Celica Forums General Discussion Interior Trunk Rattles!

OK I'd like to first off introduce myself IM Ikon

HI
Drive a

2001 Toyota celica GTS

My set up consists of...

2 PPI 1200 Watt AMPS
a sealed sub box
and 2 Kenwood SUBS
And infiniti Speakers in doors and back seats

PROBLEM!

My trunk rattles like crazy. I mean its bannanas. Ive tried anything and everything from putting rubber pads on the lic. plate to dyno mat and i even took off the spoiler and that wasnt it. Sorry if this isnt the rite area to post this but justneed a lil help from other ppl with celica problems as mine.

Any help would be greately appreciated.

maybe its the spare tire and the other tools that go with the car?

O yah...disregard my rudeness...i'm chris

i have the same prob...only thing you hear outside from the back are rattles rite??? let me know when you find a solution to that.

same problem here too, it mainly comes from the license plate and the trim... I guess if you take thos out it will stop, but you cant do that. Maybe even dynomat. keep us posted if you do come across a solution

dynomat the area around it if you can...and like maka said check the license plate..(i had the same problem and ended up drilling 2 extra holes in my trunk to hold down the plate )

After almost causing damage , i figured it out. The plate is a small part the other two are the "Gas tank Lid" and the "hatch door handle" I will drill two extra holes for the plate but as for the other two still dont know how to get rid of it. Anyway thanks for your help everyone...

for my gas tank lid I sort of bent the latch that holds it in so it would be tight, that stopped the rattling for me. Up to you if you wanna try that. just dont bend it too much.

my gas tank cover used to rattle but it stopped and i didnt do anything hehehe...as for the plates I just folded paper towel and put it behind the license plate and it stopped the rattles. But the hatch still rattles...

Black RTV. Use car wax for a release agent so the RTV only bonds to the side you want it to stay. we use it on engine wiring harnesses all the time to prevent further chafing.

i put some of that foam weather stripping between my plate frame and the actual plate and it stopped that from rattling but the hatch handle is the biggest problem of all. im still dynomating so hopefully it will help a little.

I have a large ported box with a 10" JL W7. My deck rattled like crazy. I had the whole thing lined with Dynamat and dynamat on the inside of the fuel door and behind the plate and added two screws to the bottom of the plate. Worked for the plate and the fuel door. The back still rattles just 40 percent of what it did. If I face the woofer and box toward the front it doesnt rattle as bad but you loose loudness. If it is faceing the back my window looks like it is about to come out. There is no way to stop that much rattling. Dynamat is the only thing that helped me. If their is any other way let me know.

I just noticed today that apart from all the other rattles my fricking door handle rattles ... and that too with stock speakers ... i've got the GTS though ... so im assuming that they are jbl's .. but its still too much of rattling ...
Though this car is a real bombshell

my rear bumper used to rattle.invader, i put some dynomat on the back

try stuffing a towel inside the gas tank door. its ghetto, but it works

fatmat solved that problem for me. absolutely zero rattle now.

Have you guys read the TSB's posted on the site ???
There are solutions to rattles from the sunroof visor, front of the car and the hatch ... i still havent got to working on it ... but it might be helpful ...

yeah dynomat would be nice but it adds more wait, just take 1.5" thick foam and stuff it between the sheet metal and interior panels [/color]

when i tried to locat my rattle i thought it was the trunk moldimg where it says CELICA but it was actually imside where the trunk actuator is.. its that thing thats rattlin in my 2001 gt but havent found a way to stop it without compromising the trunk lock

i just learned to ignore it...grr...once you fix one problem something eles starts to raddle...