as the title says, my subs are making my rear view mirror to tilt downward from the vibrations.. any way to stop this? any kind of screw i can tighten or anything?

btw; i have a SS/SC with onstar on the mirror...

thnx.

 

nope.... nothing you can really do. its my fav part of the subs

 

lower the volume or bass itself.

 

Why not adjust the mirror while it's already in it's lowest position so that it can't drop down any further from the vibrations?

 

lol everyone has that problem.

 

i was feeling around where the mirror itsself connects to the part that holds it on the window, theres a little space where the swivle point is, i'm going to try to put a tiny piece of plastic in there.. ghetto that **** up.. lol.

 

try foam over plastic

 

actually get a new windshield brfore i totalled the car..i had a huge rock chip that couldnt be replaced so i had to get a whole new one and then my mirror never moved again..are cars have cheap windshields

 

could superglue it, but good bye to adjusting after that.

 

welcome to the world of having bass there Jr... too much of a good thing can be bad LOL.

 

how loud do you play them, jeeze.

 

btw im having issues with my bumper and spoiler rattling too much so the rear view mirror is annoying but not high on my list of stuff to fix

 

i always keep a bottle of superglue in my car, put a small drop, and if you have to move your mirror, just give it a good twist to break the glue.

 

take the mirror off? Use the side mirrors.

 

cus you kno tht wouldn't be illegal...

 

in my state you don't need the inside rear view mirror, look at all the semis that can't see out the back? You can even paint your back window with black paint and be fine...

 

That's one of the reasons my car is The Blur. You just can't see straight when I'm thumping.

 

wow i honestly did not kno tht, learn something new every day.

 

I haven't tried it in my Cobalt yet, but I put a piece of Dynamat Xtreme on the back of the mirror body and painted it black in my last car. It helped quite a bit and you had to look really hard from outside the car to notice the mirror was modified! I also had 6 sq. ft. of Dynamat in the ceiling of that car. The sunroof makes it a bit difficult to add much to our Cobalt's ceiling.

 

I would expect Florida to be the same, since most of you guys are retired Illinoisians anyway.

 

I can deal with the mirror most of the time, but Dynamat Xtreme in your trunk will fix that. I am cranking out 140+ db's out of one 12" and that stuff works. My wing gets a slight rattle every once in awhile when the bass really hits. That Dynamat works wonders, just sucks because is is kida heavy. I just took out my spare tire to compinsate and hope I dont have a flat.

 

lol ive used a bit of second skin and im going to do alot more but because of weight im going to try to use as little as possible so im waiting for my final box for the 2 15's before i apply it on the trunk lid

 

The trunk lid is probably the most important place to put Dynamat. It prevents the lid from "hopping" and flexing (higher SPL), and eliminates most of the rear end rattles. I have 4 layers of Xtreme under the factory lid liner, so it is not visible. I did the trunk floor with Fatmat, which is actually not very "fat"! I think it's about half the thickness and weight of Dynamat Xtreme. I need to do my quarter panels eventually. I have 2 layers of Fatmat on the rear deck to help prevent vibrations from traveling forward, but I wish I had used some Xtreme instead, because I think it would have done a better job.

 

ya i know but my goal is going to be to seal off the sub box from the trunk air tight so all the sound is forced in the cabin. If that works then the trunk shouldnt flex.

oh and when i said i was having flexing problems its not just the trunk... pretty much everything in the car moves crazy insane

 

Yeah, 15's will tend to do that!