DIY: No More Trunk Rattle! - Page 2

CityGuySam · 02-05-2002

i did all that and it still rattles

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TeamStylesRacing · 02-07-2002

My trunk seems to be made of tin can, it rattles like biznatch. gonna try to do it this weekend.

AJ · 02-08-2002

My rattle comes mostly from behind the plate. Would that help it? I am hitting very hard back there so it may just be screwed 2 15's.

PerfectD3 · 02-08-2002

You can tighten it all the way down, thats what I did, for about a minute, cuz the trunk body panel, and the rear quarter panels no longer lined up!

nongv · 02-08-2002

pics?

HeRbaLuS · 02-09-2002

does this work also on the LX-sedan

I think that pictures would be very helpful......

gonna be putting in 2 12's soon and dont want so much damn rattling.

MadMike · 04-12-2002

I did it last night and had the same confusion you did.

The DIY is refering to the bottom latch above the rear bumper - not on the trunk lid it self.
You need a little muscle to take the black plastic covering off (approx 2 feet long).
I pryed my fingers under the top right corner and just pulled slowly but firmly and it came off.

Unscrew the two 10mm screws and move the latch down (It will be able slide about 1/2" up or down)
I found that if I had it all the way down my trunk couldn't close.
I set it at about 4mm before maximum slide down.

Getting my subs next week so let's see if it works.

HeRbaLuS · 04-12-2002

hmmmm ok now its all clear......gonna try it

2Furious · 06-17-2002

ALEXLX first told me about how to stop the rattling by doing this. It works. Thanks! Make sure you twist the stoppers the same amount though.

WhiteRabbit · 06-18-2002

nothing kills trunk rattle better than expanding foam

NukeSilo · 06-18-2002

where do you spray that without it looking bad?

skitzo · 07-02-2002

Did this today on my 02... If you look real close at the latch and the body you will see alignment marks (3 of them) mine was on the top one when i started i could push the trunk and it had some play, i moved it to the bottom mark and the latch didnt catch. I ended up moving it to the middle mark and it closed tightly and there was no more play.

dickdaney · 07-10-2002

I'm going to ty that too. my trunk rattles like an s.o.b. I have dynamat all over the ish, but when the bass goes up the rattles get annoying if I'm standing outside of the car

dickdaney · 07-10-2002

I did what you suggested. All I had to do was loosen those rubber things about two or three rings and no more trunk rattle. It all depends on where people are having problems. For me It was with the trunk rattling against the bumper. I already have a ish load of dynamat xtream and original. For the people that don't they might want to go ahead and get some. The choices are between dynamat raamat and b-quite. IT's all the same ish so it doesn't matter

mohawkboom · 07-10-2002

That stops the trunk from rattling. Now for the rear deck [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG].. Remove the rear deck. Add 1 sheet of 1/4" FOam padding. Cut holes as needed for the clips. put rear deck back on.....Done. If anyone ever has any questions on deadenign thier car..PM Me... I've spent the last 4 months making my car as dead as can be.

Cheers
Mohawk