i need help w trunk rattling out of control!!
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i need help w trunk rattling out of control!! ok heres my problem, everytime im bassing out, in the inside of the car sounds nice n clean, but in the outside the trunk rattles like it wants to come off lol, but yeah is thur anyway i can stop the trunk specially from rattling, i was thinking of taking of my spare tire, cause i got dynomat already on the trunk lid but it still rattling, so if any1 can help me out ill appreciatte thx..
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Rep Power: 0 First make sure your license plate is not causing most of the noise. Mine was and just using one of those license plate kits helped a lot.
Second. Can't you adjust the rubber stopper things on the trun by twisting them. If you twist them one way I think it extends them. When you extend them they put more presure on the trunk and it might help stop the rattling.
Second. Can't you adjust the rubber stopper things on the trun by twisting them. If you twist them one way I think it extends them. When you extend them they put more presure on the trunk and it might help stop the rattling.
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Rep Power: 305 take off trunk bars. i think that will help
the reason i said that, cuz i had my trunk bars off for about 2 months b4 i put in my gas shocks...and the trunk was heavy as hell!!!
thinking to take it out again, when i put in my sub.
the reason i said that, cuz i had my trunk bars off for about 2 months b4 i put in my gas shocks...and the trunk was heavy as hell!!!
thinking to take it out again, when i put in my sub.
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Originally Posted by Zachgeyer
who care its outside the car
One of the tricks we show off with the SPL cars at shows is to get the system going fairly loud and then closing the doors. They spent so much time deadening the car that when you close the doors you hear NOTHING and it really amazes people. I'm sure if we closed the door and you heard BZZ BZZ BZZZZ everybody would be less than impressed, don't you agree?
But that just IMHO
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Originally Posted by nolimitrican
is thur anyway i can stop the trunk specially from rattling,
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Rep Power: 0 [B]lol i dont listen that much to hip hop in my car, i jam to reggaeton iron fist cause everytime i stop in a gas station or something da females start shaking that *** lol.. but yea ill check into that foaming thing 2 c how that works whiterabbit
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Rep Power: 311 i don't have any money to fix it so i just got rid of the license plate holder, did the rubber screw thing, and put towels on either side of the lock(that helped the most) and water doesn't seep through, hella ghetto though...
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Rep Power: 0 I put Dyna-Mat on the lid and used cotton behind the license plate to stop the unnecessary sound. The cotton works great cause you dont need to put any holes or buy anything extra to fix it.
I actually just used some 2-sided foam tape I had laying around on the back of my license plate. It sticks to the back of the plate REAL well, and I didnt take the paper off of the other side so it doesnt stick to the trunk. That, moving the latch, and unscrewing the rubber stoppers eliminated most of my rattle. I think the remaining rattle is coming from the rear deck.
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Rep Power: 0 alright...assuming you have a 7th gen civic (duh), there are 2 things you can do that will almost 100% eliminate any trunk rattle...the trunk lid is a huge problem, of course...you don't even need to Dynamat the whole lid, just enough to keep the outer "skin" from rattling against the frame of the trunk...like this: 
...and the 2nd thing is MUCH easier...maybe you've noticed if you press down on your trunk lid while your subs are slamming that the rattle stops...so, here's your options: a) have a fat chick sit on your trunk while you're parking-lot pimpin', or b) remove the plastic shroud around the latch on your trunk (the latch attached to the rear of the trunk/frame, not the trunk lid...), and, using a 10mm ratchet (Honda LOVES 10mm bolts...), loosen the bolt on each side of the latch (2 total...duh...)...at first, i thought i was going to have to remove the latch, redrill the holes, etc., but it turns out that as soon as you loosen both bolts the latch will just slide down about 1/4"...then all you gotta do is tighten 'em back up...this pulls the trunk tighter, simulating the fat-chick scenario, just without the *** dents in your lid.....HOWEVER.....i'm running 2 S12L7s (SoloBaric 12"s) off of a Hifonics BX1500D (1500 watts x 1 @ 1-ohm), and although my trunk has absolutely no rattles, my headliner, bumper, hood, ribs, teeth, etc. still rattle like crazy...i guess the bass has to go SOMEWHERE, but at least it doesn't sound like midgets wrestling in my trunk anymore...so, hope this helps you in your own rattle-solving endeavors...maybe someone should make this a sticky or something, at least out of respect of the fact that i just spent a large portion of my life typing this reply......GOOD LUCK!
