Trunk Panel Is Vibrating!!

03-31-2005, 05:08 PM

yeah, so i'm pissed off right now, i just figured out how much my damn trunk is vibrating due to my subs. its that panel in the out side of the trunk right above the "Alero" emblem.

is there anything that anybody has done (besides dynomat) that is money effictiant enough to stop the vibrating.......

also, has anybody elses alero had something vibrating from the underbody of the car? i can't figure out what it is.

Oldsman · 03-31-2005, 05:12 PM

to fix the problem. get rid of your subs or you could keep them just never turn them up with trunk closed..................LOL

03-31-2005, 05:18 PM

i guess that's one way of doing it!!

not quite the answer i'm looking for, thanks tho!! HA HA HA

AftermathAlero · 03-31-2005, 05:20 PM

shave your trunk.. i just got 3 subs in mine and with my trunk all shaved.. nothing rattles on it.. sounds pretty good. lol

Just dynamat the backside of the plastic piece of the trunklid.

03-31-2005, 06:03 PM

This piece was my BIGGEST issue. It was horrible. You need to remove the piece, and put hushmat/dynamat on it. I cant imagine doing it any other way. I have two 12's in my trunk right now, with 1 1100w amp and I hit around a 146.2 with them, and I get ZERO rattles from my trunk now. I just put a poop load of hushmat on the piece, then popped that panel back on, applied a few more pieces in the cracks, and also did most of my trunk lid...around where it seals down and my system sounds really solid. I also notice more rattle when the back seats are up, put them down and you wont hear as much....i also did hushmat on the whole rear deck lid also. Sounds solid. so..it is possible, but a pain in the ass and a little costly. Bad design IMHO.

03-31-2005, 07:30 PM

alright.....thanks man.....i'm going to work on that asap!! it sounds crappy! and i just can't have that!!

AGT · 03-31-2005, 07:58 PM

Some dude siliconed his piece ...crazy

Youngblood77 · 03-31-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by AGT@Mar 31 2005, 07:58 PM
Some dude siliconed his piece ...crazy

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Yeah, and lately I've been considering doing just that. For only $2.00, it would help ALOT. If I step outside the car with my music up, I can stand there and WATCH that piece vibrate, mostly @ the top. And that's after putting insulation in there to keep it from moving, too. Just a small bead across the top where that panel meets the lip of the trunklid sheetmetal will make a world of difference.

sound_xtreme · 03-31-2005, 10:21 PM

i used weather stripping. but im seriously thinking of having it shaved

04-01-2005, 12:12 AM

I used clear silicone on mine about 3 months ago, and I haven't had the rattle since.

04-01-2005, 08:04 PM

if the silicone works that well....screw getting the damn thing dynomated!!! for only about 2 bucks for a bottle.....that's what i'm doin!! i need to get silicone to clear my corners anyway!!

04-01-2005, 08:39 PM

I had this problem too. I wanted to go crusing down state street (pop. cruising street) and my trunk rattled like a biznitch, so i folded up a piece of paper and stuck it in that gap..hahahaha..and then the next day I went to get my body kit in denver, and kyle saw it and he laughed at me, i was pretty embarassed. but yeah dude, the silicone seems to work, but don't glop it on like the guy did in his picture..oh yeah, i would highly reccomend weather stripping, it works really well. but silicone works too, but be careful,

04-04-2005, 07:00 AM

does anybody have and pics with the weather stripping on their car? i know it will work....but what does it look like!? does it look like poop......or does it look somewhat descent?

wrightie · 04-04-2005, 04:06 PM

I bought a can of that expanding sprayable foam. you can spray it up where the licence plate light isto the right and left.It t worked amazing and left no marks on the seam or car.

wrightie

BLK03GXS · 04-04-2005, 04:29 PM

12 Guage shotgun fixes anything, or at least stops the rattle...

mike2002 · 04-04-2005, 09:49 PM

make sure you get the expanding foam in a blue can, for window jams

the stuff in a red can, will f*** poop up. it keeps expanding and expanding, it will bow sheetmetal, whatever gets in its way. the blue can stuff is not very aggressive.

stealthlero · 04-04-2005, 10:04 PM

^^^ for me it was the other way around, the minimal expanding was the red can, the triple expanding was the blue can, i havent tried sprayin it yet.... just make sure its the least expanding stuff that they got....

wrightie you got a pic of it all sprayed??

sound_xtreme · 04-04-2005, 10:18 PM

if you're gonna do silicone, take the piece off and silicone on the INSIDE, not the out. *shakes head*

wrightie · 04-04-2005, 10:27 PM

no pics this very second

mike2002 · 04-04-2005, 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by stealthlero@Apr 4 2005, 08:04 PM
^^^ for me it was the other way around, the minimal expanding was the red can, the triple expanding was the blue can, i havent tried sprayin it yet.... just make sure its the least expanding stuff that they got....

wrightie you got a pic of it all sprayed??

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what brand? they sell "great stuff" here in mn, and it really is great stuff....ok sorry, that was corny