Good for a car break-in or a locked-out scene.
Editing notes
Measured from this file.
- It's done by 6.88 s. The last 0.97 s of the file is pretty much silence, so you can cut it.
- It peaks at +1.1 dBTP, which is over full scale. Turn it down about 3 dB or put a limiter on it before you push it up in a mix.
- It's −14.3 LUFS, about 4 dB louder than the typical sound here (−18.2 LUFS). So start with the fader lower when you swap it in.
Sound details
- Length
- 8s
- Original file
- MP3 · 2 identical channels · 48 kHz · 153 kbps
- Download as
- MP3, WAV (16-bit) or OGG (Vorbis)
- Loudness
- -14 LUFS (loud)
- Channels
- mono sound in a stereo file (both channels identical)
- True peak
- +1.1 dBTP
- Category
- Foley & Everyday
- First posted
- Oct 23, 2025 on YouTube ↗