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 Post subject: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:27 pm 
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I Have a Clarion 12 inch sub in my boot, which is 800w running on a 1000w amp, and i have really annoying boot vibrations, and it rattles the crap out of my parcel shelf speakers and tweeters. i have tried using sikaflex in the bracing of the boot, but that hasnt worked, and i have had a few squares of the sound deadening stuff from jaycar, but that hasnt worked either. and im wondering if anyone has any ideas?

if it makes a difference i have a LPG Tank in the boot also.

thanks guys, sorry if this has been answered before. either i was looking in the wrong place or my searching skills are s#@t. :)

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:37 pm 
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also keen on what to do about the boot rattles..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:39 pm 
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makes you feel like an idiot when your sitting at the lights and its vibrating away...

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:11 pm 
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Dynamat my friend dynamat. Can get it on ebay, but its expensive s**t.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:12 pm 
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expandafoam in the holes inside the bracing in the boot

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:08 am 
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Okay, any techniques for the parcel shelf? And is there a cover you can get to cover the factory sub hole (thinking of cutting it out )

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:22 pm 
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For the parcel shelf just take off the factory trim, find all the wires that run across the top of the parcel self and put some foam underneath them. and make sure the factory trim that sits over the parcel shelf has a layer of foam all the way underneath it. For the sub hole id just make an MDF blanking plate the same size as the sub and paint it black.

Some dynamat will help alot as well.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:43 pm 
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chuck wrote:
makes you feel like an idiot when your sitting at the lights and its vibrating away...


hahaha had the same prolem after my first sub intall in my old car. Drove through the cross with everyone looking at me like "wtf rattle box!!!"
i used liquid nails on the bracing, glueing the bracing to the actual boot panel. this worked wonders for me till i got dual 12's and the roof started rattling :(
good luck buddy!!!
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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:12 am 
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WILDEB wrote:
expandafoam in the holes inside the bracing in the boot



+1

this is what i did, very good,

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:03 am 
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Be very careful with expanda-foam. If you put too much in you WILL buckle the outer panel.
Small amounts at a time and test it each time. Keep adding small amounts until the rattles stop.

 

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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:16 am 
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MAD wrote:
Be very careful with expanda-foam. If you put too much in you WILL buckle the outer panel.
Small amounts at a time and test it each time. Keep adding small amounts until the rattles stop.


i didnt have this issue but i did find that it bubbles out of the holes and onto the carpet and then it is a C*** to get off the boot carpet

 

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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:21 am 
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g'day mate ive been installing big stereo's in cars for about 15 years now you can use dynamat but you are paying threw the roof if you want the cheap way and it works every single time what you need to do is get a old towel or bed sheet put it in the holes in boot lid make sure its nice and tight it works everytime mate i had 2 15 inch soundstreams in the boot of my el and they rattled every single weld out of my boot so i put a old bed sheet in there nice and tight and there was no boot rattle and the sound was so tight inside the car it just made the sound awesome i hope this helps ya out
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 Post subject: Re: Ef Fairmont Boot Vibrations.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:54 pm 
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im going to try that bed sheet one tomorrow i have two rockord fosgate 15's in my ef ,i have one new rattle each time i jump in it lol

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:08 pm 
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Another annoying rattle you get is with the later AU's above is the rear vision mirror.. they use a spring clip insead of the old grub screw... I found fitting one of these nice big red rubber bands to a hook monted on the glass has cured it... Rubber band goes from the end of the shaft (mirror back) to the hook. Just needs a slight pressure on there to stop the mirror shaking so much....

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:01 pm 
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Cut up a bike tube and shove it everywhere you can. Works great.
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