Cant stop the rattles!!!!

[93H22LX]

I have a sedan and the rear deck (where the rear 6x9's are mounted) on it rattles like crazy. I'm not sure if its the third brake light or the whole panel that is rattling, but its bad. I have two 15's and it rattles so bad with my subs on I dont even listen to them much anymore. I have tried stuffing rags and stuff behind the brake light and other areas and nothing seems to help. I assume there are some guys on here with some loud systems, so how did you eliminate that area from rattling? I want that area 100% rattle free!

[teknikalitch]

i feel your pain on that. i have two 15's as well as 1800 watts. yeh it rattled! my finding was that it was the speaker pods themselfs! take them off, take em apart and add somthing in there to separate the plastic. while you have them out do the same under the rear deck itself. i solved almost all of my rattles. i mean with two 15's youre gonna have some lets face it. i know i did.

[93H22LX]

Thanks, I'll give that a try and see how its works.


It really seems like most of my noise is coming from the 3rd brake light area though, with the subs on I can see it just shaking like crazy!

[teknikalitch]

ya my rear deck bounces like a jackhammer. turn it up man. drown em out lol. i put 4 little pieces of foam rubber around my third brake as well.

[killahsharksjc]

I have the same problem but Im going to use sound deadener on all the under parts of my brake light ,carpet / cardboard and speaker grills. My whole under deck is already deadened. But it still rattles. Plus when my sunroof is closed the panal rattles like crazy. I use a this:

http://www.hushmat.com/

['90swap]

I've used sound deadner as a gasket for under a fin on a mustang and he was running 4 twelve inch Hertz subs and it works like a charm. Even behind the liscence plate help alot and also in the lights. I run two twelve inch Hertz in the rear with sound deadning everywhere and there the odd rattle here and there. Unfortunately ya can't get away from it the louder you get. Turn it up you wont heat it.

[teknikalitch]

with my sunroof closed its not the cover that rattles. its the sunroof. to much flexing going on. with it open and certain songs... my roof can flex about an inch or more.

[Turbo Dave]

Dynomat.

they sell it at circuit city.

[Joshy]

Dynomat.

they sell it at circuit city.

you're suggesting that they use dynomat over small things on the rear deck?

that stuff is used to cancel out road noise, not prevent small things from rattling. right?

you can buy foam sheets from craft stores for like 30 cents for a square foot, in just about any color you can imagine, and cut it to fit between the speaker grille parts and within the brake lamp.

[Turbo Dave]

you're suggesting that they use dynomat over small things on the rear deck?

that stuff is used to cancel out road noise, not prevent small things from rattling. right?

you can buy foam sheets from craft stores for like 30 cents for a square foot, in just about any color you can imagine, and cut it to fit between the speaker grille parts and within the brake lamp.

the sound deadener is for road noise, like that stuff your removing when you strip your car.

dynomat is for loud systems to prevent trunk rattle or annoying things like that. it works amazing because it absorbs the vibrations.

remove the rear deck, lay dynomat, install the rear deck, basically anywhere that it can be hidden under then do it.

[teknikalitch]

ya dynomat does wonders for audio quality as well. for instance, try lining your sub box with dynomat once. and see what difference it makes when you do your entire dore skeleton. sounds alot better.

[killahsharksjc]

Just as good for half the price of Dynamat Extreme. http://www.hushmat.com/

Also comes is a black color.

[cats_on_ice]

With my trunk rattling bull shit i was just about to install some dynamat (i only have some 6.5" pioneers, but my trunk still rattled like CRAZY 99% of the time) when i noticed that the rattling was actually coming from the weird little tortion bars that help/hold the trunk open; the bars go from one side to the other and cross over each other, right underneath the speaker deck.
I tied some cotton rags around the bars and it stoped the rattling completely...
my $0.02....probably irrelevant seeing as i dont have subs and im not exactly beating down the block with my current setup....

[SleepersOwn]

I've got some fatmat extreme ( speaker kit ) on the way to see how it works. It was only 10 bux and it comes with the roller, spray, and instructions. Also, it's 45mil and made pretty much the same as dynamatt extreme ( rubber butyl ). The savings add up pretty fast when buying in bulk. They also have the rattle trap rated at 80 mil and is not that much more.

If this stuff works on my speakers, then i'll buy the 50 sq ft roll pack and do my rear deck, and trunk. I'll keep ya posted.

[HyphyAccord]

i feel your pain on that. i have two 15's as well as 1800 watts. yeh it rattled! my finding was that it was the speaker pods themselfs! take them off, take em apart and add somthing in there to separate the plastic. while you have them out do the same under the rear deck itself. i solved almost all of my rattles. i mean with two 15's youre gonna have some lets face it. i know i did.

Hehe damn I take it you don't do a whole lot of grocery shopping with those sitting in your trunk!