Has anyone noticed LOOSE door panels????
December-11th-2002, 01:15 AM
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Has anyone noticed LOOSE door panels????
When I shut my doors I can see the door panels shake. Are they loose or are they made like that? I have had the panels off and put them back on and they are still the same. All the screws are in and everything. Is something wrong here? Does anybody else have this problem? Or maybe you get rattling with your loud front speakers. By the way my car is a '99 Protege ES.
THANKS
-James
THANKS
-James
December-11th-2002, 05:36 PM
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quote:
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Originally posted by foxymazda
well I was thinking that we could use little pink fluffy bunnies instead! Im sure your car has plenty to spare!
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that's it, i'm returning your x-mas gift
foxymazda quote:
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Originally posted by blue LEDz
fine then, i won't ever offer to help you with anything ever again
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well I was thinking that we could use little pink fluffy bunnies instead! Im sure your car has plenty to spare!
blue LEDz quote:
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Originally posted by foxymazda
no really i think ill pass
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fine then, i won't ever offer to help you with anything ever again
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Originally posted by foxymazda
well I was thinking that we could use little pink fluffy bunnies instead! Im sure your car has plenty to spare!
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that's it, i'm returning your x-mas gift
foxymazda quote:
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Originally posted by blue LEDz
fine then, i won't ever offer to help you with anything ever again
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well I was thinking that we could use little pink fluffy bunnies instead! Im sure your car has plenty to spare!
blue LEDz quote:
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Originally posted by foxymazda
no really i think ill pass
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fine then, i won't ever offer to help you with anything ever again
December-12th-2002, 10:15 AM
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Hu Flung Pu
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
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I had the same problem with my doors... What I did was I took some rubber insulation tape (the flat weatherstripping tape), removed the door panel, and placed it along the edge of the door (right where the door panel´s edge would be).
Then I replaced the door panel on top of that stuff. It fit so tight that I haven´t heard the noises again. This was two years ago. It worked like a charm. And it´s right along the edge of the door panel, so you can´t tell it´s there.
I also used it along the edge of the center console (where I put my right elbow when I drive). It kept that from rattling as well.
I could get some pictures over the weekend if someone is really interested in doing this, or if I wasn´t clear enough.
Then I replaced the door panel on top of that stuff. It fit so tight that I haven´t heard the noises again. This was two years ago. It worked like a charm. And it´s right along the edge of the door panel, so you can´t tell it´s there.
I also used it along the edge of the center console (where I put my right elbow when I drive). It kept that from rattling as well.
I could get some pictures over the weekend if someone is really interested in doing this, or if I wasn´t clear enough.
December-12th-2002, 03:30 PM
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Hu Flung Pu
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Hey man, i would love to see some pics. Thanks.
December-14th-2002, 11:35 AM
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Hu Flung Pu
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Pictures of the doorpanel weatherstripping... very simple.
In the picture below, the lettering came out a bit messed up... it says: "You can see a little bit of weatherstripping here, where I messed up a little, and stuck it out of alignment." On the other arrows it says "Separate doorpanel" (I mean the verb "to separate", not the adjective).
In the picture below, you can see the weatherstripping. The captions say "Weatherstripping along edge of doorpanel, right where the edge of the doorpanel touches the door metal", and "You can see where the doorpanel has flattened the spongy weatherstripping."
When I first started to hear the noises I thought it was a "rattle", but I realized it's actually the plastic of the doorpanel rubbing against the door metal, which makes a weird noise that I sounds like a rattling noise. I noticed that the noise stopped if I pushed against the doorpanel.
I then got a roll of that spongy weatherstripping, removed the doorpanels, and stuck a piece of the stuff from the top to the bottom of the rear edge of the doors (all the way from the doorlock to the bottom of the door). I then went for a drive and smiled all the way... noise free.
Make sure you stick it along the place where the very edge of the doorpanel would be. That way it will make the doorpanel fit very tight (or as Goldmember would say: "it vil fit veri toit") and it will not be visible.
By the way, if you guys do this, post a reply and let me know if it worked. I would like to hear back from people and know if it stopped the noises.
Have a nice day.
In the picture below, the lettering came out a bit messed up... it says: "You can see a little bit of weatherstripping here, where I messed up a little, and stuck it out of alignment." On the other arrows it says "Separate doorpanel" (I mean the verb "to separate", not the adjective).
In the picture below, you can see the weatherstripping. The captions say "Weatherstripping along edge of doorpanel, right where the edge of the doorpanel touches the door metal", and "You can see where the doorpanel has flattened the spongy weatherstripping."
When I first started to hear the noises I thought it was a "rattle", but I realized it's actually the plastic of the doorpanel rubbing against the door metal, which makes a weird noise that I sounds like a rattling noise. I noticed that the noise stopped if I pushed against the doorpanel.
I then got a roll of that spongy weatherstripping, removed the doorpanels, and stuck a piece of the stuff from the top to the bottom of the rear edge of the doors (all the way from the doorlock to the bottom of the door). I then went for a drive and smiled all the way... noise free.
Make sure you stick it along the place where the very edge of the doorpanel would be. That way it will make the doorpanel fit very tight (or as Goldmember would say: "it vil fit veri toit") and it will not be visible.
By the way, if you guys do this, post a reply and let me know if it worked. I would like to hear back from people and know if it stopped the noises.
Have a nice day.
Last edited by LOS-323; December-14th-2002 at 10:25 PM.
December-14th-2002, 10:25 PM
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Hu Flung Pu
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
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Originally posted by damaster
thanks a lot dude! I'm gonna try this out when the weather gets a little warmer up here and let you know if it worked! Great pics!
thanks a lot dude! I'm gonna try this out when the weather gets a little warmer up here and let you know if it worked! Great pics!
It's funny how you have to wait until it's warm, and how I was wearing a t-shirt and jeans when I took those pictures at 9am today.
At times like these I don't miss living up north (from my point of view, even Florida is "North").
Last edited by LOS-323; December-14th-2002 at 10:28 PM.
December-14th-2002, 10:36 PM
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shaweeet, that looks like it will work in my se-r too, and the drivers side door has a rattle that is pissing me off...... when im listening to my music nothing pisses me off more that excess rattles, and i thought i fixed all of them, till recently the drivers side door started to rattle