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Old 09-21-2010, 12:20 PM
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I have a 98GT that has exhaust on it and have been running an exhaust for about 6months and have noticed a rattling in the dash, radio HVAC area, that has gotten slowly worse. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has encountered this issue, so what I am asking is what is the common culprit to the issue or where should I start looking?
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Old 09-21-2010, 12:29 PM
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It is very common every mustang I have ever been in has a dash rattle.
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Old 09-21-2010, 01:20 PM
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But no idea what exactly is rattling...?
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Old 09-21-2010, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by yamanx
But no idea what exactly is rattling...?
my 96 rattles on the trim piece that surrounds the radio and vents. it loose at the very top and rattles a little bit. I can see mine moving go down the road when I hit rough spots.
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Old 09-21-2010, 06:53 PM
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That's something that happens when a car starts to age.
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Old 09-21-2010, 11:30 PM
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mine does that too. i really can't hear it after a certain point between my music and the exhuast. i guess that solved my problem.
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Old 09-22-2010, 12:37 AM
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i have it too... its a sheet metal rattle when i hit small bumps. it seemed to get worse after I installed the FLSFC...
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Old 09-22-2010, 02:06 AM
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yeah completely normal. at least thats the only rattle you hear. i hear noises all over my interior. really gets to me sometimes.
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Old 09-22-2010, 02:11 AM
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its a combination of unibody and cheap engineering. EVERYTHING in these cars rattle. its just a good excuse for us to get louder exhaust to drown out the rattling :-)
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Originally Posted by TexasMach
yeah completely normal. at least thats the only rattle you hear. i hear noises all over my interior. really gets to me sometimes.
+1,000,000 lol! My interior rattles like crazy.
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