Rear view mirror rattle?

[pilyin 10+ year member]

Anybody ever able to vibration dampen a rattling rear view mirror? It's one of the last places giving me any kind of vibration in my car and I was wondering if anybody's been able to get rid of the rattle.

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[scarolina 10+ year member]

Wtf is a rearview mirror? jk I found this self adhesive thing, to reatach them, it had more cushion I guess but it took alot out of it.

 

[Zxcvtypo 10+ year member]

mine pissed me off to no end, it would rattle upside down and keep turning around and in different directions, knocking up against the glass alot of the time.

my solution = smaller more practical sub for my car and my tastes. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

Any other ideas? It's really annoying.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

mine just fell off lol

 

[docutech 10+ year member]

Turn the volume down? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[Sunfire01 10+ year member]

My mirror has a screw where the thing mounts that will hit, and tighten down to the metal which is glued onto the glass. Uses a special type of tip, but I think if yours has that and u screw it down, it will plant it and that =less rattle. When mine fell of while booming bass mekanik, all I know was the screw was loose so maybe try screwing it in if ya have one?

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Just went through this, so I'll tell you what I did as it worked, but the mirror isn't as functional, but doesn't buzz/vibrate anymore.

First I ran a bead of clear silicone around the edge of the glass and plastic housing, about 1/4" onto the glass. Wipe the mirror down with rubbing alcohol or something first.

That helped some, but not enough when playing really loud. So I took the mirror off and taped up the openings and filled it with Great Stuff.

Now the mirror itself was silent, but I lost the nighttime flip mode, so you have to move it by hand, no biggie.

So then where the mirror attaches to the metal piece on the windshield would vibrate, so I took it off again and put a decent sized wire tie on the flat metal piece and slid the mirror back on and trimmed off the excess wire tie. This acts as a shim, so it fits tight and can't move/vibrate.

YES I'm extreme when it comes to getting rid of vibrations, but I don't listen to a lot of rap, so it can really take away from the music. I can play my shit at full tilt and have virutally ZERO rattles/vibrations in my car as many have noticed and commentd on.

Good luck...