...and the 2nd thing is MUCH easier...maybe you've noticed if you press down on your trunk lid while your subs are slamming that the rattle stops...so, here's your options: a) have a fat chick sit on your trunk while you're parking-lot pimpin', or b) remove the plastic shroud around the latch on your trunk (the latch attached to the rear of the trunk/frame, not the trunk lid...), and, using a 10mm ratchet (Honda LOVES 10mm bolts...), loosen the bolt on each side of the latch (2 total...duh...)...at first, i thought i was going to have to remove the latch, redrill the holes, etc., but it turns out that as soon as you loosen both bolts the latch will just slide down about 1/4"...then all you gotta do is tighten 'em back up...this pulls the trunk tighter, simulating the fat-chick scenario, just without the *** dents in your lid.....HOWEVER.....i'm running 2 S12L7s (SoloBaric 12"s) off of a Hifonics BX1500D (1500 watts x 1 @ 1-ohm), and although my trunk has absolutely no rattles, my headliner, bumper, hood, ribs, teeth, etc. still rattle like crazy...i guess the bass has to go SOMEWHERE, but at least it doesn't sound like midgets wrestling in my trunk anymore...so, hope this helps you in your own rattle-solving endeavors...maybe someone should make this a sticky or something, at least out of respect of the fact that i just spent a large portion of my life typing this reply......GOOD LUCK! 7thGen's Loudest Civic...4,000 watts and climbing...
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Rep Power: 0 oh yeah...that whole foam-under-license-plate thing helps too...weather stripping is your friend...use it to stop rattles in your back deck and other trouble spots, too...
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hey i have a trunk that make a rattleing noise too omg i dont know what it is... i think its the flooring of my trunk (the board thingy, covers the spare tires) ... plus my spare tire is not lock down... the locking thingy is gone... ghetto! lol... but i put like big bubble foam thingy around it... n i think it works... but i hear a noise... hmmm really its the license plate? o.0 woot gotta check it out... oh btw my trunk lid is like moveable... ummm how should i explain this... i push down on the trunk it goes down like 3mm... but i dont push it goes back 2 normal... is that normal? n i got a spoiler... welps i check out the plate like 2morrow =D
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Originally Posted by lilravingmatt
hey i have a trunk that make a rattleing noise too omg i dont know what it is... i think its the flooring of my trunk (the board thingy, covers the spare tires) ... plus my spare tire is not lock down... the locking thingy is gone... ghetto! lol... but i put like big bubble foam thingy around it... n i think it works... but i hear a noise... hmmm really its the license plate? o.0 woot gotta check it out... oh btw my trunk lid is like moveable... ummm how should i explain this... i push down on the trunk it goes down like 3mm... but i dont push it goes back 2 normal... is that normal? n i got a spoiler... welps i check out the plate like 2morrow =D
It appears that the bass has rattled your brain to the point of shear and utter brain damage!
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Rep Power: 0 thx for da info usafcushman,im gonna try it out cuase the subs u got those r the ones i wanna get, cause the ones i have now r just temporarly cause i just needed the bass.lol but yeah thx for the info...ohh i forgot to tell yall that i have the flip flop trunk n i was checking my trunk this morning n the screws in the hinges for dat make da flip flop come true were gone it was crazy lmao if is not one thing is another oh well ill fix that trunk on my day off hopefully...
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