my trunk ratttles too... s14 coupe.... what the hell can i do... i adjusted the lever and i can close it but it rattles but if i adjust it too much then it doesnt even close... i hate this problem... someone please help me fix it... i swear... anyone in so cal... i ll buy you lunch!!! hahaha and dinner!! hahaha

 

just adjust it up and down until you get it tight. and around the metal part of the latch, wrap a few layers of electrical tape, it makes some padding. make sure all your rubber stoppers are in place, too

 

dunno. my trunk works fine, cept the locking mechanism is jammed so i cant open it with my key. maybe tomorrow i'll take a look inside my trunk and see what makes it pop up.

 

yeah i have that problem too. just been too lazy to work on it. my factory amplifier for the rear speakers rattles like hell as well.

 

i havent dissected my trunk yet, but it seems like the majority of my trunk rattling is coming from the area beneath the trunk latch striker...anyone else have this?

 

How do you adjust it?

I took some rubber pads and placed them on the corners and that stopped the noise, but now my trunk doesn't sit flush with the rest of the rear end.

 

the lower part of the latch is held to the trunk by 2 bolts that you can loosen and adjust the lever up or down. my trunk didn't fix it with them all the way down, so i removed the metal piece going over the sliders, and dremmeled the slots down. but still, i'm still in need of what actually makes the trunk POP. i fixed my rattling.

 

so NOBODY knows what mechanism makes the trunk pop open when the level is pulled?

 

Check out the FSM ... there's a whole section on stuff like that..

 

there are 2 rods that kinda criscross and there should be a plastic piece to separate them and that creates the tension to open it. mine kept poping off so i taped it in place. ill take a pic of it later today when i get a chance.

 

see if this works

 

theres also a little slider on the trunk latch lower mechanism that enables/disables the cable trunk release. Even if you move the release yourself it will look like it works, but when you pull the cable it wont do anything. I couldnt pop my trunk for like 6 months till i took a harder look at it and moved the little slider. i can take a pic of it later if you need me to.

 

i know about that release mechanism, when i was testing it, i was pulling the lever, and the slider was moving over and touching the "open" tab, it just needed some force to pop it open. i make sure that it's in the correct position

i don't have that little plastic piece bones has, though. i'll take a look at what i can do with a little Afro-American Engineering, since i finally got the bitch running well again

 

Anyone figure this out? My turnk rattles like tin cans...

 

well, here's what i did.

i made a bracket to space the tortion bars.

it didn't work. the bars were spaced, but i believe the bars i have are too small, since i have an SE wing on a base model trunk. i'll test this theory tommorrow, by removing my wing.

what i did to stop my trunk from jiggling up and down was ghetto. i dremmelled the trunk spacer downwards, so i could move the trunk latch lower than it was normally allowed to go. so my trunk seals tight, and quit buzzing, but i still can't open it....

 

well, here's what i did.

i made a bracket to space the tortion bars.

it didn't work. the bars were spaced, but i believe the bars i have are too small, since i have an SE wing on a base model trunk. i'll test this theory tommorrow, by removing my wing.

what i did to stop my trunk from jiggling up and down was ghetto. i dremmelled the trunk spacer downwards, so i could move the trunk latch lower than it was normally allowed to go. so my trunk seals tight, and quit buzzing, but i still can't open it....

You have to swap up to SE torsion springs, they're a different tension and are designed to handle the added weight.

 

If swapping springs doesn't work get some rubber pads from home depot (the kind for table legs) and stick'em to where they would rest against the rubber stoppers in your trunk. It's the only ghetto mod on my car and it works great. No more rattles!

 

ohhh..... there's an idea, thanks s14silvia!

 

So its not the trunk lid moving up and down on the latch that makes noise...
Its the torsion bars? Or it could be one of the two..

I have an SE w/ spoiler (i'll be removing it when I do body work on the car shortly) I wonder will the rattle go away when the spoiler is removed since I have an SE that came w/ the heavy duty bars.

 

it could be both.

pitch, if you are a god among men, will you trade me bars?

you don't need the uber tight ones and i do

i'll pay for shipping on both sets, if you're willing.

 

well it wont be for a while maybey a month or so. I'll let you know.:thumbsup Well I jammed some sillacone hose I had from an intake in the seams were the trunk shuts and the rattle went away soi'm guesing its the latch.

 

alrighty, i'm not in a hurry, my car's getting rebuilt totally,, and i never need to get into my trunk anyways.

 

I got new rubber stoppers and popped em in. I got them from nissan for free.

 

I got new rubber stoppers and popped em in. I got them from nissan for free.

:rotflmao ditto, hasn't made a noise since

 

i took my wing off and plauyed around. my trunk pops open fine with no wing. cool. but i'm putting on an even larger spoiler now! (think supra, but a bit smaller and flatter on top... it looks AWESOME!)

so i need some SE torsion bars. willing to trade my non se ones to anyone who has the ones from an SE, but removed their spoiler.