Cranking up the sub!!!

[RGMSAXO]

Im sure im not alone here!!!Driving along good song comes on,so you crank the volume up,sounds great until,the boot starts rattling from the bass from the sub and then the third brake light has a slight rattle aswell.From the outside it sounds awful.Am i the only one who gets pissed off with this!!!

[saxx]

the only thing that vibrates on mine is my rear wiper!

but then i dont crank it all the way up - im old and it gives me a head ache lol

[RGMSAXO]

I have heard alot of cars suffer from this vibration,it does my head in.Im thinking of removing my sub and just installing a top set of 6x9s on the shelf.

[saxx]

ive got 6*9's on a stealth and a sub!

but i did sound proof (dynomat stuff)the whole car when i first started installing stuff so may have made a difference!

[starkie]

you need 2 get some sound proofing in there..

[RGMSAXO]

Does that really make a difference?Its called brown bread isnt it?

[Scott]

6x9s are fucking pish, no ifs no buts. If you want bass you will only get it from a sub.

[saxx]

its a personal decision..................


i like my 6*9's cos i can turn by sub down low and i'll have 6*9 components in rear when the install is completed

[D_Man]

i have the same problem and it really does my head, it sounds really nice to a point, then the third brake starts rattling then the parcel shelf, then the rear quatre windows start. it must sound horrible outside. but it sounds awsome with the boot open!!! smileys/smiley17.gif

[saxx]

it sounds like u lot drive round with them on max??

[D_Man]

noooo smileys/smiley2.giflol smileys/smiley14.gif

[saxx]

lol riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! u will go deaf smileys/smiley17.gif

[andy51086]

it sounds like u lot drive round with them on max??

you cant have it any other way

[BAAZA69]

I had alot of vibrations in my vtr and I found the best way was just to pack it all out.I first placed little bits of cardboard around the panel on the boot to see if it stoped rattling,and when i'd finaly stoped them all I just replaced the cardboard with something less cheap looking.

[gordy]

Its my number plate that rattles when i crank it up, gona take it off and double sided tape it (or mite get my boot smoothed smileys/smiley2.gif )

[gibs]

when i had my vtr i sound proofed the boot lid n it did make a difference but make sure u buy the best quality sound proofin u can find cause if u goin to do it u mite as well do a proper job.

[oz_borne]

dynamat is what i'm using and just a layer of it on the inside of your boot makes a hell of a difference. just beware you cut your hands rolling it between the gaps in the boot!!!!

smileys/smiley14.gif

[Dave_J]

my 3rd brake light rattled so i just placed some little black electrical tape around where the casing joins. Does anybody know what sound wadding does, and if it is worth using, i've heard many sub boxes have it in

thanks

[rsands]

sound deadening makes a major difference to the sound as it traps the sound inside the car insted of some of it being wasted on the outside!

if you want the bass sound outside your car then open your sunroof or put your window down a tiny bit as this allows the moving sound waves/air to travel outside the car and sound like a sub should do

[krystal_ice]

sound wadding is to put inside a sub enclosure. It gives you some fill in the box if the box is too large for the sub, it also stops some of the vibrations.

Sound deadening is to stop sound moving through pannels. Road noise coming in, and stereo sound be lost. It also helps stop vibrations. It really works. The best ones to get are:

Brownbread
Dynamat
Stinger- roadkill
Autoleads own brand

All of these are good.

[adam69mangosaxo]

simply take the back wiper off and take out the 3rd brake light off its easy

[wideboy]

erm..great advice from a pro there... smileys/smiley5.gif

i have the whole rattling thing, but its the metal pin for the central locking for the tailgate (and NO adammango etc im not removing it as its actualy quite handy)

iv got sound deadening all over the car, but it doesnt stop that pin rattling smileys/smiley13.gif and its very audible from outside the car

[BAAZA69]

I get a rattle coming from the sun roof visor to which is cured by just ever-so slightly opening the visor.

[PedVTR]

the worst rattling i get is from the plastic bit inside the boot where it meets the parcel shelf i stuffed it full of foam but its still just as bad would this brown bread do the trick there?

[wideboy]

u sure its not the pin im talking about? or is it the actual bit of trim thats doing the rattling?

[D_Man]

on mine it is the plastic trim, window wiper, 3rd brake light, and if i really pump it up the spoiler makes an awful noise likes its goin to break smileys/smiley7.gif