how to stop rattles!!!! Options

[crazynick]

how are you all stopping your trunk from rattling?

[Drocay]

what part of the trunk.

[crazynick]

it seems like it's coming from the back of the trunk, it rattles so bad my friend could hear it from a block away

[crazynick]

where the license plate is, but it's not the license plate

[Coomer]

I'm assuming you've got a coupe or convertible because you're saying trunk, so what I did was take off the black plastic peice that has the hole in it for the trunk latch. It just pulls off with some force. Then, you can take off that back carpeted plastic panel by twisting off the round clip things. After that's off, you should see the bare metal of the trunk. Now, you need to put some sort of sound deadener on there. I used a combination of RAAMmat60 and Peel and Seal. They're both nearly identical to Dynamat Extreme, except they both cost a whole lot less and aren't stamped with the Dynamat logo. You can find Peel and Seal at your local home improvement store such as Lowe's probably. That's where I found mine. For that stuff, you just clean off the bare metal with some rubbing alcohol, and then heat up the pieces of sound deadener with a hair dryer or heat gun, and then stick them on there. Be sure to get out all of the bubbles so that it sticks well.

I've got 4-5 layers on my trunk lid, and two on the floor and sidewalls of my trunk, and three on the back of the trunk. I also have lots and lots of layers around the rear deck area, and a couple layers in the doors. It has helped a lot, and you can barely hear my system outside my car now, which is what I want.

[Guest_Matthew_*]

peel and seel huh?


on ebay i bought 36 sq ft of dynamat for about 100 bucks.


had enough to do the whole car and it really helped the door speakers for the midbass and almost eliminated the highway noise. in town

i did the doors, trunk floor, back , sides, etc.


it still rattles some because of the subs i have in there

i think that the main rattling is from the light bulb housing for the lights for the license plates. if you take off your rear bumper and put some sound deadener around those and the part of the bumper that its touching it cures it.

[crazynick]

i have a hatchback, do you have any pics of your install so i can get a better picture in my head on how to do it, thanks

[Andason]

on my last car(5gc st coupe) i used rhinoliner and paid about 30 bucks and fixed my lid problem. i used a whole can just on the lid.