Interior rattles!
#1
Interior rattles!
Alright so I bought a 2dr 1995 blazer recently. In my city, the roads are bad, so the blazer is nice to have, other than everytime I hit the tiniest bump, it sounds like every single piece of plastic in my truck is gonna fall off. I've tried taking off the panels and clipping them back on but it's still horrible. Any tips? I was thinking maybe wedging rubber stoppers between where the plastic hits? *Also, the overhead unit with the garage door opener compartment rattles like crazy when I play my subs.
#2
On your door panels there are those stupid white clips that look like christmas trees...if they get worn out then the rattle on your door panels will be bad. I had the same problem with mine. You can pick up the clips at any dealership...with mine I have a buddy who works at the GM dealership by me and he just picked me up some for free...
This should help you with any door panel rattle. I'd try and narrow down any other rattles you notice..try to find out exactly what is rattling because I'm sure it's not every panel.
This should help you with any door panel rattle. I'd try and narrow down any other rattles you notice..try to find out exactly what is rattling because I'm sure it's not every panel.
#3
I think its the rear panels rather than the front door panels. Any ideas for those? Oh, and also the seatbelts.
#4
I tore my whole interior out (everything) for one of my projects. Once it was done i put her all back together and was greeted by the sweet sound of creaky rubbing plastic. Instead of ice picking my ear holes, I just popped each offending joint appart, and put industrial strength Velcro ( the loop portion, the soft stuff) cut to fit on the parts that rubbed. No more squeaks. Now I just listen to the grinding/air moving through fluid sound i get each time I accelerate from a stop. Sadly cutting up velcro and putting it in all of my fluid has not helpped that problem... yet...
#5
That was a serious job you did with the bedliner!
#6
ABN I like the idea of doing that, seems like a lot of work though! haha. I have a few rattles in my truck, but I think with GM plastic it's near impossible not to have them. just about every GM vehicle I've been in has some sort of creak or rattle from plastic.
The worst rattle I have right now is my taillight being loose. I have the brush guards on the tail lights, and one is missing a screw which has losened up the tail light. Anytime I hit a bump it rattles pretty bad.
The worst rattle I have right now is my taillight being loose. I have the brush guards on the tail lights, and one is missing a screw which has losened up the tail light. Anytime I hit a bump it rattles pretty bad.
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#8
How hard is it to pop the rear-quarter panels off inside the truck? I've pin-pointed my worst interior squeak to the back plastic on the pass. side rear-quarter panel behind the seat. I'd love to get rid of that, then work on the one coming from the centre of my dash.
#9
Oktain, if you're talking about the panels where the v wings are in the 2 door, it's a matter of removing the seatbelt (an alan wrench type thing) and the screw where the clothing hanger thing is (a phillips screwdriver). and then popping them out, did mine the other day as a matter of fact
#10
Its a t50 star wrench. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about $109.95.
Sorry T50 start wrench... undo bottom bolt, undo top bolt of your seatbelt. Pull slowly with gradually increased pressure, or just jerk the crap out of one side until the plastic xmas tree like plastic comes out and your in business. push the seat blet through the large opening and you can pull the whole section out to work out of the truck. much easier. its about a 2 out of 10 on hard things to do to your truck. a 2 vs. a 1 because the star bolts are a bit of a pain to find the right sized tool.
Sorry T50 start wrench... undo bottom bolt, undo top bolt of your seatbelt. Pull slowly with gradually increased pressure, or just jerk the crap out of one side until the plastic xmas tree like plastic comes out and your in business. push the seat blet through the large opening and you can pull the whole section out to work out of the truck. much easier. its about a 2 out of 10 on hard things to do to your truck. a 2 vs. a 1 because the star bolts are a bit of a pain to find the right sized tool.
Last edited by ABN31B; 06-09-2009 at 02:31 PM.