hey guys. i dont talk much on here, but i just bought 2 12" round kicker comp subs. they pound so F*CKIN hard. but i got an 02 civic coupe, and my spoiler/license plate rattle hardcore. any ideas on how to deaden the rattle? it sounds super deadly from the inside cuz i got a whole kick *** stereo but from the ouside it sounds like crap if the windows arent rolled down.

Alpine CDA-9857 headunit
Alpine SPS Type S 6 1/2's and 6x9's
Kicker Comp 12" subs
Kicker ZX amplifier

 

Dynamat!

 

This is what i did, and now you can't even hear the dust rattle.

- I slapped on dynamat, all around the trunk, and the sides
of the trunk.....i threw a little bit on the floor of the trunk as well.
Get the part where ur 6 x 9's are located too....cuz they
produce some bass as well. *** BTW, when ur throwing
on the dynamat, make sure to save a small piece.....enough
to go on the back of your license plate. That's what will
stop the license plate from rattling. When u put it on the license
plate......make sure to screw it on TIGHT!!

- I took out EVERYTHING from the trunk. Totally raped it
until nothing was in there whatsoever (except the subs n box).
However, i covered the WHOLE trunk with some fabric (the kind
used to cover sub boxes) just to give it a nicer look.

***** - I removed the spoiler, because i had noticed
that it was causing waayyy too much rattle with the spoiler on.
As soon as i took it off, i noticed a huge difference.

 

Before Dynamat...or whatever...go over all the metal on metal with some triple expanding foam (Walmart) that just killed 90% of my rattles, w/o dynamat. Im gonna put the deadener on now and that should kill about 9% of the rest...the 1% will always be there I think

 

If you add the expanding foam on the trunk, then it will cover the holes on the trunk which means that it
might damage his wires (for the spoiler). That's why i never did the whole foam thing......
U gotta be really careful with the expanding foam if you decide to add it.

 

E-dead. Works just as well as dynamat for way cheaper. I got 120sq off ebay for $100 usd and installed it in my car on the weekend. HUGE difference in sound quality.

 

i'm interested in this e dead thing... is it really about the same quality?

 

thanks guys, il try some of that. yeah i was thinking about dynamatting my trunk, but a trunk kit is like 250 f'in dollars. if i did decide to go that way, how hard is it to install? ive heard its a heat roll on stuff. im also going to dynamat my door panels cuz they rattle too ahah. see my spoiler isnt OEM. its OEM looking, but its not an actual honda part, and i installed it myself. must say, it looks damn pimp il post some pics here sometime!

 

^You can actually buy the whole trunk kit for about 120 dollars and install it yourself.
It's really easy imo. You don't reallly have to use a heat gun to throw it on...even though
it's recommended.... btw, if you use a heat gun, don't over heat it cuz it will burn the shi t
out of your hand.

I say install it yourself....no need for someone else to touch your car....that way you have
no one else to blame if it goes wrong but yourself. Im sure you'll have no problems though.