I'm thinking of mounting some cushion or something soft between the edges of the interior plastics and the chassis to reduce noise. What kind of stuff should I use?

 

Foam weather stripping with adhesive 94

 

Is that something I could pick up cheaply at any hardware store? Thanks

 

Yes, it comes in diff. sizes, [width, length and thickness] at any home improvement stores. 94

 

While you're at it, you could go even farther and sound deaden your car, plus add some foam to quiet the road noise. But that's a bigass project.

Dan

 

I don't really care about outside noise. I just want to get rid of the rattle that comes up when the music is turned up.

 

you can use cotton(polyfiber) from walmart or whatever its like 2 dollars for a bag should help so you dont really hear the rattles but it doesnt stop it completely

 

dynamat helps.

 

I thought that was to sound deaden your car from outside noises? I don't want to spend tons of money on that stuff either.

 

Dynamat is expensive, but is designed to stop the rattle in your car and at the same time it also deadens outside road noise a bit. Its basically a piece of thin metal with a sticky side to stick to the surface you want to stop rattlinig, its gonna be the most expensive way to stop rattles, but most likely most efficent.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chowmien &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I thought that was to sound deaden your car from outside noises? I don't want to spend tons of money on that stuff either.</TD></TR></TABLE> Although Dynamat can help cut down on rattling, [places a soft material between the metal and the plastic that rattles up against it] the Dynamat described is not meant for rattle control, Dynamat has a product that works better at rattle control TacMat, http://www.dynamat.com/ Dynamat and products like it main focus is on resonance, vibration and noise control, heat shielding, and outside noise control, rattle control is almost a side effect, as most rattles in cars are plastic vibrating against metal or other plastic, sometimes metal against metal, placing anything between them can help stop the rattle. Over the years I have found that weather stripping has worked the best for "rattle" control, that said, I'd be willing to bet that if all you do is rattle control, then the problems that Dynamat, [and the like] are meant to control will become more noticeable, [as the rattles will no longer be there to mask them]. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by UofLeaderb18 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dynamat is expensive, but is designed to stop the rattle in your car and at the same time it also deadens outside road noise a bit. Its basically a piece of thin metal with a sticky side to stick to the surface you want to stop rattlinig, its gonna be the most expensive way to stop rattles, but most likely most efficent.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I would describe it more as a sticky substance with a thin layer of aluminum to make it installable. It's the tar or butyl that does all the work. Dynamat original didn't even have an aluminum backing. Anyway, friends don't let friends buy Dynamat itself. Get something cheaper, like http://www.b-quiet.com or eDead from http://www.eDesignaudio.com.

If you just use the mat, the rattling components will just rattle against the mat. Like fcm said, it's not meant for vibration control. It's also not meant to block outside noise. Foam is best for both of those things. It's meant to deaden panel resonance.

Dan