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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 12:43 AM
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Noisey interior, what to do?

My 89 bird makes lots of rattling sounds in the back interior hatch when driven. I think it's the plastic little panels back there that are a little loose, Iv'e tried tightening them up but those damn cheap plastic screws are to fragile.

Any tips on how to stop this or any other rattling/noisey interior parts, thanks.
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 01:33 AM
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Some stick on felt or the fuzzy part of Velcro at plastic to plastic contact areas should cure any rattling. Thats what they use on car's today.

A lot of the screws in the dash tend to loosen up over time or were never tight to begin with.

Overall its pretty hard to make a 3rd-gen completely rattle free without a lot of work. There are lots of plastic interior parts and places were there should have been more attaching screws/better engineering.
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Where can you buy stick on felt? I had been using double sided tape with like cloth on one side...works the same i guess.
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 04:49 PM
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I'll try the velcro, thanks.
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