Door Vibrations When Playing Music

[ranicx]

well when eva i play music, the doors vibrate soo much, like even when the music isnt loud. i dont have subs at all.. is there sum way to stop the vibrations or at least make it alot less? cause its driving me mad lol...

[Cro_boy_Mario]

i have the same prob, but only with my left speaker, i found when the left window is up it stops the vibration slighty, and now when i been working on my car puttin the new system in, the speaker was actually loose from the pod

hope this helps slighty

[Tommyk]

turn the music DOWN

[someonestolecc]

Use sound deadening.

If you wanna checkout some pics hit cefiroz.com it's the first article there.

[ranicx]

turn the music DOWN

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

new some one would say that, lol.. it happens all the time even when the music isnt loud, like there is alot of rattling. ive taken the doors apart many times to try and find anything loose but havnt been able to. i put bits of foam tape around on some areas to try and stop vibrations but didnt help much.

Use sound deadening.

If you wanna checkout some pics hit cefiroz.com it's the first article there.

how much does that stuff cost per door?

[Chris Rogers]

$35/sheet - need 3 sheets to do both doors. have some on hand here currently.

this will get rattles the to stop.

[rocketboy]

There are a lot of different brands and types of sound deadening product available. Over here one of the cheapest and most value for money is a bitumen based product made by Bostik. It's about $100 for 10 500mmX500mm tiles. You heat em up to make em soft and flexible them stick to the inside of your panel as there is a peel away sticky side.

Go ask your local panel beater or hardware store if they have anything similar.

This can make a hell of an improvement.

Also check wires and lock/switch cables aren't rattling, zip tie and cover with sponge/foam to prevent rattling.

[RANDY]

When I took my door-trims off, I banged on the door and listened for rattles. Half of it was from the door trim itself! Up and under the inside of the trim, where it sits on the window-sill, there are metal sort of hangers/reinforcements.

I had some strips of velcro spare, so I used the furry side, and cut them to length. Now it sits tighter, and hasn't made single sound!

Also, tighten the door-skin... speakers don't need much volume to make that stuff shake, and it sounds like there are shopping bags in the door if they're loose.

[rocketboy]

True true, forgot about those!

Lined mine with sub box carpet and glued some on the metal hooks that sit at the top of the door, worked a treat.

[ranicx]

ah so its them damn metal hooks! i keep looking at them and think, narrr couldnt be them making all the noise, and then put the foam tape next to them

oh and by door skin, u mean the plastic thats stuck in there to stop the water from affecting the door trim, ay?

[RANDY]

Nice one, RocketBoy!

Ethan, yeah, that's it! The crappy glue stuff on them has a lot of give, and the door-pods are ported at the rear. All the bass travels through the door, then tries to push the plastic door skin around. It just sits there flapping.

Glad to hear the tape on the metal hooks worked for you! Seems it's not just me, but a common problem that people are experiencing.

[ranicx]

just put velcro (the furry side) on the metal hooks and its reduced the vibrations alot.. it doesnt sound like it about to shake apart anymore .. although there is still vibrations from the rest of the door (dont have sound deadening yet), there not as noticeable.

thanx heaps guys!

[RANDY]

Nice work! =-]

And yeah, I cable tied all the bunches of cables together, and furried the door part behind them so they didn't vibrate against the door...

[dangerous_daveo]

Use sound deadeding on the door its self. Get some stuff and put it all over the door card, like a closed cell foam. You will notice a major difference. Please see the pic

[rocketboy]

Yep, thats pretty much what I did with mine. The R33 have a large access hole that you can utilise to get your arms in and apply SD to the outer door skin (inside of outer door panel), this stop a lot of the large flat surface metal from resonating and help produce clearer and crisper notes in the mid/mid bass region.

I also cover my access hole with 6mm MDF then SD'ed over that when doing the inner skin.