Hatch Rattles

[TroyC]

At christmas time I bought 2 10" Alpine Type R's and I'm powering them with a 500 Watt Phoenix Gold amp. It sounds really good other than the hatch rattles pretty bad. Is there any way of fixing this?

[2kgtx]

Originally posted by TroyC
Is there any way of fixing this?
Yes all you need to do is raise the volume on your H/U so loud that you can't hear the sound anymore, That is if you are talking about the hatch rattling from the inside, If its the outside of the hatch No, or at least I couldn't find anyway, on my car it's the Latch to open the hatch that rattles and their is no way to stop it.

[FinalOne]

When I get my subs in, I'll figure something out and tell you then.

I'm sure there's something you can do to stop rattling. Usually you just need to pad something down somewhere.

[kabal57]

I have the same problem with my handle. It rattles like a mofo. I did dynamat the whole trunk of the car tho, One thing I noticed, the rear quarterpanels would act like drums when the bass was hitting... you could actually stand outside the car and watch the panels flex.. not good. That flexing caused my tail lights to rattle incessantly too. Dynamat took care of the tail lights and the quarterpanels for the most part..
Now need to figure out something about that damn latch..

[bme107]

use search in this forum, there are several topics on rattles in the trunk in the last few months.

[2kgtx]

How much did the dynomat cost I am thinking of doing that this summer before I put in the false floor and everything,

[Impulse]

I sprayed expanding foam between the plastic panels and the body. Stopped the panels from rattling but didn't do anything for road noise so I'm gonna be tearing that all out sometime soon and replacing it with lots for dynomat throughout the car.

[Need4Spd]

Just a note for those who are considering using expanding foam.. USE A LITTLE AT A TIME. Foam expanding sprays (for example: "Great Stuff) are pretty powerful and if overused can mutilate body panels or anything that stands in its way.. use it slowly and sparingly..

[Impulse]

Yes, a little goes a long way.

[kabal57]

Originally posted by 2kgtx
How much did the dynomat cost I am thinking of doing that this summer before I put in the false floor and everything,

you can get trunk kits from ebay for about 50-60 bucks.
However those are just 16 sq ft. original dynamat and 4 sq ft. dynamat extreme
The original don't stick to anything for ****.
get the extreme if youre gonna do it. it's waaay better. I think you can get 20 sq ft. of extreme for around 100 bones or so. Well worth the extra 50 bucks because it will save you the time and aggrivation of having to re-dynamat your trunk again because the ****ty original that you used the lst time sucked ass...
(I used original lst in case you didnt notice :D )

[2kgtx]

Thanks Looks like I found my 1st summer project

[xNiNjAx]

I think the 36 sq ft dynamats r around 150 bucks w shipping and tax on ebay.

[00CericaRuss]

Originally posted by Impulse
Yes, a little goes a long way.

damn skippy, i made a bumper out of that crap and used cardboard as a mold, then pulled off the cardboard, fiberglassed it all, and voila...
but then again.. that was my old car..

[bme107]

Contact Rick McCallum at raam@raamaudio.com He sells RAAMmat, a knock off brand similar to dynamat for way less. I guess that he has 2 kinds now. He sells the original in 50sq ft rolls for $75-85 shipped. I'm not sure about pricing of the newest sound damping that he offers. He takes paypal and money orders, with UPS shipping the same or next day after he recieves payment. Great customer service, he'll go out of his way to answer questions

I used 100 sq ft of the original to do everything but the footwells in multiple layers. See my posts in http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=60725#post60725 for more info.

[LaW]

There is some stuff on mcmaster.com that is really really cheap that I have used before that sticks pretty good for the price.... it works fine as well

[Sponge]

Law speakes the truth. McMaster-Carr is widget heaven.