people with lots of BASS

[4felix20]

My car rattles alot from loud bass..I've bought sound dampening tar sheets to deaden most of the rattles and it worked pretty good. Still had rattles though, so I took a can of expanding foam and sprayed it in all the nooks and crannies that were just dead space, which helped out a little. BUT, the rear deack still rattles like a ***** and a couple other places I just can't kill. Is anyone else hearing annoying rattles? I don't have super mega bass either...

[SmithSR]

That's just the nature of the assembly/materials of a car that is built on a cost-effective budget. You see, a '96 240sx wasn't exactly assembled by hand, with great care given to whether or not a given panel will rattle if acted upon by the abnormal vibration and harshness of a sub. Nearly every car has or will have similar rattle issues. Just part of the give & take...

-Phil

[slw240sx]

if it rattles take it out

[S14 Wannabe]

Mine rattles with just my 6.5" speakers... LOL.

[Aries]

dynamat will fix the ratteling.I hit 160 db with my 2 10's and still heard the exhaust until I dynomatted the car.Now it's nice and quiet.

[biggie]

My S13 coupe hasn't had that much rattling problems, guess I'm lucky. I've got 2 10s and upgrade inside with about 1000 watts total.

[240SXedUp]

My car rattles with just my exhaust.

[240_Keyy]

I took out all the sound deadening stuff in my car, just the stock amount weighs like 13lbs. I also took out the rear interior panels behind the back seat including the carpet.

I don't have a radio, speakers, or speaker wire and my antenna and the assiciated wires is going bye bye too

[todd]

This may help, I just revamped my rear deck. Went to Home depot and got some wood 1/4 thick I believe, although stock is 1/8 I think. Pulled the old one traced it put in the new one, drilled the holes up from the trunk, went to the local car store and almost bought them out of those lil pop in clips, went to a stereo store and bought some black carpeting covered it and threw the speakers on and threw it in. I need help drilling the holes had someone in the car holding the piece where I wanted it if you get the holes off center it wont pop back in.

One more thing... put some of the sound deadening tar tape stuff on the trunk poles in the trunk around the hinges,m they cause the most noise. I think you can get away with even zip tieing them a lil bit but too much and the trunk wont close. The stuff used for anti rust sprayed under the car or tool spray works okay, its like a rubber barrier just not very thick unless you do it a lot. TT

[4felix20]

i put dynamat extreme all over the car...lots of it too. it's mostly the deck though and i think i'm gonna try what you did todd. thanks alot.

[bigE]

We're turning mine into a 2 seater, and I'm fiberglassing 6 JBL POWER 12's into the backseat, should be enough to rattle the car next to me.

Eric

[Altiman94]

I will never have a system in my 240sx. I had a decently loud system in my altima, and I don't want that again. All sound systems (subwoofers plus an amp) just create problems. I just put in concept components all the way around and a cd deck in the 240sx. That should be sufficient for my needs. Systems are for rice boys

[bigE]

Or for show cars.

Eric

[MainEvent212]

aries, why is your car god?

[Thee 240sx Owner]

Mine rattles with just my 6.5" speakers... LOL.

That just means they are cheap blown speakers

[Thee 240sx Owner]

I have 2 12's on a 1200watt rms amp and my answer for rattles is i can't hear it.. and my damn stereo is so loud i don't think anyone else can here it... And speaking of stereos.. lol I need a new alternator becuz of my amp.. went thru 3 batteries and now one alternator.. any one have any thoughts on what i should get.. Its a High Current amp with a minimum of 75amp draw

[diamondj30]

dont forget to address all small linkages,they can be notoriuse,spelling,oh well.in my car i put vacuum hose over the bar that the lock latches to.last piece lasted 2 years without coming off.

[stutt944]

dynamat on the back of your license plate helps too. and dynamat around under and behind your dash. basically, take everything out of the car down to metal. then put dynamat on every square inch of the inside. put the car back together...and spend the rest of your life going crazy about where that squeak is coming from that only happens when you pull into your driveway at a certain angle and speed.

[diamondj30]

i took off bumpers heatshields,everything,headliner.there is six layers on the back panel alone.dynamat a reipp off.visciolastic rock,s.20 bucks a sheet.comparable to cascades VB1.exactly.mcmaster-carr online carries it.if your using dynamat you have much to learn.i have a real problem paying for a silk screened name.its b.s..and if you want it done right,do it yourself.dont pay to have someone do it.i would recomenned rubatex on the plate,lighter and soft.plumbing department.

[k-mart]

I hit 160 db with my 2 10's .

Detals, please.

[Thee 240sx Owner]

I know.. I didn't even catch that till now.. Ya be realistic here...

[k-mart]

Apparently he's not gonna provide any.......

[agne24us]

check you license plate, that is usually a loud one, but that is when you turn the stereo up louder and all noise will be gone

[RyanT]

systems are for rice boys? is this why half of the NICO members have systems lol.. ther eofr people who like music.. thats it.. and lke bass. no need to say dumb things..

[marty]

true true ryan

[LT_Z]

i hit 147db with one 12 L7 Kicker solo baric on MTX800D

[MECPInstaller]

dynamat will fix the ratteling.I hit 160 db with my 2 10's and still heard the exhaust until I dynomatted the car.Now it's nice and quiet.

I recently graduated from Mobile dynamics in Toronto Ontario with my Basic and First Class MECP(Mobile Electronic Certification Program) degrees and i know for a fact there is no way in hell 2 10's can produce 160 decibels unless you have your car built with bullet proof glass concrete steel renforcing NO INTERIOR and quiet afew batteries and amplifiers and even with that lets say 20,000 watts per 10 in the best spl box you could build oh and for the hell of it lets make these jl 10w7's at $400 a piece you might be able to produce 155 decibels for the quick second before they melt their voice coils and its all over

If you can provide me with information on these astonishing 10's i'd love to get them if they can make 160 db just curious do you know how loud 160 db is?? 156 db will make your lungs collapse and will also cause your heat to beat to the music (cool to picture ) anyway i'm done wrambling

Oh yeah guys if your looking for sound deadener Very cheap just go on yahoo or a search engine and type either B-QUIET or BROWN BREAD both very very cheap products you can pick up BB for around 170 or so for 70 SQ FT!!!

[LT_Z]

I did hit 147 tho 156 your lungs coalpse ? geezus, my buddy hit 150+ with a single 15" wasnt in the car to hear it tho ! lol !

[GodFather]

How do you guys check the dB level? Is there a cheap way to do it, or am I gonna have to spend quite a bit of money on an SPL monitor?

[LT_Z]

Take your car to a local soundff stereo competition, should be cheap to enter, then you can find out on their meter