rattling interior

[elementskater15]

I just got my new system installed. Its 2 audiobahn AW1051Ts in a bandpass and a 1200 watt Soundstorm laboratories 2-channel amp. All I can say is, damn... this setup hammers. It makes the hood on my car flex when its turned up. This crazy amount of thump leads me to my problem, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING on my car rattles. The interior panels, pop-up cup holder (love that thing), door handles, spoiler, bump strips on the doors...well, you get the idea. Is there any way to get it to stop? My car is a '92 dx hatch. If you have any thought ,don't keep them to yoursely. Thanks, later...

[caboarder2001]

The #1 thing on your car that rattles and sounds nasty from the outside is the licence plate. Take off the plate and line the back of it with a thin strip, about 3/16 thick, of weather stripping. Home Depot has it for like $2.99 for 20'. Also take that and line the bump strips on the doors. As for as the interior panels go, the only thing you can do is to buy some type of padding or sound dampening materials, to line the body of the car with, but that is a lot of $ and a lot of time.

[elementskater15]

Thanks, now if we only had a home depot here...
You know of any way to sto the door handle from rattling so much. That's what I hear inside the most. I dont care how it sounds from the outside. Additionally, one of my friend said that if I put my subs in a sealed box, they'd sound better but wouldn't hit as hard. All I know is how not to blow a sub up, not how to make it sound good. Once again thanks for any help

[beatencar]

dude, one thing is to turn down your music. i have subs too, and i love to listem to music really loud, but it is not good for your ears.
use sound deadening material, they have some carpet like stuff and foam that comes in a spray can. use it on all parts of your car and you should be ok

[vinnym86]

Originally Posted by caboarder2001

The #1 thing on your car that rattles and sounds nasty from the outside is the licence plate. Take off the plate and line the back of it with a thin strip, about 3/16 thick, of weather stripping. Home Depot has it for like $2.99 for 20'. Also take that and line the bump strips on the doors. As for as the interior panels go, the only thing you can do is to buy some type of padding or sound dampening materials, to line the body of the car with, but that is a lot of $ and a lot of time.

if u don't can't get ur hands on weather stripping, my buddy uses double stick tape and some foam peanuts. not exactly hi-tech, nor very reliable. replaces it every two weeks or so, but it does the job for the plate. And yeah, Sound dampening is def a good idea, try Dynamat. as for side body molding, i've got a 93 civic, same thing really, take off your kick panels, and you can actually see the plastic clip holding the molding on from inside. Not gonna lie, more foam packing peanuts behind the molding, then chew some gum and stick it around that clip. Not hi-tech or very kosher but its the american way
also, don't keep change in the car, keep it in ur wallet.

[tomsindahizouse]

I recommend....Use extreme Dynamat. On the back of the License plate and under the panels on the hatch. Then buy some thick rubber waterproofing spray cans....at any auto store and spray a thin layer anywhere you want. I have found that is the best way to do it. I'm a fan of sealed boxes, but its your preference.

[elementskater15]

Originally Posted by tomsindahizouse

I recommend. I'm a fan of sealed boxes, but its your preference.

Thanks, I think I'll skip the foam peanuts. Why do you prefer sealed boxes? Is there a major sound difference? I've only had these subs in the bandpass and they distort really badly at low freqs. Like ,they make a ringing noise. The song "throw it up" by lil john does it pretty badly if anyone has these same subs and wants to see if they distort also. It'd help me out a lot if you did...thanks

[tomsindahizouse]

There are primarily 3 types of boxes...Sealed, Ported, and Bandpass. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, IT IS NOT BASED ON ANY TECHNICAL INFO.
1. Sealed boxes give a clean, tight like your first girlfriend bass.
2. Ported seems louder, but sacrifices actual bass quality.
3. Bandpass seems loud like Ported, and Resonates, which I think sounds like shit. At least with the bandpass boxes I have seen.

[tomsindahizouse]

Keep In Mind That Those Were Just My Opinions And For All You Haters Out There I Am Not Saying "you Suck" If You Have A Ported Or Bandpass Box.

[elementskater15]

Originally Posted by tomsindahizouse

There are primarily 3 types of boxes...Sealed, Ported, and Bandpass. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, IT IS NOT BASED ON ANY TECHNICAL INFO.
1. Sealed boxes give a clean, tight like your first girlfriend bass.
2. Ported seems louder, but sacrifices actual bass quality.
3. Bandpass seems loud like Ported, and Resonates, which I think sounds like shit. At least with the bandpass boxes I have seen.

thanks, I've got a sealed box already. I'll try it out and see if it sounds better. I am very willing to sacrafice loudness for sq

[donalduck_69]

You're never going to get rid of the rattle. NO matter what you do to stop one thing from rattling, something else is going to. As soon as you stop one rattle, another quieter one shows up, and as soon as you stop that, another one shows up. It really sucks, my advice, do what everyone else said and then try and live with it.
Nate

[tomsindahizouse]

There will always be some kind of rattle, but basically you just reduce the most obvious annoying ones.