2011 Mazda 3 build

[Fi-Foo 0]

You got a nice car.

Loved my Mazda 3, it was totaled very recently on Aug. 30th. T-Boned someone who decided to make a U-turn on a sharp blind curve on the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

was a 50-0 dead stop crash, guy I hit had a pretty sturdy Dodge Durango. Noone was hurt but the car was deemed totaled. Came out with out a scratch.

Just letting you know you have a awesome car.

By the way, all the 04-09 mazdas have that really annoying rear deck rattling, I don't know if the 10-11's are designed differently but if you need tips on how to get rid of the noise just let me know.

Im sorry to hear that hope your ok and about the rear deck it flexes like crazy but doesn't really rattle what did you do anyways ?

Everyone is all good. Just a few airbag burns lol.

Yeah they must be designed differently then, mine rattled like CRAZY before I treated it. Some of the main rattles were the rear of the rear deck flexing and smacking the back window. Easy fix was to just put a blanket on the rear deck to separate the deck and window. You don't have to stuff the blanket but just lay it on the rear deck and it looks alright as well.

As far as under the rear deck, they would smack the seatbelt fasteners and a small thin sheet of sheet metal. There was a make shift foam pad under it but it didn't cover the most crucial places. Took that out. Bought some CLD tiles to cover the sheet metal, then some CCF (Closed Cell Foam). Cut 2 sheets of ccf to the dimensions of the rear deck and placed one on top of the other. Then i took some scrap ccf and wrapped it around the seatbelt fasteners. If you wrap to much around it will interfere with the retraction of the seatbelt so make sure you test the seatbelts BEFORE you close everything back up... that was my mistake.

So after all that work i turned on my car crossed my fingers and boom! perfect! Was so relieved. And just to test it out, during a bass line i removed the blanket off the top of the rear deck and it started rattling again so it actually does work haha. But if yours isn't rattling then you dodged a bullet my friend haha.

PS. Forgot to add, all sound deadener products used were Sound Deadener Showdown products. Dom walked me through the whole thing, gave me exactly what I needed, and instructions of how much was needed in certain areas and where to put certain items. Great guy, great items.

hey thanks for the deatiled post ill try that out sometime so far its not rattling but my amp is at 4 ohms so its only like 600 watts and its flexin already but when its at one ohm then itl be 2500 watts and maybe then ill need to try that out

Thanks

[Hzd Skizzy 27]

Mine rattled on stock speakers lol hahaha. We have the same amp, just realized.

[Fi-Foo 0]

Mine rattled on stock speakers lol hahaha. We have the same amp, just realized.

haha your right and you got AA tooo my bro had 2 15 Havocs on a Saz 3500 then 1 Mayhem 15 on Saz 3500 then 2 SMD 15 on 2 3500s and now a wall of 2 18 SA Nightshades on a Sundown NS-1

[Fi-Foo 0]

gettin my windows tinted thursday any suggestions?

im thinking 20 all around?

[trod2902 26]

gettin my windows tinted thursday any suggestions?

im thinking 20 all around?

thats what i have, its nice because i never got a ticket but yet its dark enough, no one can see through when its a little cloudy, but when its sunny you can see my silhouette

[Julian 641]

20 all around is good.

I'd do 20 up front and darker in the back like 4-10%

[Fi-Foo 0]

well widows are done

[orlando144 20]

Nice looking install man. Ive done alot of those logos on enclosures... My arm feels like falling off after all the jigsaw work

[ssh 924]

Windows look nice, having it too dark just sucks at night.

Keeping stock wheels, or powder-coating them?