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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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Sail panel subs and the rattling gas cap

So I just put some pioneer 10's in my sail panels and now the gas cap rattles like crazy.Pretty lame I thought there would be more problems with other parts of the car being noisy but noooo had to be the stupid gas cap.So my question is does anyone know of a good locking gas cap that stays on tight?Thanks.
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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Re: Sail panel subs and the rattling gas cap

Well at least you can thump your way down the raod if you run out of gas!!

We have whatever * AutoZone * sells on 1 of our other cars. Thing is with this one-- some times you turn the key left to unlock it, some times to the right
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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Re: Sail panel subs and the rattling gas cap

Try applying some sound deadener (ie Dynamat Extreme) behind the subs. It will reduce the vibration.

Simple fix.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:27 AM
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Re: Sail panel subs and the rattling gas cap

I have peel n seal in it but I only did one layer,was thinking about doing another.Its just really annoying.I was also thinking about Spray foaming it a little more and re cutting it and fiber glassing to make it more rigid.Dont know if that would help though.
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Re: Sail panel subs and the rattling gas cap

Peel N seel will help only a little bit. You're best bet if you are going to take the time to do it is to do it right. I either recommend Dynamat Extreme or Second Skin Damplifier Pro. Preferably the damplifier pro. But you need to do that whole area there well.. I have Rockford Power series 6x9s in my sail panels with about 80 watts going to each and a full layer of second skin pro, and it still rattles a little, i'm going to go through and do another layer.
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