Rattle in the doors and THE fix!!!!!

[kooldawg6]

I was driving with the radio off on Saturday and noticed a new rattle. It was coming from the driver's door. I pressed my hand against the door lever trim and it stopped, let go and the rattle came back, pressed the trim again and it stopped. If you take your finger and tap on that trim piece you can notice how loose it is. Ok, so that was an easy find...now onto the easy fix.
I took off the trim piece behind each door lever and attatched a short strip of the loop side of velcro. This provides just enough pressure so that when the panel is put back in place it has a tight fit with the door panel...no more rattle!!!!!

YES I KNOW, it meant to be TOOL not TOOK in the first picture...

Now to find a decent fix to the glovebox handle rattle...

 

[ShowYa06]

Great tip,thanks!

 

[Hoboattacker]

Awesome, I just noticed this rattle today. My temporary fix, turn the radio up

 

[kooldawg6]

Great tip,thanks!

 

[kooldawg6]

Awesome, I just noticed this rattle today. My temporary fix, turn the radio up

I do that too, but there are times my girlfriend is in the car and we have it turned off while talking...buzzes become annoying at that point...

 

[Marine One]

Thanks Kooldawg. I've got the same one on the passenger's door. I've also got one that seems to be coming from either the outside mirror adjuster or the panel in which it is mounted.

 

[kooldawg6]

Thanks Kooldawg. I've got the same one on the passenger's door. I've also got tone that seems to be coming from either theoutside mirror adjuster or the panel in which it is mounted.

You're welcome Marine One.

Perhaps I will leave the glovebox rattle alone. I don't want to fix all her problem areas to the point she looses ALL of her charachter...

 

[Marine One]

Mirror adjuster actually turned out to be the door handle so I did both of them tonight after I got home. Instead of the velcro I used foam insulating tape.

 

[Infinity]

Mirror adjuster actually turned out to be the door handle so I did both of them tonight after I got home. Instead of the velcro I used foam insulating tape.

I have also made judicious use of plain 'ol sponges to fix rattling panels. I bought a boatload of cheap sponges as the Dollar Tree (10 for $1) and cut/stuffed them into the crevices behind plastic panels. It's nearly weightless, and the extra pressure prevents plastic-on-plastic vibration and rattling.

Oh, yeah, 300 sq/yds of e-dead v1 and 3 gallons of v3 mad a LOT of difference also.

 

[Marine One]

I'm with you on the sponges. That's what makes these kinds of problems almost fun to solve. One other thing that I did that worked well on both my 95 & 96 Stangs to quiet the door trim panels was to insert thin rubber strips between the back edge of the plastic door panel and the metal frame of the door itself. I used a thin putty knife to lift the plastic panel just enough to insert 4 rubber strips (1-1/2" long X 1/2" wide X 1/16" thick) at various places places between the trim panel and the door. The rubber strips were cut from a replacement vaccum cleaner drive belt, available at such fine retail establishments as Wally World for a buck or two.

The K6F (Kooldawg6 Fix) worked on the driver's side, but didn't seem to help on the passenger's side. I'm thinking that it's either inside of or because of the triangular trim panel that covers the door mirror mounting & electrical conncection. I've also got a bag of the Dollar General foam sponges. I just may stuff one or two of them in that cavity and see if it helps.

 

[Hoboattacker]

I do that too, but there are times my girlfriend is in the car and we have it turned off while talking...buzzes become annoying at that point...

True true. I'll be doing this "mod" later on in the week. Rattles are for camaro's and trans ams, not Mustangs

 

[Warlok]

Great effort too Kooldawg, good pics to explain!

 

[kooldawg6]

Rattles are for camaro's and trans ams, not Mustangs

Rattles are for the serious sports cars...not the sporty cars...they(sports cars) should all be loud, mean, fast and have the little imperfections here and there...that's what keeps them hardcore!!!!!
I one day will build a Factory Five Daytona Coupe and it will be just that...a serious sports car!!!!!

 

[Infinity]

I'm with you on the sponges. That's what makes these kinds of problems almost fun to solve. One other thing that I did that worked well on both my 95 & 96 Stangs to quiet the door trim panels was to insert thin rubber strips between the back edge of the plastic door panel and the metal frame of the door itself. I used a thin putty knife to lift the plastic panel just enough to insert 4 rubber strips (1-1/2" long X 1/2" wide X 1/16" thick) at various places places between the trim panel and the door. The rubber strips were cut from a replacement vaccum cleaner drive belt, available at such fine retail establishments as Wally World for a buck or two.

The K6F (Kooldawg6 Fix) worked on the driver's side, but didn't seem to help on the passenger's side. I'm thinking that it's either inside of or because of the triangular trim panel that covers the door mirror mounting & electrical conncection. I've also got a bag of the Dollar General foam sponges. I just may stuff one or two of them in that cavity and see if it helps.

When you pull off that panel, it's held in by a plastic guide "post" and a press-fit clip. Use a small screwdriver to "widen" that clip (bend the tabs out just a bit farther). If you have some old latex paint sitting around, a couple of coats on the post piece (to thicken it slightly) will prevent a lot of rattling. Spray on undercoating works very well in that situation, but it;s tough to get it to stick to plastic.

 

[AlloyGT]

What rattles?

I'm knocking on wood as I type this, but I've got just over 4000 miles on my Mustang, and the only rattle I have ever heard is my garage door opener. That's gettting fixed in two weeks, I just ordered a mirror with Homelink With all of the threads on this and other forums regarding rattly Mustangs, I have to say, someone up there must really like me!

 

[Marine One]

When you pull off that panel, it's held in by a plastic guide "post" and a press-fit clip. Use a small screwdriver to "widen" that clip (bend the tabs out just a bit farther). If you have some old latex paint sitting around, a couple of coats on the post piece (to thicken it slightly) will prevent a lot of rattling. Spray on undercoating works very well in that situation, but it;s tough to get it to stick to plastic.

Thanks for the advice. I played with the passenger's side a little last night and managed to get rid of the rattle. The first thing I did was to tighten each of the retaining screws that hold the plastic panel to the door (duh). About half of them were loose (Quality is Job 1). Next I removed the triangular trim panel that covers the door mirror mount. The door trim panel itself seemed to be making a noise in that area so I inserted a small strip of rubber between the door trim panel and the door. Is also seemed that the plastic trim piece on the kick panel was making a plastic-against-plastic noise where it contacts the door sill, so I pulled up the door sill and inserted a piece of foam tape. One or a combination of the above did the trick because it was silent on the ride into work this morning, even on the one stretch of rough road that's notorious for revealing every rattle in a car.

 

[hutcccch]

Kooldawg what kind of tool did you use because i'm trying to do this and i'm scared im going to break it...... lol What would suggest?

 

[Spdfreak]

Eh. I just hit the gas.

 

[hutcccch]

Well that makes it louder.. lol

 

[kooldawg6]

Kooldawg what kind of tool did you use because i'm trying to do this and i'm scared im going to break it...... lol What would suggest?

Interior trim removal tool.