Haha. I have come to accept that rattles will happen. They used to drive me NUTS and still do, but I accept a certain amount of them. Adding 17" rims/tires and lowering the car 2" did make things a bit more rattle prone. There is really no way around it that I know of.

 

Yeah, I know that. But I'm not really wanting to sacrifice my look for a rattke to go away. What about the dynomat stuff that you'd use for audio? You think that would help out any?

 

Dynamat is pretty expensive, and to install it correctly you have to take a lot of stuff apart anyway - and unless you tighten things up as you go, you'll probably cause MORE little rattles.

Further, it won't solve the problem of squeaks and rattles - it may not even reduce them much. It's really for eliminating resonances from your stereo, and reducing the rumble from road noise - not the high-pitched transients you're interested in.

 

Tell ya what .. empty everything out of the car then track them down one at a time . you will find that what you thought was 40 rattles is really 4 and they telegraph .

Some will be plastic on plastic .. others will be door rubbers etc etc .

 

Tell ya what .. empty everything out of the car then track them down one at a time . you will find that what you thought was 40 rattles is really 4 and they telegraph .

Some will be plastic on plastic .. others will be door rubbers etc etc .

Exactly. Get yourself a lot of felt tape and crazy glue. Here is a tip for free: While you have the glove box out, use crazy glue at all the plastic welds/joints. This also works in door panels etc.

 

Cars rattle in the cold, because parts shrink and fasteners loosen up. Live with it. If it still does it in the summer, THEN there's a problem.

 

Nope. Ever since I went to the FK shocks and 18's, one or two little rattles have turned into a score of creaks, squeaks, chirps and shakes -- all temps, year round.

It really sucks. I usually just crank the radio.

 

Crank the radio works fine with me! :lol:

When is not that my exhaust helps out a litthe bit!!

but again... i came from a VW Fox so i know ALL ABOUT rattles :lol: :lol:

I've used: coins, cardboard box, duct tape; you name it!!!

 

So I submit my "My Car is Falling Apart" thread, and then this one magically appears under it. How could I miss it?

But yeah mine's rattling apart like none other.

 

Cranking the radio has certainly CAUSED one of my rattles :lol:

 

Well ok that is also true :lol: :lol:

 

What exactly is rattling? I had those v2s spun WAY down on the variant and nothing rattled, even with the stereo going.

 

Well, I think I need to soften up the coils anyway. But I think alot of it comes from 2000w and 2 12" subs. But I though about doing dynomat for the systenm anyway, hopefully I find some of the odd stuff that rattles. The one that pisses me off the most is the lil plate that covers the manual sunroof crank. I think if I get a way to solve that one, I'll be fine untill summer. What do u suggest Paul?

 

No rattles on mine. 105K.

 

Cool, but I'm not to sure I wanna trust anyone to drive it but me...lol...I'll keep that in mind tho Paul. Thanks for the input. Hows ur new ride holdin up?

 

The Rabbit? Very well. I got my Eibach Pro-Street S coilovers on and a couple of other small mods done. Still deciding on wheels.

 

come spring i think stuff will start to fall off im getting coilovers for xmas and i plan on keeping my s4 wheels on till like right before the first show and now with the fenders flared i have so much room to go low and gunna go as low as i can either when bumper is on ground or wheels rub witch everone comes first

 

My next thing is to shove the 3/8" foam insulation roll down between the windshield and dash to end THAT rattling.

I have so many different rattles, I've been able to single out new ones as problems Deusexaethera is right though....depending on the temperature outside, I have more/less rattles.

 

It's unavoidable. Even if you tightened everything back up while the car is cold, as soon as the parts heat up and expand again in the spring, the mount points will be slowly stretched and loosened and they'll rattle all over again next winter.

What's really needed is rubber grommets on EVERY mount point, to take up the slack. But even they won't last more than a few years before hardening.

 

You know thats not a bad ideal. But alot of work in it. But I guess it would be worth it. My biggest one that pisses me off is that stupid manual sunroof cover. I'll get something to take care of it, then this weekend when I set it up 4 winter, I'll go thro and track down what I can and fix them. Thanx 4 all the help guys....

PS. Paul, PM me some new pix of the ride when you get some.

 

I've been running Bilstein HDs, H&R OE Sports and 16" BBS RXs for ~6 1/2 years. It's a conservative combination but has started to take its toll as far as creaks and rattles.

Knew I didn't want a more aggressive set-up for a reason...I'll probably only keep the car 4-5 more years before selling it.

If I had obsessive compulsive disorder (you know who you are, hopefully :hmmm: ) and wanted to stop every rattle, I'd buy about 10 square yards of that magic black felt that VW uses and cover the inner surface of every interior panel with it.

 

It would be worth it if it were done from the factory. No way I'm going to take my car apart and fabricate rubber mounting points for everything just to get rid of some rattles.

My dad's Miata had a hellish squeal coming from behind the seats, though. Turned out it was caused by two pieces of plastic trim that were vibrating AND rubbing against each other at the same time. It was fixed with a dab of white silicone grease. I bet that would work for any squeaks and squeals (as opposed to rattles caused by loose parts) on this car too.

 

1998 1.8t, and no rattles, squeaks or anything.

 

ya gotta drive it....duh :crazy: sitting in the driveway don't count. Mine sqeaks/rattles, but only over very rough and uneven pavment. 95% of my driving is spent on secondary/backroads.

 

Weird, neither of mine made any noises. No rattles, squeaks, pops, nothing.

 

It's almost like it doesn't get cold in Cali.

 

It's gets chilly, but not cold. We're talking mid 20s during a cold winter.