what part(s) rattles exactly?
i'm assuming a lot of it comes from the trunk lid and lic. plate? if so here are some easy steps to solve those problems.
Plate:
- make sure you have 4 screws holding your lic. plate on. you would be surprised how few times this is done and how much it helps.
- Put at least 1 layer, if not up to three, of dynamat or the like behind the plate and screw down as tightly as possible.
Trunk lid:
- a lot of people use multiple layers of dynamat to solve the rattles but I have a method that IMO works a lot better. go to wal-mart to the pillow section and buy some of the egg carton mattresses. Once you have one or two of those tear them up into little pieces, not at once cause you will get the hang of the process in a short time, and start cramming them into the hollow crevices of the trunk lid. For this i've learned an allen wrench works well. after you get it packed to your satisfaction, which basicly is once it is hard as a rock or you get tired of it haha, THEN put a layer of deadener on the trunk lid.
after these are both done you may or may not hear more rattles, but at the same time they will be a lot quieter. This is a common thing with deadening, now that you have gotten rid of the major rattles, what those used to drown out are now audible and you just need to pinpoint and spot deaden for those.
by the way, alternatives to dynamat are:
edead: http://www.edesignaudio.com
secondskin: dont know the website, but look on this forum and it wont be hard to find.
i'm assuming a lot of it comes from the trunk lid and lic. plate? if so here are some easy steps to solve those problems.
Plate:
- make sure you have 4 screws holding your lic. plate on. you would be surprised how few times this is done and how much it helps.
- Put at least 1 layer, if not up to three, of dynamat or the like behind the plate and screw down as tightly as possible.
Trunk lid:
- a lot of people use multiple layers of dynamat to solve the rattles but I have a method that IMO works a lot better. go to wal-mart to the pillow section and buy some of the egg carton mattresses. Once you have one or two of those tear them up into little pieces, not at once cause you will get the hang of the process in a short time, and start cramming them into the hollow crevices of the trunk lid. For this i've learned an allen wrench works well. after you get it packed to your satisfaction, which basicly is once it is hard as a rock or you get tired of it haha, THEN put a layer of deadener on the trunk lid.
after these are both done you may or may not hear more rattles, but at the same time they will be a lot quieter. This is a common thing with deadening, now that you have gotten rid of the major rattles, what those used to drown out are now audible and you just need to pinpoint and spot deaden for those.
by the way, alternatives to dynamat are:
edead: http://www.edesignaudio.com
secondskin: dont know the website, but look on this forum and it wont be hard to find.
Im also getting a lot of rattle on my Lexus GS300 trunk lid. It seems like when the lid latches down its not held as firmly in place as I would like. I dont think the lid is faulty its just that the lid the very lightweight and it rattles like hell when i hear it outside my car.
Would dynamat and the foam trick you mentioned help reduce this rattle or is it just a flaw in the trunks lid that im going to have to deal with?
Also, is it easy to get that foam out once its in? It seems like a pretty perminant mod.
Oh yea, 1 more thing, my licence plate only seems to have 2 screw holes at the top and none at the bottom, is their any other way to secure my lic plate more?
Would dynamat and the foam trick you mentioned help reduce this rattle or is it just a flaw in the trunks lid that im going to have to deal with?
Also, is it easy to get that foam out once its in? It seems like a pretty perminant mod.
Oh yea, 1 more thing, my licence plate only seems to have 2 screw holes at the top and none at the bottom, is their any other way to secure my lic plate more?
andy1234
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i got rid of alot of my trunk rattle from puttin a couple of beads of sillicone around on the rubber seal that hits the trunk when closed
^^^ Thats a pretty good idea. Can you just buy the silicone at a hardware store and just apply it easily? Ive never worked with silicone before.
I also have a spoiler on my trunk lid, I think that might be a big source of rattleing too.
I also have a spoiler on my trunk lid, I think that might be a big source of rattleing too.
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