Widow Door rattle / vibration source when playing music and how to actually fix door rattle permanently

[horbit]

@horbit I'm stealing your picture to show where I'm 99% sure the sound it coming from. I believe the door card sits into this groove and the rattle is coming from the bass causing the door card to bump up against this groove. I'm going to try placing some foam into this groove and see if it stops it for good.

If anyone tries this sooner I'd love to see the results as I'm not sure when I'll have the opportunity to try it myself.

Interesting and that makes sense to me. I wonder if foam can be placed behind it or in the groove, or on the connecting parts of the door card.

I would say that when I first got the car and heard the rattles, I would press my forearm against the upper portion of the door card and some of the rattles went away.

@horbit so, rattle aside, are the soundskins worth it?

I would say any sound deadening to the front doors in this way are 100% worth it, rear doors don't rattle much since the driver size is so much smaller. Soundskins kit just makes it easy with the precut kit but you can cheap out and probably get the same effect.

Also I left a 5 star review for this Soundskins product on their website with some concerns about the rear door precut being off (precut holes missing, 1cm too wide, and a wire passthrough slit location issue), they never posted the review. I have an issue with that.

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[FlaFlaFloFly]

Oh, that’s interesting they don’t post the review…
I am in my car now and pressing anywhere on the panel doesn’t help. However, what does help is grabbing and squeezing the handle on the door. The second I let up, it starts buzzing.
my go-to song for rattles has been Bust a Move. Neighbors must think I love that song! Lol

 

[horbit]

Oh, that’s interesting they don’t post the review…
I am in my car now and pressing anywhere on the panel doesn’t help. However, what does help is grabbing and squeezing the handle on the door. The second I let up, it starts buzzing.
my go-to song for rattles has been Bust a Move. Neighbors must think I love that song! Lol

These pictures show the handle area you may want to focus on. There are two bolt holes circled near each end of the handle location. You can see the amount of material I have in the general area, I don't have a handle rattle.

 

[FlaFlaFloFly]

These pictures show the handle area you may want to focus on. There are two bolt holes circled near each end of the handle location. You can see the amount of material I have in the general area, I don't have a handle rattle.

Thanks for the photo. Truly appreciate it. I’ve been kicking around the soundskins, or new tail lights. Not sure I can convince the wife of both… I’ll try wrapping that tape around that area.

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