P5 Spoiler Vibration

[gimpo2]

I just recently put in 2 12 inch subs into my P5 and I noticed that the spoiler vibrates like mad. i remember seeing a post about taking off the spoiler and putting weather stripping around it, but i can't find that post anymore. can someone help me out here

 

[LazerBlueP5]

Doh! I'm worried about that too when I get my single 12 JL W6v2 installed in a week. I can dynamat the back of the hatch (up untill the point it gets too heavy it wont stay up) but I wonder how I can alleviate the spoiler rattle (if it, indeed, will), without having to rip it off. I'm worried that even then it'll still rattle.

 

[chinkysuavo]

hey yeah, i've noticed the same thing, its really annoying and loud from the outside, i have a pair of audiobahn 10's in the back...they sound good from the inside, but it sucks from the outside....can anyone help?

 

[banned bandit]

same problem here with my 10" bazooka sub tube

 

[Synthesis5]

yup i have the same problem with my 2 10" mtx. (Also with my lisence plate, but i stuck a pencil form the inside and i solved that problem though hehe) but seriously i was looking around and i think that i seen three plugs at the top of the door of the hatch, and i believe that is where you can unscrew the spoiler. i will be doing this mod in the spring time(to cold around here, and plus im a little lazy to do it now) i will be using this rubbery/foamy type of stuff that i got at a local fabric store, its about as thick as a pencil point. i aslo thought that if ya cant find the same stuff i got, you can also use the stuff that you put under your throw rugs to keep it from slippin, you know what im talking about? i think its also the same stuff you somtimes find in shower floors, the big foot print so ya dont slip.
it may be a little ghetto material to use but hell the spoiler will cover it up and it will do the job.

 

[gimpo2]

i remember reading a post where a guy used weather stripping. i'm just wondering how to take of the spoiler. i don't really want to start unscrewing things until i know which things i actaully have to unscrew.

 

[mypfizzle]

weather stripping works.. i had the same problem. i have to 2 inch polk cheepies but they hit. anyhow.. first i dynamatted the hatch.. thats fixed a little of the rattle. i then took some extra dynamat and ran it around the outside of my liscense plate.. so no more rattle. i then took it one step farther. got the spoiler off and weather stripped under it.. it was kind of a pain tho because the crap kept sticking out the side.. so id have to trim.. try again.. trim .. try again.. trim try again. but i finally got it. now if i could only get my broadway mirror to quit rattling.. LoL.. anyone have any ideas about that? if i remember right it was 2 or 4 screws to get the spoiler off.. an when you are taking the hatch cover off there are pins that hold it on.. the loud crackin sound that you hear when u pull it will prolly make your heart stop thinking that your hurt your baby.. but i took mine off 3 times.. an nothing is broken yet.. good luck to you.
John