got rid of the rattle!

[S2B_Blown_3.5]

Okay, so I got tired of the endless rattling in my rear deck from the speakers, so I decided to do something about it. Instead of getting some fancy sound-deadening materials, I went the ghetto route. Here is what I did:

The Materials:
Foam Seat Cusions from Wal-Mart (16"x16"x1")
Spray-Glue
Sponges
Electrical Tape

Pics:

A few of the materials


The Car (lol)


Taped down all wires and connectors (note: also converted trunk light to 15" red neon.)


Sponges to fill in gaps before foam was put over it all.


The Foam

Call it rice, call it ghetto, whatever I don't care, it doesn't rattle anymore. Just solid thump from the speakers. Sounds like a Lexus now.....lol. Just figured I'd share in case anyone else felt the need to do the same.

[cam2Xrunner]

That's awesome, so how'd you get the rear deck panel back on tight?

[lucanhookup]

ur my god for that cuase my rear deck rattles like a bitch!!! im going to walmart tommorow and buying the things u used i vote sticky

o and did u get the rear panel on tight? for me it doesnt matter cuase i dont even have one

[Hamsterman]

very nice, i will have to do that sometime
BTW i love the last pic with the underwear hanging in the background lol

[CamNub]

Originally Posted by theamazingnate

i love the last pic with the underwear hanging in the background lol

I wonder is the Boro Crew is recruiting new members. This would be a nice submission.

Very boro, but it does the job.

[dna59]

^^^ the pic before that you see the person hanging them out.

[S2B_Blown_3.5]

Okay, about the rear deck, it was a bitch to get back on tight. Maybe that is why it doesn't rattle. It took a crap load of slamming my hand into it, and a few kicks, to get it to go back, but yea it finally went. And the glue sucks, use your own judgement on that one. I mean, it stuck a little, but if I went again I would use rubber cement or something like that, spray glue just doesn't cut it.

Oh and about the underwear hanging in the background, I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw that. Ya'll can use that for time refrence I guess lol, "done in the time it takes to hang out the days wash" haha.

WOOOHOOOO! I'M BORO! haha

[WhiteRabbit]

do you have a sub?

[terrastrife]

i hope teh area around yoru speakers are sealed (between teh sepaker edge where it mounts and teh metal rear deck

any air leaks tehre mean a BIG BIG BIG sound loss.

i got lazy and just have mien mounted on teh parcel shelf itself.

[Knailgun]

good post.....my solution was dynamat...lots of it

[S2B_Blown_3.5]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

do you have a sub?

No, just 220w 6x9's

Filling in the air holes tomorrow.....haha

[Your Uncle Moe]

Would it have been better if you used a thinner sponge? Maybe it wouldn't have been so hard to fit the rear deck back on?

[Bunthy]

great idea for cost effective results. I did somethign of the same effect. In my avalon, the rear sub space was open because I took out the factory one and added 2 subs in the trunk. I used a seat foam (1in thck, 1x1.5ft). It went right over the hole and works great. Good job on your diy and getting them pix with the background images

[S2B_Blown_3.5]

lol yes, thinner would have been better for reinstalling the rear deck, but since this isn't really "sound-deadening" foam, the results would not have been as good.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by S2B_Blown_3.5

No, just 220w 6x9's

Filling in the air holes tomorrow.....haha

let me know if it still rattles when you get a sub back there.

no matter what i do, my sub finds new parts throughout my car to rattle.