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Hi guys,

I got rear speakers upgraded in my civic 2001 some 1 year back. Just few days back i've noticed that there is heavy rattling noise when the music is loud and this causes lot of distortion in the music.

I am not too fammiliar with ICE systems... but want to find out if its normal??
is it also, the more powerful speakers i'll have .. the more it will rattle??

do i need to have it checked out by a technician?

will appreciate your replies.

thanks

Vic

 
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Check to see if some of the clips holding your rear deck on have come loose or pulled away or something...

Just take the rear deck out, take all the clips out and put them back in the rear deck securely, you may even want to use couple drops of super glue on each one to make them stay in place, and then put your rear deck back in taking good care to make sure every single clip locks in securely.

 
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yea check the clips for the rear panel.....and it also can be the plastic cover for the middle seatbelt.

if those are not it...then check ur speaker cone

if not then its just ur speaker are powerful and they shake the sheet of metal itself


my rear speakers shake the sheet of metal itself on some songs

 
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How could you possibly be getting so much power to your rear speakers that they shake the metal? The panel maybe, but not the metal

 
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nope...the metal part....on some song....the frequency of the music and the metal match...so they make this "bong bong bong bong" noise.

 
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cut out a piece of foam or spongy material in a circle and place it inbetween the metal and your speaker.

 
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Thanks bluetroll, Megahertz

btw, another question related to speakers. I want to upgrade my stock front speakers (door ones). I went to futureshop and they said that I will have to buy something called a "spacer" for the front speakers (C$25/pair!!). I was advised by the installer that if I dont buy that for speaker install then my front speakers will rattle.

Now, i have read some posts but dont really see any mention of guys using it here while upgrading their front speakers.
Do u need the spacer for 2001 civics (61/2" speakers) or is it just a ploy to make me buy something i dont really need?

Vic

 
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I wouldn't say that they will rattle, but they might not fit at all. As long as you can fit them in there properly in order to screw them down, they won't rattle.

If you want an all-in-one-box solution that I give my personal guarantee to fit, you can buy the Alpine Type-S 6.5" components, part # 99-7897. Included in the box are 2 6.5" woofers, 2 tweeters, 2 x-overs, various tweeter installation hardware, and the best yet, SPECIFIC 7 GEN CIVIC SPACERS. I bought them and they worked like a charm.

If you just want some cheap speakers, then by all means by some raw 6.5" drivers and spacers and mount them in.

BUT

If you have one of the models with the stock tweeters in the sail panels, I am not sure if this makes the stock front speakers 8 ohms each or not. From what I remember from when I did my install, the stock speaker wires are connected in parallel, which would lead me to believe that the stock speakers are 8 ohms apiece.

Sorry to confuse you, but it's something to think about. If you only have 6.5" in your doors, you are fine with 4 ohm speakers, but if you have the stock tweeters as well, then you might want to hold off until you know the impedance of the stock speakers for certain...

Sorry for the rant

 
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nope, i dont have any tweeters..just 6.5" in doors and rear.
so i guess the #99-7897 doesnt apply to me.

 
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Well.. it would still be a good choice. You could still use the woofers and spacers in the kit like you normally would. The advantage is in your case is that you could properly assemble the tweeters for a surface mount on your car, using the various assembly hardware which is included. You will get a much better sound with a properly assembled tweeter than you would with just the raw driver, which is what I am stuck with becuase I have the stock tweeter pods, and I cannot get the assembly hardware behind the sail panels.

The only downfall with getting a component set is that you will have to run minimum 2 pairs of wires into each door (3 if you want the xover inside the door as well, but I would recommend against it).

It's not hard to do, but it can be a pain in the *** when you start out. I have some tricks to make it easier should you want to go ahead with that.

The sound will be much better though, you could even try different thing such as mounting your tweeters a lot lower in your doors, or whatever suits your fancy.

Either way, let me know what you wnat to do and we can go from there...

 
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i used to have sony 6.5s in the front, no spacers... it did rattle... but i fixed it with the foam ring.

 
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Depending on what 6.5 speakers you go with, spacers or baffles are needed because both basket and magnet depth. The stock cutout may not be big enough for the speaker basket and/or the magnet depth may interfere with the lowering of your windows. Honda did not make it easy to upgrade the 2K1 door speakers.

 
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i had the same problem it was my subs making the speaker rattle on the metal deck but i took of the rear deck and put foam under the speakers and it all went away

 
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thanks coop, meseetree, mega... i guess foam it is. I'll try the foam ring before anything else..
thanks for helping out

 
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