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Old 03-20-2021, 09:28 PM
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WTH is the function of these styrofoam bricks?

Found these foam bricks in the aft passenger door while attempting to fix a dent:





my guess is that they are a harmonic damper used for sound deadening in the cabin.

anybody actually know what they do???

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It's called a "door skin hip"


what it does, i have no idea
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It slowly sucks the soul from your body!
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It slowly sucks the soul from your body!
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Originally Posted by gatrhumpy
It slowly sucks the soul from your body!
that was my second guess.

me gotta start wearing foil hatz when driving hondas now.

Originally Posted by thoiboi
It's called a "door skin hip"
3g gots no curvy hips, butt it does have the best booty in town. yup

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Being pre-formed and held by a bracket, it's almost certainly a crash impact absorber. No, I'm not kidding. Many cars have large versions of these behind the bumper cover (However the TL uses molded plastic absorbers there instead).
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Guessing NVH attenuator but sucking your soul seems more plausible
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Who else but Quagmire? I know what he'd use that hose for?
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