Best for minimizing trunk lid rattle?

[94CamryBumpin 10+ year member]

what is the best thing u guys have used to help minimize trunk lid rattle? i have probably like a layer or 2 of dynamat xtreme on it right now and it doesn't do anything...

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[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I ghetto rigged a friend of mine's trunk, I put electrical tape all around his latch, then tightened down his lisence plate = no rattle in about a year.

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

I use triple expanding foam through all of the bracing cavities, then put sound deadener on it. It expands it so it wont flex very hard.

 

[SmokeAlot 10+ year member]

i didnt know you could stop trunk rattleing...unless you weld it down.....

 

[Storm90 10+ year member]

Put concrete on the trunk j/k

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

take it off...duh

 

[94CamryBumpin 10+ year member]

i didnt know you could stop trunk rattleing...unless you weld it down.....

i didn't say stop..i said minimize...

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

take it off...duh

x2.. more spl also

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

you hav eto bolt down your equipment though. so theives can't take it.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

its funny watchin a trunk rattle, looks like its about to fall off, friends like to use mine as a back massager....

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

ake it of for more SPL, do it!!

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

I was thinking about doing the expanding foam idea, I think that would really work with my trunk. Today I just put approx 3/4 gallon of V3 in my trunk and rear deck. I am hoping to see some more impovement in SQ.

I was also thinking about getting some cheap foam from lowes and using that as a barrier between the inner and outer part of my trunk

 

[Raffi 10+ year member]

I would say just take the subs out and put the in you back seat!

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

Foam works great. I shoot it through all the cavities but leave all wiring still visible. I also seal all the bracing seams with windsheild glue. I did a install in a 88 celica convertible that blew all the seems on the trunk bracing so everytime the bass hit the sheet metal would pop about a 1/4". It could send a quarter about a foot off of the car, it was funny.

 

[MattSWE 10+ year member]

buy some roadkill mat. and cut strips of it to fit between the sheet metal and bracing on your trunk lid. then spray or "brush" liquid deadener over it. put matting on the back of your lisence plate and bolt the lisence plate down too.