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I recently put 4 12's in my friends ranger and we can't get the tailgate to stop rattling, someone told me I could fill the tail gate with spray foam. Will this work? Does anyone in here have any other soulutions to stop the rattling.
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It depends on the source of the rattling. I have tried the expansion foam before and had more problems with the foam (rust, frozen locks, etc.) than it was worth.
If it matters, I used four cans in the rear door of a ford explorer, and had a hell of a time getting the door open the next day. It never rattled again, though. I fired two Vega 12's right up against the door without the trim, and she sounded tight. Still is.
You need to find the exact source of the noise before you take measures against it. The Expand-a-foam is the last resort.
Is the rattle coming from inside the tailgate? The door itself? If you have to foam the inside of the door, get inside and use tinfoil to cover everything that moves so that it dosen't plug up your door latches, etc.
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If it rattles inside the tailgate door, I'd be scared to try to get inside the gate. Usually (Every one that I've seen) the tailgate is one piece of sheet metal that has been wrapped around a structure of "ribs" that give it form. I've never personally attempted to tear into one, therefore I don't exactly know how the system works.
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to try to help you how much space between box and tailgate i have a 92 tempo i know doos are different from tail gates but you can try my rear doors are sprayed with ruber sound insulater then stuffed tight with house fiber glass then ruber coated outside i canopen my door fine cant roll wondow down but i have no need to but if this is not applicable thenwether you have a ccamper shellcover or etc try stuffing house insulbetween tailgateand box some way or another
Posts: 375 | From: Fayetteville Nc | Registered: Jan 2000
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OK RANGER CHECK THIS OUT DO YOU USE THE SPACE BEHIND THE SPEAKER BOX OR HOW MUCH IF YOU USE ALOT OR MOST PUT INSUL BEHIND THE BOE TWO LAYERS AND STUFF THE SIDES BETWEEN THE BOX AND THE SIDES OF THE BEDTHEN CUT A SHEET OF 3/4 PARTICLE WOOD TOFIT FLUSH AND TIGHT TO CLOSE OFF THE BEDFROM THE BACK OF THE BOX IF YOU SUROUND TH BACK HALF OF THE BOX WITH INSUL ITL KEEP A GREAT MAJORITY OF YOUR SOUND IN THE CABINALSO YOU HAF TO GET FOAM PADDING TO PUT BETWEEN THE FIBER GLASS INSUL AND CAB IT HELPED ME OUT MY BOX OF 8 12S SAT WHERE MY BACK SEAT WAS I HAD NO BACK DASH OR ANY SEAT LEFT IN THE REAR AND IT TOOK ALL IF NOT MOST OF THE RATTLE OUT OF MY TRUNK OH ALSO I DONT KNOW WHERE YOUR AMPS ARE BUT THE WALL IN THE BACK SHOULD DO WELL I HOPE IT WORKS OR LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
Posts: 375 | From: Fayetteville Nc | Registered: Jan 2000
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I presume you have the woofers firing backwards in the ranger. The rattling from inside the tailgate may be from the latch assembly possibly the window slide(don't mess with it too much). an easy solution would be to replace the factory cardboard from the tailgate, with some 1/2 MDF (carpeted of course).
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You might already know this but you normally don't want to put house insulation in a car, because if it gets wet, it will stay wet for years, causing rust in the long run.
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