removal of door panels
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removal of door panels
i need to tighten my door panel on the drivers side in the front, because the speaker keeps vibrating....but if i put pressure on it, it stops....i had the other side done at the dealer and it worked...but they forget to do this side..
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not too difficult... take the door panel off check to see if its the speaker that might be loose first... There is a foam surrond on the bose enclosure that would generally dampen any of the vibration... If you want to do it...let me know Ill take some pictures of door removal... or you can come by where I work(im an installer and have popped my doors off a few times) I work in watertown on saturdays mostly... PM me if interested... you can check my install out on sound domain...
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hey i dont live too far from Watertown, give me a date/time/location and i'll meet u..Your truck looks good, would like to see in person...and get some help on the panel...
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well it looks like im prolly gonna be around this weekend now... I got into an accident this morning so whenever works for you...
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u got into an accident?...whoa, that sux..were u in the ML?....is it bad?...alright then so far it looks like this weekend, ill let u kno for sure when it comes about friday, and go from there...lata
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I have had my driver side door panel replaced twice under warranty for vibration...
I think its a design flaw...
The dealer told me, it is because the driver side door gets opened/closed lot more often than any other door, its door trim takes the maximum hit...that's why its panel starts rattling/vibrating with the speakers on.
At 80K miles, my third door panel has started to show signs of vibration...
I think, they should have desigined the driver side door panels a bit tougher than the rest...or designed all 4 just a bit more tougher to be able to take the vibration caused by the speakers...
Having the factory upgraded Bose sound system only makes it worse..
The dealer told me, it is because the driver side door gets opened/closed lot more often than any other door, its door trim takes the maximum hit...that's why its panel starts rattling/vibrating with the speakers on.
At 80K miles, my third door panel has started to show signs of vibration...
I think, they should have desigined the driver side door panels a bit tougher than the rest...or designed all 4 just a bit more tougher to be able to take the vibration caused by the speakers...
Having the factory upgraded Bose sound system only makes it worse..
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try some dynamat... it is sound proofing material, also increases the weight of panels and there strength guys... I have 8 sq ft in each door of dynamat extreme and my doors are SOLID!!! no vibration from anything and my system puts the bose to shame...
