What is everyone doing to keep their tailgate from rattling with a subwoofer

[rutherk1]

Greetings.

I know a lot of people are doing the swing gate subwoofers. Mine sounds really good but, to no surprise, the entire tailgate rattles to high hell.

There is dynamat between the enclosure and swing gate but the swing gate has so many parts in/on it that it seems like an endless hunt.

I can open the access panel on the right and push on the outer skin of the swing gate and it gets better. Are people just dynamatting the Heck out of inside the gate?

Thanks for any ideas!

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[ChrisB351]

I have that same box. I used sound deadening on the body and the box. I took the plastic access cover off and put foam tape around anything that might rattle. It helped tremendously.

 

[rutherk1]

I have that same box. I used sound deadening on the body and the box. I took the plastic access cover off and put foam tape around anything that might rattle. It helped tremendously.

Hey thanks for chiming in!

Yeah. He does a good job with these. I had him make this one out of birch so its super light and wont turn to mush from the wetness.

Did you sound deaden the inside of the enclosure? How much did you use between the box and swing gate? This thing is SUPER rattles. I may have to just go how wild on the dynamat inside the gate.

 

[ChrisB351]

He used my bronco for his template. I got birch too for the same reason. I just put 1 layer of material on the door and one on the box and made sure the bolts are good and tight. I used 4 bolts with a nutsert to mount.

 

[rutherk1]

He used my bronco for his template. I got birch too for the same reason. I just put 1 layer of material on the door and one on the box and made sure the bolts are good and tight. I used 4 bolts with a nutsert to mount.

Nice. Yeah. I did some dynamat on the gate between the gate and enclosure.

I took it a step further and did bolts all the way through the swing gate and a nut inside the box with a big washer on each side. It’s part of the truck now.

My rattle is all of the parts inside swing gate. Latch, spare tire, etc. I’ll just have to get at it as there probably isnt a magic solution.

 

[ChrisB351]

Best suggestion I have is just hit every nut and bolt with a wrench. Maybe spray some some lubricant like white lithium grease or something.

 

[vzqhsg]

Greetings.

I know a lot of people are doing the swing gate subwoofers. Mine sounds really good but, to no surprise, the entire tailgate rattles to high hell.

There is dynamat between the enclosure and swing gate but the swing gate has so many parts in/on it that it seems like an endless hunt.

I can open the access panel on the right and push on the outer skin of the swing gate and it gets better. Are people just dynamatting the Heck out of inside the gate?

Thanks for any ideas!

Take it off?

 

[rutherk1]

I found the rattle. The mechanism for the latch/handle that you can see once you take off the access panel has a plastic cream colored outer shell piece. Took that off and added some foam tape. All fixed.

 

[Fishwrinkle]

was going to say hit all fasteners with a wrench and green loctite, it will weep down the bolt. then it will seize parts without having to remove nuts like with blue or red versions

 

[MHerm]

I have the stinger box and prefer how it mounts with four bolts….not on hangers. No rattles at all. Check your inserts to make sure they are tight…not just the bolts that

 

[604Bronco]

This is one reason I didn’t opt for a tailgate sub setup - it looks good, but the rattling would drive me nuts. Oh, plus I have a tailgate table I didn’t want to lose.

The shop doing my audio setup is cutting out the factory sub location and installing a 10” sub with a custom enclosure. It should look great and hopefully not rattle (or at least minimally).

Hopefully some of the suggestions others have posted can help though.

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