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Old 06-13-2006, 07:10 AM
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I am about to install the 2 10"s box under the strut bar.. And i wanted to find out how badly is the 350z's rattle problem???? Thanks in advance
Old 06-13-2006, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sobceo
I am about to install the 2 10"s box under the strut bar.. And i wanted to find out how badly is the 350z's rattle problem???? Thanks in advance
It's bad. Dynomat your trunk, back of license plate, top part of hatch and the brake light in the hatch window. That'll cover it.
Old 06-13-2006, 01:45 PM
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NOt very bad at all honestly. Install, tune and test your system .. then solve the problem of rattling if it arrises.

Why take apart a factory-tight fitting rear area only to put it back together to possibly have it rattle.

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Originally Posted by JimRHIT
Install, tune and test your system .. then solve the problem of rattling if it arrises.

Why take apart a factory-tight fitting rear area only to put it back together to possibly have it rattle.

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This is not a bad idea but based on what he'll be pushing, two 10's, it's probably safe to say it'll rattle. Then again, everyone has their own definition of rattle. I like absolutely zero rattle. I associate rattle with ghettoness. Others may be more tolerant of it though.
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save your self some time and dynamat the trunk lid and the strut brace. i have a stealthbox with w3v3's and it sounded good for a week. a week later it was a nightmare. yea rattle = ghetto
Old 06-13-2006, 05:59 PM
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i dynomatted alot.....never had a rattle problem, as a matter of fact its the tightest car ive had so far.
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Save yourself some time and set your crossover below 80Hz (more like 50Hz) ... use some low distortion woofers and keep those nasty harmonics from exciting those panel resonances that everyone is complaining about

Sorry guys ... but I ran 2 12" subs with no dynamat or deadener in my trunk and never had an issue at all.
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I dont have any dynamat and i havent noticed any rattle besides the license plate. But i dont hear it when im bumpin my tunes
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Originally Posted by JimRHIT
Save yourself some time and set your crossover below 80Hz (more like 50Hz) ... use some low distortion woofers and keep those nasty harmonics from exciting those panel resonances that everyone is complaining about
But then we wouldn't be able to hear the tunes in all those "Whitesnake" albums.
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LOL ... Whitesnake

I prefer Great White myself ... sometimes I dip into some of Saigon Kick's "Love is on the Way"
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Originally Posted by GFrnk69
I dont have any dynamat and i havent noticed any rattle besides the license plate. But i dont hear it when im bumpin my tunes
true but what sounds "ghetto" about that is outside the car everybody can hear
your licence plate rattle makes it sound cheap/ loose!
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Originally Posted by rolling
true but what sounds "ghetto" about that is outside the car everybody can hear
your licence plate rattle makes it sound cheap/ loose!
uhh not really, the plate only rattles when it's bumping really hard. And im not too concerned about what others think about my system. It's usually way better than what they have and i never bump it really hard anyways, im not into having everyone on the block listen to my music.
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I barely have any rattle. And this is what I have in my trunk.




I double stick tape my licence plate down and it is all good.
And my Veilside wing doesnt move at all.
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i had that box too with punch stage 3s and never had any bad rattle at all,but i sold it ti a buddy
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