Ok, I’ve owned two sedans before the Z, never owned a coupe. especially one without rear seats. The days that it rains, I can almost hear every bit of water I’m splashing in the rear with my tires inside the car from my seat. I can almost bet this is normal but I just want to make sure.

P.S. I searched and jesus, everyone and their mother has noise issues so I couldn’t find anything through the billion noise threads.

 

completely normal, the Z sits fairly low to the ground

 

yep its normal....unless you start seeing water coming into the car

 

What an odd question.

 

Normal. It is a good warning too that you should be a little more careful with this car. Too many bad things happen when you drive it hard in the rain.

 

Just read another thread that said there are open holes in the trunk area, if you lift your carpet up you will see them. Someone posted that in Japan Nissan has to put some sort of jump seat back there so that's why the holes are there, but they didn't bother to plug them for the North American models, which allows extra noise to enter the cabin. One member sealed them and put dynamat over the top of it and has said the noise level has dropped quite a bit

 

It is normal, if you want to deaden the noise, Dynamat behind the seats (inside the cubby's/factory sub opening and glovebox) and in the trunk.

 

yep like everyone else has said, its normz! Just becareful driving in the rain
with those crap Potenzas you'll spin out in no time flat.

 

There is no such thing as a stupid question.

 

There again there is an exception to everything.

 

If U Dynamat the entire floor pan, under all the carpet, how much weight would that add????

Just wondering because I heard that stuff was heavy

 

But there are plenty of inquisitive idiots!

OP, not you Don't worry about the sloshing noise unless the car fell off a bridge a second earlier.

 

this one is by far one of the best odd question and it's nowhere near stuipd.

 

haha, why is it so odd? and thank you guys very much for your quick responses and being very positive. I was expecting to be banned and flamed.

 

It is heavy considering its a mat like material and has the consistancy of 3M stip caulk. Honesty, the weight is unnoticable.

 

I did spray on undercoating in the wheel wells on the sheet metal and fatmat in the trunk area, I don't hear the rain anymore.

Now if I can figure out where my headliner rattles, I will be in business.

Chris

 

IF you think the water makes noise, just drive thru a little road gravel if you want to hear noise in the wheel wells.

 

LOL. The noise is typical of a hatchback:
There is no rear seat to muffle road noise.
Essentially the wheel wells are 24-inches from your ears.
Nissan do not pack the 350Z with an additional 100 pounds of sound deadening material.

 

Thank you David, guess I just have to crank the music up!

 

the noise i cant stand it the rearview mirror rattle. ive tried and tried, that is the only rattle i still have