reduced 95% of bose sub rattle
03-26-2004, 02:44 PM
#1
reduced 95% of bose sub rattle
i know we can never completely remove the rattle since it is a bad design. i dynamated the rear deck a few weeks ago and that made some diffirence.
well it was still rattling. so i stuck my head into the trunk from the rear seat to listen for the rattles and i discovered two things.
i fixed them and reduced most of mine. before anyone comments, yes it is a ghetto fix. but you cant see them and it fixed the problem
1st thing
the place where the child seat connects to the rear deck. the piece of metal hits the plastic cover. so i stuck a piece of cloth between the two as a buffer. it also presses the rear deck cover down
2nd thing
the trunk lid. it is completely hollow!! it isnt really a cause of rattle but it amplifies the rattle. to see what i mean open the trunk and bang the trunk lid. it sounds like those big chinese gongs!!
so i stuck a butt load of old shirts in the holes and pushed them into all the corners. i think i used 20+ shirts
well it was still rattling. so i stuck my head into the trunk from the rear seat to listen for the rattles and i discovered two things.
i fixed them and reduced most of mine. before anyone comments, yes it is a ghetto fix. but you cant see them and it fixed the problem
1st thing
the place where the child seat connects to the rear deck. the piece of metal hits the plastic cover. so i stuck a piece of cloth between the two as a buffer. it also presses the rear deck cover down
2nd thing
the trunk lid. it is completely hollow!! it isnt really a cause of rattle but it amplifies the rattle. to see what i mean open the trunk and bang the trunk lid. it sounds like those big chinese gongs!!
so i stuck a butt load of old shirts in the holes and pushed them into all the corners. i think i used 20+ shirts
03-26-2004, 03:19 PM
#5
Originally Posted by LithiuMax
Nice fixes. Too bad half of the rattles are coming from the 2 metal rods that hinge your trunk lid.
wrapped the rods (
) with cloth where they touch each other when the trunk is closed.also wrapped them where they both pop into that plastic bracket in the middle
03-26-2004, 03:22 PM
#7
Originally Posted by PoLo
did you use 100% cotton? that should also make quite a difference....wifebeaters or with sleaves? speak man speak 
you could use anything really (towels, socks) anything cloth to deaden the vibration and echo
03-26-2004, 05:31 PM
#10
Originally Posted by Igor911
ooo...hmmm...im gonna try to dynomat that section tomorrow.
Thanks!
Thanks!
what would be best is to find one of those places that spray the foam stuff that dries like styrafome (spl) or insulation
it would fill in the space, deaden the sound, but still be light weight
03-26-2004, 05:40 PM
#11
this is what im talkin about
http://www.ncfi.com/
you can get small cans of it a home depot but its over $5 each and you would need about 20 to completely fill it
http://www.ncfi.com/
you can get small cans of it a home depot but its over $5 each and you would need about 20 to completely fill it
03-26-2004, 07:06 PM
#13
Stop lying about rattles....you know you just did that so you would always have a t-shirt available for any occasion....
But seriously - isn't the trunk lid kind of heavy now? Does it still stay up on its own?
Jason I think we are having a fairfax county "war of the cheap, sometimes ghetto, mods" between the two of us....
But seriously - isn't the trunk lid kind of heavy now? Does it still stay up on its own?
Jason I think we are having a fairfax county "war of the cheap, sometimes ghetto, mods" between the two of us....
03-26-2004, 07:10 PM
#14
Originally Posted by irish44j
Stop lying about rattles....you know you just did that so you would always have a t-shirt available for any occasion....
But seriously - isn't the trunk lid kind of heavy now? Does it still stay up on its own?
Jason I think we are having a fairfax county "war of the cheap, sometimes ghetto, mods" between the two of us....
But seriously - isn't the trunk lid kind of heavy now? Does it still stay up on its own?
Jason I think we are having a fairfax county "war of the cheap, sometimes ghetto, mods" between the two of us....
cheap is always good
fire extinguisher mod
03-26-2004, 08:36 PM
#17
Good work soonerfan. Agreed, Dynamat (or equivalent) is the way to go on this one. I did this awhile back and the results were impressive. I found the biggest source of the problem to be the seatbelt units. For anyone interested, I posted a how-to here: http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/bose_deck_fix.html
Agreed, Dynamat (or equivalent) is the way to go on this one. I did this awhile back and the results were impressive. I found the biggest source of the problem to be the seatbelt units. For anyone interested, I posted a how-to here: http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/bose_deck_fix.html
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