Rattle in trunk when Subwoofer is at Max

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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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Rattle in trunk when Subwoofer is at Max

hey guys,

I've got a song that I play with crazy amounts of bass. I usually crank the bass up to the maximum. When I do this, there's an evident rattle from the trunk. So I played the song with my head in the trunk, and it does seem like something is really rattling. Is there a way to fix this?


Has anyone else had this problem? I assume I could take it to the dealer and have them play the same song with the bass all the way up. It's not like they won't be able to "reproduce it". I mean f*ck, all you gotta do is start the song.

anyone know what's rattling? is this a known issue?
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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there's been people whove had their decklid rattle...i think dynamatting solves most of the rattler...loooks like you still have your stock sub..something must be really lose if that can make it shake
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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do you think the dealer will give me some run around about me not playing the bass that high?

I mean I'm sick of all these f*cking rattles in this car. When is it gonna end?
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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just open the trunk and feel around for the rattle. I'll bet you it's the little plastic piece that seperates the two tention bars that lift the trunk up. Mine was rattling like a beeach before i rapped a tyewrap around it.
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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It's probably the torsion beam directly beneath the factory subwoofer. There's a DIY out there for this. Let me find it and post it.

Since I have 2 10"s in the trunk, it doesn't help any. Mine rattles like a mofo when the subs hit. Too lazy to fix it, though. Heh. It doesn't bother me much since it only rattles when bass hits, and when it does, I can't really hear the torsion bar rattling.
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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Here. Try this.

http://www.acura-tl.com/faq/tltorsion.php
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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did i read the instuctions right? just remove the tortion bar spacer????If so hell its plastic, just break the little fer outa there
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Old Jan 22, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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can you hear the rattle from inside the car or outside the car?
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 08:50 AM
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dynomat and foam, lotts of it
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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 06:57 PM
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it could be the License Plate shakin', if thas the problem, put a few cotton ballz under it
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Old Jan 24, 2004 | 03:12 AM
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so jeff where is the rattle coming from?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????
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