Hi All,
With thanks to a few other members, I’ve managed to fix a lot of rattles and buzzes over the past months, so wanted to share what’s been done so far, as it’s only in the past two weeks that the car has become really refined.
First are rattles behind the dashboard; I’ve put a few posts on the ‘What did you do today’ thread, so have a look there for that info, as there’s quite a lot!
Boot lid rattles sorted by replacing most of the ‘V’ shaped spring clips that hold the trim on.
Doing all that made a big difference, however the main one has been trying to find a cause of random vibration at high speed. I’ve had new tyres, wheels checked and balanced by a couple of places, suspension checked, and still no joy, so took it to a place I used to use who do road-force balancing. They let me watch as they did it, and we found that the passenger side rear had two flat spots (one quite bad), and was oval - the machine didn’t even give a balancing solution! That was repaired, then road-force balanced and the car hasn’t ever driven this smoothly, must avoid the potholes!
Thanks to @grabania , I ordered a felt interior trim kit for the door pockets, glove box and storage trays…you wouldn’t believe how many small buzzes and rattles from your stuff are cured by this. This is detailed in the ‘what did you do today’ thread.
And finally, last weekend I took the retractable boot cover off (it’s an estate), and stuck pieces of felt anti-rattle tape to the four points where the front ‘flap’ bounces against the roller tube, more where the end caps slide in to remove it, and a few pieces on the car where the cover clips in, again, you don’t realise how much that rattles…until it doesn’t!
Have done about 500 miles so far this week, there’s less road noise (and no random vibration), and it feels much more refined inside.
I hope this helps others that get as frustrated by the buzzes and rattles as I do
Cheers,
Nick
With thanks to a few other members, I’ve managed to fix a lot of rattles and buzzes over the past months, so wanted to share what’s been done so far, as it’s only in the past two weeks that the car has become really refined.
First are rattles behind the dashboard; I’ve put a few posts on the ‘What did you do today’ thread, so have a look there for that info, as there’s quite a lot!
Boot lid rattles sorted by replacing most of the ‘V’ shaped spring clips that hold the trim on.
Doing all that made a big difference, however the main one has been trying to find a cause of random vibration at high speed. I’ve had new tyres, wheels checked and balanced by a couple of places, suspension checked, and still no joy, so took it to a place I used to use who do road-force balancing. They let me watch as they did it, and we found that the passenger side rear had two flat spots (one quite bad), and was oval - the machine didn’t even give a balancing solution! That was repaired, then road-force balanced and the car hasn’t ever driven this smoothly, must avoid the potholes!
Thanks to @grabania , I ordered a felt interior trim kit for the door pockets, glove box and storage trays…you wouldn’t believe how many small buzzes and rattles from your stuff are cured by this. This is detailed in the ‘what did you do today’ thread.
And finally, last weekend I took the retractable boot cover off (it’s an estate), and stuck pieces of felt anti-rattle tape to the four points where the front ‘flap’ bounces against the roller tube, more where the end caps slide in to remove it, and a few pieces on the car where the cover clips in, again, you don’t realise how much that rattles…until it doesn’t!
Have done about 500 miles so far this week, there’s less road noise (and no random vibration), and it feels much more refined inside.
I hope this helps others that get as frustrated by the buzzes and rattles as I do
Cheers,
Nick
