Student budget style:

So I have a stock pos stereo that I haven't been able to listen to past 12 volume. I've been researching upgrade options since that was the intention behind not upgrading from factory. But, I wasn't about to spend a bunch of money if I couldn't get rid of the rattle. So here's what I did:

Remove sound bar (6x 10mm bolts), detach wiring harness from passenger side. Once removed I took the speakers off (3x #15 torx screws per speaker) and disconnected them. I figured the rattle was probably the screw mounts resonating coupled with other things. So I found some vinyl fabric my fiance had leftover from some project and cut rectangles to wrap between the screw mount and the plastic surface:








Then I cut some 2" lengths of weather stripping that I got from the dollar store and put them on the perimeter where the speaker would normally mount to.



Then I stuffed the entire enclosure with hollow fill (poly fill) that I picked up for $10 at the fabric shop (about 20oz/2lbs or about a large garbage bag or two large pillows) which filled the entire cavity.





Then I put some self adhesive neoprene strips I picked up at the dollar store (about 1/2" wide, 1/8" thickness) on top of the screw mount where the speaker sits. Then I cut strips to go on top of the screw hole of the speaker mount where the speaker grill sits atop the speaker (if that makes sense).

Then I slapped everything back together, I should mention that I punched a small hole in each layer of fabric/neoprene. To make screwing everything back together easily. Also added a couple of pieces of neoprene to the mount in the overhead light to stop that thing from rattling too and around the bolt holes that hold the enclosure up.





I know this sounds INSANE, but if u have the rattle u know my frustration, and now there is no rattle whatsoever I can now confidently order my polk db651s's.

Hope it helps someone... (Sorry about the iphone pics)