italianman1987

do your rx8 doors vibrate when you have music loud?? i have subs and every time the bass thumps there is a rattling sound in both doors... any way to stop this??? id hate to open up the door pannel...

suggestions.. ideas... thanx in advance

Tim Tim Tim

the whole freaking car rattles, get used to it lol.. Mine do a very little bit only sometimes. My rear view mirror is another story, I have punched that thing so many times out of fustration haha

I8U

iTrader: (1)

Yeah, it's called Dynamat.

Tim Tim Tim

dynamat is made to deaden sound not really stop rattle (although it can, but you can do the same job for ALOT less).. Find the rattle and stick some foam or something back there.

I8U

iTrader: (1)

Right Dynamat absorbs sound, sound waves is what's causing the vibrations in his doors.

04RX8man

yea dynamat door kit/trunk kit/ and license plate kit is the way to get rid of rattles!!

Rotard

you shouldnt have a system in your rx-8.. 300 watt bose should be more then enough. Havn't you realized that excessive bass is just outright ******* annoying yet? haha.. Not to mention you should be trying to minimize weight gains on your car to improve performance. So I'd advise selling it to avoid unwanted theft attention. Then use that money to buy healthy foods and lose weight

I8U

iTrader: (1)

^haha!

italianman1987

haha ye you made me laugh, hope the weight reference isnt about being italian.. i should be alright in that department..

but yes i have considered selling the gear.. ive had it for few years now and kinda tired of subs..

maybe ill get rid of them and get me that RB midpipe ive wanted for a while now..

how much you guys think i can get for 2x10'' sonys with box and 1200 watt amp.. lol
id put it on the marketplace but i fukin hate shipping this stuff.. ill try craigslist

btw, ukno the doors still rattle with regular bass.. wish mazda insulated the doors better.. oh well theyr really light i guess..

Tim Tim Tim

yeah, in theory but what really needs to happen is stopping the two pieces that are hitting eachother from touching. Which yeah, dynomat can work. Or I can get a piece of foam for 1/10th the price and stick in there too.. I have had ALOT of experience with loud stereos and alot of rattles. I have dynomatted my whole car before, yeah it worked but so did the piece of foam or whatever else you have have sitting around.

not to mention, you guys are talking about losing weight, have you ever picked up that stuff? its heavy as ****

SiLVeRE8

iTrader: (8)

my door used to rattle like crazy but not any more because i dynamated both front doors. i can crank the music all the way up with max bass and it still doesnt rattle a bit!

toneskii707

Ya my door rattles with the music and the bass up and sometimes over bumps.

ILoveFI

My doors rattle with music with a lot of bass with the stock Bose system.

04RX8man

there is no problem with having a system!!!!!!

Socket7

Just to put some gasoline on this fire...

Stock systems are for the audiologically retarded, and the bass is only loud enough when it rattles your nuts so much your first kid comes out of the womb with shaken baby syndrome.

+1 for dynamatting the doors. You'll pick up some low end response too in the process. Do spend time pinpointing where the rattle is coming from though. Dyna mat can change the resonant frequency of a panel to stop it from vibrating as much by adding mass to it. It is much less good at preventing 2 panels from vibrating against each other.

I've got a terrible rattle coming from my rear deck speaker panel which only happens at a very specific frequency. I forget about it for weeks until I listen to a song that triggers it.

04RX8man

my car does not rattle at all it's pretty good but i dont have my bass pounding all the time....just there for a nice kick

DOMINION

^+1 I have a 1000w amp and 1x12" in a pick up truck box. The only thing that rattes is my driver side tail light lol

Socket7

I've got that too, but i never notice it in the car. The little silver side bits inside the tail light move an impressive amount when the bass is kicking hard

Marklar

The more bass you thump the more **** will come loose and rattle. With enough bass for long enough *any* car will start to rattle.

If your rearview mirror is shaking like a belly dancer on crack, then that's not the only part of the car being shaken around. With enough bass you are shaking your whole car like a rag doll. Plastic fasteners pop off, bolts start to come loose, parts of the interior start to beat the sheet metal they are fastened to like a drum, etc. Also, metal fatigue occurs and metal parts can eventually just snap apart.

There are speakers in the doors, and the hollow interior of the door acts like a speaker box. It's no surprise that that's the first place to start to rattle; there's a lot of pressure inside the door when you crank it up. You can stop that rattle, but if you keep pounding the car with bass you'll get more rattles sooner or later.

If you want to shake a car apart with your audio system, get a Scion. My 2 cents.

DOMINION

I cant hear it from inside the car but standing out side when I'm filling up you can tell its the driver side light. My friend Jordan has the same issue and he has 2x12"s. Guess all 8 have this issue.

Renesis07

iTrader: (1)

My windows rattle when its cold and my F-ING steering wheel buttons rattle Thats it so mine is pretty damn quiet as far as rattles go. Most of the rattles Ive acquired over time have been silenced with double sided tape