sometimes its just the licence plate rattling. put some rubber pads or the little cushiions you put on the bottom of house stereos behind it. get em at home depot
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Askren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "spocnational" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: [SPOC] sound damping > I'm trying to eliminate all rattles from the ass end of my car and eliminate > as much road noise as possible. I used expanding foam in the crevices of > the trunk lid and the recession around the license plate lights which seemed > to help a lot. I also bought rubberized undercoating and applied it to the > back of the license plate, inside the spare tire well, and underneath the > spare tire well (exterior). I plan on using more undercoating on other > areas of the car as well as soon as I get more. When I get some more > expanding foam I would like to apply it to gaps inside the car underneath > some of the plastic panels. > > The rear of the car doesn't rattle as much as before (at least not from the > trunklid), but it sounds like the exhaust shield is rattling something > awful. Does anyone have any tips on how to quiet it? Should I just take it > off alltogether? > > http://www.b-quiet.com/vcomp.html > > If you go to the above link you can see a new material that I want to apply > to the inside of the polymer door panels...It looks very heavy-duty and > seems to be made more for reducing road noise than eliminating rattles. > After that is done I will remove the vapor barrier from the inner door panel > and replace it with: http://www.b-quiet.com/lite.html Then go on and paint > the very curvy portions inside the trunk and the rear deck with > http://www.b-quiet.com/bq2.html. > > Sound good? Any suggestions? I really need to know about the exhaust > shield!! > > Thanks. > Richard Askren > 2001 SL1 > > Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org > > Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database.
