There seems to be a time when someone posted their procedures for squelching rear deck rattle for Bose Maximas (http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....030#post275434). However, that seems to be no longer available. My rear deck rattles quite a bit (thump in the trunk) - has anyone with a non-Bose setup encountered a solution as to what is causing the rattle and the fix?

 

what would cause it? you dont have a sub on the rear deck

 

by thump in the trunk, are you trying to say you have subwoofers in there?

 

Yes, two subs, but not turned up real loud (I'm getting too old). In fact, I kinda want to just drop down to one sub, to supplement the missing range of music, but nothing else. But the subs are loud even to rattle the heck out of something back there. I did not have this problem with my 3rd gen.

 

I went to Ollies, bought a huge peice of foam for like $5 and i removed the rear deck cover, cut the foam to fit, reinstalled the cover, no more rattle, ^_^, I have a nasty system, just ask some orgers who saw it lol setting off car alarms over 6 cars away , its cheap and easy to do, beats bending over for dynamat.

 

The rattle comes from the hole where the bose sub "should be" if you had bose. I dynamated the rear from the top inside the car and from the bottom inside the trunk. Some say to just put some kind of material where the child safety harness is...that will hold down the rear deck from rattling.

 

you reduce the rattle...by removing the subs.

 

one of the things that rattle is the seat belt holding clear plastic pieces. put foam in there and it'll help reduce rattle.

 

You reduce the quality of music when you neglect the lower frequencies of its range. The foam suggestion seems to be a far better option.

 

did you get the subs to increase the quality of music? or do "thump your bass" and tell people you have subs.

done properly (meaning not excessive) you have the low frequency without making your whole trunk rattle.

when i hear a car's bass from a block away and when it drives by, the whole trunk rattles, thats terrible and not done because they are an audiophile and want to hear the whole spectrum of the music.

you only need one small sub to get the sound required

 

I quoted myself for soonerfan's benefit.

 

and im saying if you reduce the number and volume of subs, the rattle will go away.

my comment wasnt just to you....but to everyone reading this thread that thinks 2 12s is cool.

 

I personally think that the situation is so bad that when my kids fart the rear deck rattles. Heh, maybe I should keep it that way so that I have proof that it wasn't me when the wife sucker-punches me in the tricep....

 

now im gonna help

here you go http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/bose_deck_fix.html

most of this will help you

 

there is no good fix to the rattle...but screwing a piece of wood in the trunk where the bose sub cut out is does help reduce the rattle.

 

Damn you.