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Subs causing more rattle & loosening?

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Paul
  • Detailer
 Hey, I got a 12inch alpine sub 2 weeks after i bought my scion tc... ive had the sub for 3 months now and use it everyday. Now my car rattles like crazy when have no music on and its quiet. I hear it from my moonroof, the back and the windows.... Is this caused by the subs I-ve also read alot about other peoples complaints about rattleing, but i was just wondering if the sub contributes to the rattling after a while and may cause things to loosen

[#] Dec 04, 2004 06:25pm
Tech
  • Oil Changer
 i guess anythings possible....must REALLY be -bumping- huh?

[#] Dec 05, 2004 01:36am
zoltiz
  • Chief Mechanic
 Well, you wanted to impress the neighborhood...

[#] Dec 05, 2004 10:22am
FastFrank
  • Detailer
 i like to impress the neighborhood also. i have a comp 15 ma audio that hits HARD. i have noticed a lil- extra rattling so i am goin through the whole car and dynamating it and making sure everything is tight. This car has like no insulation from the factory so i will also get less road noise too May make my car a tad heavier but i like nice clean crisp music and if thats what it takes, so be it. Plus it is kind of embarrassing when you can hear rattles outside of cars. i hate that so much!

[#] Dec 05, 2004 11:43pm
zoltiz
  • Chief Mechanic
 Well, compared to any car in the same price range tC is soundproofed to the ears. Try Mazda3 - that-s a real tin can. Same with Corolla and Matrix - I spent two days dynomatting the Matrix to get it somewhere close to where the tC is stock.

[#] Dec 06, 2004 08:58am
Flawl3ss
Chicago
Illinois, US
  • Tech Advisor
 I was also wondering the same thing, i got two 10-s in the back...but i think its just the ice cracking after a hard snow storm, this is Chicago :? ...but on a regular day its all good

[#] Dec 06, 2004 09:27am
sharke7
  • Oil Changer
-zoltiz- wrote:
Well, compared to any car in the same price range tC is soundproofed to the ears. Try Mazda3 - that-s a real tin can. Same with Corolla and Matrix - I spent two days dynomatting the Matrix to get it somewhere close to where the tC is stock.
I agree ...I have to say this is one of the best soundproofed cars from the factory that I-ve ever seen. I-ve been bumping 1000 watts into two 10-s for about a month now and have not noticed any increase in rattles inside the car. The only rattle outside the car is the license plate.

[#] Dec 06, 2004 10:44am
DaCubanSkillz
  • Detailer
-FastFrank- wrote:
i like to impress the neighborhood also. i have a comp 15 ma audio that hits HARD. i have noticed a lil- extra rattling so i am goin through the whole car and dynamating it and making sure everything is tight. This car has like no insulation from the factory so i will also get less road noise too May make my car a tad heavier but i like nice clean crisp music and if thats what it takes, so be it. Plus it is kind of embarrassing when you can hear rattles outside of cars. i hate that so much!
IMO, even if u dynomat the sides and what not..u-ll still run into the problem of the moonroof rattling. turn down the bass a lil before u end up deaf! and just maybe that-ll help with the rattling.

[#] Dec 06, 2004 01:31pm
zoltiz
  • Chief Mechanic
 ^^^ My buddy (35yo, long-term car enthusiast, owned his sound shop in Cali in late 80-s, early 90-s), had his physical couple of weeks ago - 33% hearing one ear, 50% another - thanks to the good bass that he always had in his cars. Just something to think about.

[#] Dec 06, 2004 02:10pm
TcPerpetrator
  • Tire Changer
 that-s what hearing aids are made for

[#] Dec 06, 2004 06:01pm
Flawl3ss
Chicago
Illinois, US
  • Tech Advisor
 Its all about the -liftback- style.

[#] Dec 08, 2004 10:21am
swolenoggin
  • Window Washer
 i was wondering the same thing...i just got the tc about two weeks ago and wanting to put subs in it, i am also looking for an indash dvd player for the tc. i am looking to take out the stock cd player and put the screen there with the stock scion fold down cover still being able to fold down. i want to put the cd player/reciever down where that compartment is by the cigarette lighter...any body got any ideas email me at de86bl@aol.com or just reply thanks

[#] Dec 11, 2004 03:08am
incipit
  • Window Washer
 Actually, it-s not the loud low bass frequencies that do your ears in, it-s high decibal, High Frequency sound that will make you deaf.

[#] Apr 02, 2005 05:55pm
BigJake
Orlando
Florida, US
  • Tire Changer
 i agree, i used to be in a band... i play bass guitar and can sit in front of my stack for days without too much effect, but the highs from guitar and cymbals killed my ears. plus, ive heard of a study where long-term exposure to bass can do a lot of damage to your eyes....basically you are rattling the optic nerve off the back of your eyeball.

[#] Apr 06, 2005 12:34pm
Chronic
Virginia, US
  • Detailer
-zoltiz- wrote:
^^^ My buddy (35yo, long-term car enthusiast, owned his sound shop in Cali in late 80-s, early 90-s), had his physical couple of weeks ago - 33% hearing one ear, 50% another - thanks to the good bass that he always had in his cars. Just something to think about.
Thats not a big deal.. flying in helicopters like I do now for work is getting me that way.. I can barely pass my hearing test every year when I have to take it..Chronic!~~

[#] Apr 19, 2005 10:55am
Basslova
  • Window Washer
 lower frequnecies can kill your eyes also just as fast as high frequencies. just take the time and go to a local sound compettion, and sit in a car thats does atleast 150db. listening to 110db for a long exposure of time can harm your hearing. Most high powered sound systems push along the 120-130db levels. Very few have systems that push in the 140-s and 150-s on a termlab mic. Like i said sit in a car that pushes 150db. It will feel like you cant breathe, so imgaine what is happening to your ears.

[#] Apr 28, 2005 11:31pm
i2k
  • Tire Changer
 wow interesting!id be turning down that -SW- volume on the way home ehhehe

[#] May 09, 2005 06:41pm
i2k
  • Tire Changer
-Basslova- wrote:
lower frequnecies can kill your eyes also
EYES??

[#] May 09, 2005 06:42pm
darkjedi
  • Window Washer
 ok for all those with rattles, one word.....Sound damping! i like dynamat, mainly casue i get it dirt cheep, but it does work, got half my scion done in it and as proof it works i was at a sound comp this last weekend, my friends car (no dynamat) with the spl meter in his car was 117 db and in my car (50%+ dynamated) mine read a 110 db thats no music playing just in the car, i ended up 2nd in the comp cause my sub blew but i got a top hit of 141.6 db with my single 12, so dynamat works and helps tones, the only rattles i have are that damn spoiler i bought and the hatch cause it is not dynamated ...yet

[#] Sep 13, 2005 11:56pm
darkjedi
  • Window Washer
 i'll tell you the average db hit is in the 130's, and i got 141.6 with my single 12 L7 kicker at a db drag even just this weekend and i sat in the car and yeah it was loud as shit in there but thats half the fun, yeah it cause's damage to the ears but if you take precautions you will be fine, get some ear plugs and crank it it up!

[#] Sep 14, 2005 12:06am

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