Removing Center Speaker Grill
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Removing Center Speaker Grill
Does anyone know how to remove the center grill above the dashboard? i had it in for service twice and both times the rattles I experience go away for about 5-7 days, then come back. I have had enough and I have decided to take matters into my own hands. It has gotten so bad that I have been driving my Mazda6 for the past week because I just can't take the noise anymore.
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Well I spoke to a friend of mine who is a mechanic at toyota and he says that he sees that problem all the time with the new camry and avalon. Since they were designed in Japan, they werent thoughtful of us in colder climates so they didn't insulate the clips well enough. He told me to just get some glue-backed felt and insulated the slips with it. Also, my door panel is rattling too so i will bet some foam and pack it in there but the center grill is first. I was driving yesturday and couldn't enjoy it one bit because of that rattle.
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I know what you mean, and I plan to do this myself as well.. I even had the dealership take apart my dash to fix this. But as I expected, they made it WORSE. It was much worse during winter, I got pissed everytime I drove the car.
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Well I spoke to a friend of mine who is a mechanic at toyota and he says that he sees that problem all the time with the new camry and avalon. Since they were designed in Japan, they werent thoughtful of us in colder climates so they didn't insulate the clips well enough. He told me to just get some glue-backed felt and insulated the slips with it. Also, my door panel is rattling too so i will bet some foam and pack it in there but the center grill is first. I was driving yesturday and couldn't enjoy it one bit because of that rattle.
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The dash rattle i was getting was also from the center speaker grill area. I popped that off and stuffed a ~8"x3"x1" piece of high dense foam vertically down the speaker mount hole with the end barely sticking out so that when the grill is put back on, it pushes it down. Well so far, dash has been quiet. I did go to the dealer and asked them about it, they said they will have to take the dash out and I didn't like the idea. Hope this helps out somebody with the same issue. Ron
I made the above post ~1 month ago. The dash has been quiet since, never made that rattling noise once. I'm not sure how it will work if you have a speaker there though.
I made the above post ~1 month ago. The dash has been quiet since, never made that rattling noise once. I'm not sure how it will work if you have a speaker there though.
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The dash rattle i was getting was also from the center speaker grill area. I popped that off and stuffed a ~8"x3"x1" piece of high dense foam vertically down the speaker mount hole with the end barely sticking out so that when the grill is put back on, it pushes it down. Well so far, dash has been quiet. I did go to the dealer and asked them about it, they said they will have to take the dash out and I didn't like the idea. Hope this helps out somebody with the same issue. Ron
I made the above post ~1 month ago. The dash has been quiet since, never made that rattling noise once. I'm not sure how it will work if you have a speaker there though.
I made the above post ~1 month ago. The dash has been quiet since, never made that rattling noise once. I'm not sure how it will work if you have a speaker there though.
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But ya, if you pop the vents out, and also the center speaker, you have access under the dash... Shove a ton of dense foam in there, and I'm quite sure the rattles will go away...
I've got a small rattle near the passenger side vent... Don't know what's causing that though... Maybe just something in my glove box... Again, I've been too lazy to investigate... Just been enjoying redlining the car a couple dozen times a day
I got the foam from work, We use them to organize our tools by cutting out the tools' shapes from it. It was a scrap piece. Anyway, I imagine any craft store may have them, just don't get the one that crumble really easy. If you can't find them, LMK. I have some left here.
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