hey
yesterday i installed a front pair of pioneers in my truck.
when the bass is even half way up i get the annoying rattling from i guess it vibrating off the metal door. is there anything i can buy and install to fix this?
thanks

 

1 word:

DYNAMAT

 

X2

 

Yes Dynamat. Do a seach on "sound deadening" on this forum. There are several different companies with similar products that you might find have a better price. But remember, sometimes you get what you paid for...

Good luck either way,

Devildog101

 

thanks alot!
and this will eliminate that annoying rattle from the vibration?

 

dynamat all the way-if installed properly should kill any sound you hear-if not something else is rattling

 

do i install just a square around the speaker or do the whole door?
crutchfield only has squares

 

do AT LEAST the whole door, both sides. 2-3 layers would be your best bet though. Buy the dynamat extreme bulk pack, you can get it for like 120 bucks on ebay, and just put it everywhere possible, even do the floor if you feel capable.

 

thanks
120 dollars....hahaha
i know its probably worth it for better sound so ill most likely end up buying it

and damn what a pretty big difference from stock puttin in a pioneer 3900 HU and pioneer speakers

 

I know this will sound lame rather than dynamating the whole door, but if you are just wanting to get rid of the rattling from the components you installed. Could just take some cardboard and put a little square behind the holes of the speaker mount and screw them in. Takes the rattling away, makes a tight fit and all of that goodness. Won't give you that supreme sound deadening that dynamat will, but it doesn't cost anything either. Just another suggestion, depending on the priorities. Later.

 

Do what.......cardboard...
You are aware that inside a truck door is a wet environment, right

 

Hrm... Well that is a nifty little fact. A local audio shop here always tells of cardboard spacers behind the speaker mounts to avoid rattling. When I installed mine I didn't bother with it, as I didn't have any rattle, though I never really considered the speaker area a 'splash zone'. Well in any case, tis what I hear is used and figured I'd throw it out there, perhaps some plastic tabs in place of the cardboard if moisture is an issue, would still allow a little flex for a tight fit without rattles. Have to give points for creativity, hah, later.

 

Screw the screws in tighter. That will help.

 

not to mention cardboard will lose its structure and flexability over time and then back to rattling-could make for a temporary fix though, but who wants to tear the door apart that much

WOW somebody had to state the obvious its no fun to do it the easy way the first time

 

a local mechanic said cut out little square pieces of rubber and mount one behind each of the 4 holes you put the screw in. so you have speaker/rubber piece/then metal door
think that will work?