Am I doing something wrong?
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Am I doing something wrong?
so after 2 layers of damplifier pro and 1 layer of SPL tiles (100% coverage for all 3 layers) on my trunk lid, on high frequencies it still rattles very bad, on lower freq notes the trunk is basically silent all I can hear is the 3rd brake light making a small clicking noise...
the only thing i can possibly think of is that its because i only have these dampers on the inner layer of sheet metal on the trunk lid. as you may know the trunk lid is basically 2 pieces of sheet metal (inner piece = closest to cabin, outer piece is what you can see from outside the car) i think it would be quite difficult to get damplifier layed on the outer layer since i can barley fit my hand in the opening.
does anyone have ANY ideas? i was thinking about lodging a few tennis ***** inbetween the 2 pieces of sheet metal because i have heard of others doing this will help with bracing. any opinions on that idea?
the only thing i can possibly think of is that its because i only have these dampers on the inner layer of sheet metal on the trunk lid. as you may know the trunk lid is basically 2 pieces of sheet metal (inner piece = closest to cabin, outer piece is what you can see from outside the car) i think it would be quite difficult to get damplifier layed on the outer layer since i can barley fit my hand in the opening.
does anyone have ANY ideas? i was thinking about lodging a few tennis ***** inbetween the 2 pieces of sheet metal because i have heard of others doing this will help with bracing. any opinions on that idea?
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Youre right, getting that inner layer is going to be difficult no matter how you cut it, also, consider the rest of the surrounding panels, i.e; the rear quarters, inner deck, hell, even the trunk's floor...Sounds a little overkill i'm sure, but I've always been taught that all the surrounding panels vibrate, which made sense to me.
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everything you said except the quarter panels are also 100% covered with damplifier pro, i plan to do the QP's as soon as i get my next shipment of SPL tiles
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ok good deal then. Get the QP's knocked out and see what happens. IF it is still occuring, it'll cost you shop time and paint, but the best way to seal that trunk lid is to seperated the halves, apply the tiles and re-weld em together, unless there is some new high speed way of doing that, that's all I can think of, but I've been out of the sound game for a while now.
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ok good deal then. Get the QP's knocked out and see what happens. IF it is still occuring, it'll cost you shop time and paint, but the best way to seal that trunk lid is to seperated the halves, apply the tiles and re-weld em together, unless there is some new high speed way of doing that, that's all I can think of, but I've been out of the sound game for a while now.
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not saying it is, just may be a contributing factor. The only way I can see them effecting the lid is if the vibrations transmit through the trunklid shocks and into the lid itself, depends on how much you're pushing out though
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and i see what your talking about the latch but i dont see how that would rattle since when the trunk is closed it should hold it in place?
btw i was looking at it and i can probably get some SPL tiles on to the outer piece of the trunk lid but i wouldnt be able to get 100% coverage maybe just a few poorly placed tiles on each side.
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brick the best way to figure out wtf is going on in a car is hold an area with ur hand. crank that **** up stand behind your car and put a hand on each side of the trunk lid and press forward... does the soudn go away. then thats the problem trunk lid and or weather stripping surrounding it
do that for me see what happens. also try it on the bumper. try opening the lid and pushing on the part where the bumper/trunk lid meet (my main rattle)
do that for me see what happens. also try it on the bumper. try opening the lid and pushing on the part where the bumper/trunk lid meet (my main rattle)
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brick the best way to figure out wtf is going on in a car is hold an area with ur hand. crank that **** up stand behind your car and put a hand on each side of the trunk lid and press forward... does the soudn go away. then thats the problem trunk lid and or weather stripping surrounding it
do that for me see what happens. also try it on the bumper. try opening the lid and pushing on the part where the bumper/trunk lid meet (my main rattle)
do that for me see what happens. also try it on the bumper. try opening the lid and pushing on the part where the bumper/trunk lid meet (my main rattle)
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Solves 99% of rattles in all of my friends cars from DD mild systems to SPL systems.
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it sounds awesome inside the car its just when your outside all the panels are vibirating
ordered 25 more spl tiles last night, i plan on putting as much as i can on the outer trunk layer, as much as i can on the QP's, 2-4 tiles on each door, and im hoping i can slap one on my gas tank to help with that.
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oh and brinkloaf u can get dampener on the quarter panel. u just have to want to hard enough. there are a very select few places i haven't got dampener and the QP isnt one of them.
have u tried pushing on the bumper where the lid and bumper meet to see if that gets rid of some rattling? that part with those 4 clips
check this thread out... post 12 might be helpful
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=6061
have u tried pushing on the bumper where the lid and bumper meet to see if that gets rid of some rattling? that part with those 4 clips
check this thread out... post 12 might be helpful
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=6061
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oh and brinkloaf u can get dampener on the quarter panel. u just have to want to hard enough. there are a very select few places i haven't got dampener and the QP isnt one of them.
have u tried pushing on the bumper where the lid and bumper meet to see if that gets rid of some rattling? that part with those 4 clips
check this thread out... post 12 might be helpful
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=6061
have u tried pushing on the bumper where the lid and bumper meet to see if that gets rid of some rattling? that part with those 4 clips
check this thread out... post 12 might be helpful
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=6061
and my bumper dosent rattle it just sounds like its being punched from the other side on certain notes
and about the weather stripping, do you reccomend that just to keep out wind noise and outside air? or is it suppose to help with rattling/sealing the trunk?
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and ill honestly be pissed if spl tiles on the outer sheet of the trunk lid dosent GREATLY reduce the vibrations cause i probably have like 50-60 dollars if not more worth of sound damp on my trunk lid alone
also your gunna have to tell me how you got to the QP, i pulled the back seat trim up and i still cant get to the outer layer of the QP
heres what i want to do with the 25 tiles
2-4 on each door (towards the center of door panel)
as much as i can possibly lay down on the outer trunk lid layer (1 layer only)
1 tile on the bottom of my gas tank
small piece on exterior door handles (so its visible when you pull the handle to open door)
gas cap? (never checked but i imagine that makes some noise on certain notes)
and roof (not a huge problem for me, just some tiles in the very middle to stop the small vibrations)
as much as possible on QP's
rear bumper
here are my problems.
i have no idea how im going to get to the problem areas of the QP, and I have no idea how to remove the headliner, also dont know how to take the bumper off....
Last edited by brickloaf; 11-13-2009 at 11:35 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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lol well theres 2 ways to get rid of all the rattles. one is put dampener everywhere. full coverage+ extra will do some **** if you dont know where its rattling
but more efficiently you need to see whats rattling. you can spend 3k on dampening everything and ur rattling light is just chilling
you already know it stopps rattling when the trunk opens... so dampening the trunk lid should help but may be that stripping.. did you try pushing in on the trunk to see what happens?
but more efficiently you need to see whats rattling. you can spend 3k on dampening everything and ur rattling light is just chilling
you already know it stopps rattling when the trunk opens... so dampening the trunk lid should help but may be that stripping.. did you try pushing in on the trunk to see what happens?
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lol well theres 2 ways to get rid of all the rattles. one is put dampener everywhere. full coverage+ extra will do some **** if you dont know where its rattling
but more efficiently you need to see whats rattling. you can spend 3k on dampening everything and ur rattling light is just chilling
you already know it stopps rattling when the trunk opens... so dampening the trunk lid should help but may be that stripping.. did you try pushing in on the trunk to see what happens?
but more efficiently you need to see whats rattling. you can spend 3k on dampening everything and ur rattling light is just chilling
you already know it stopps rattling when the trunk opens... so dampening the trunk lid should help but may be that stripping.. did you try pushing in on the trunk to see what happens?
also pushing on the lip of the bumper right next to the trunk lid when its closed stopped some nosie
QP's make a whole lotta vibration noise on high freq notes
gas tank noise was fixed simply by pushing up on one point.
not a whole lot of noise from the roof but i can def hear it vibirating lightly, same with door panels.
spl tiles will be here wednesday, im thinking about just stripping everything out of my trunk tuesday night so i can have full access when i go to lay the tiles
Last edited by brickloaf; 11-14-2009 at 01:16 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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well sounds like you have your work cut out for you. lol i thought only the trunk lid was rattling and opening it got rid of all the rattles. Hey man if you have any questions let me know. Ive been real busy lately hence being on the forums less but ill try and check up on this thread
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yea once i get all these tiles down ill post up and tell everyone how i still need to buy more tiles cuz its still rattling
i didnt realize this til a few days ago but at a low volume you can hear the bass from my car alot farther than when its cranked up all the way...because of all the vibrations
thats my motivation for fixing all this ****
i didnt realize this til a few days ago but at a low volume you can hear the bass from my car alot farther than when its cranked up all the way...because of all the vibrations
thats my motivation for fixing all this ****
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lol looks like youve been bit my friend. originally that's all i wanted was to get rid of the rattles. next thing u know youve spent 3grand on sound deadening and dont give your subs the opportunity to rattle ANYTHING, and by that time youve already gotten rid of all road/wind/exhaust noise
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