BMW rattle expert in the seattle area

drwankel · 02-25-2017, 07:21 PM

I have a few rattles in my M3 that are driving me bananas.

Taking it to the dealer would be foolish.

Anybody have any experience with indie shops that are good for sorting out rattles?

TWiTCHY · 02-25-2017, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by drwankel

I have a few rattles in my M3 that are driving me bananas.

Taking it to the dealer would be foolish.

Anybody have any experience with indie shops that are good for sorting out rattles?

Where are you hearing them? I bought a roll of half inch felt tape and went crazy. I removed a bunch of the interior panels and placed the tape between any plastic-plastic, plastic-metal, and metal-metal contact points. Most of my rattles were coming from the rear of my E92 as opposed to the dash and center console.

drwankel · 02-26-2017, 06:58 PM

The worst one is seemingly from my center vents in the dash.

They are more pronounced on a not totally smooth rode at ~60 mph. It doesnt happen all the time, but Ive noticed they will stop of I hold the drivers side vent air directory nub with my fingers. I should mention that one of the vents in the dash has been replaced before, center or passenger one, I forget which one, but that means that someone has been in there before and could have introduced the rattle)

Both of my seatbelt mechanisms appear to be rattling as well. (the seatbeelt assembly itself, not the extender. Confirmed by by removing the extender panel, and then tapping on thee b pillar to repro the nois)

Also have a passenger side door rattle as well.

The rear of my car fortunately is dead quiet.

My main goal here is to get these fixed without introducing new rattles.

TWiTCHY · 02-26-2017, 11:41 PM

If you can determine the points of contact and can get access to them, place felt tape between them and it should be good to go. As far as getting someone to do it for you, I'd imagine any auto body repair shop could do it.

1MOREMOD · 02-26-2017, 11:43 PM

Get a louder exhaust

loveskiing · 02-27-2017, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Get a louder exhaust

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TWiTCHY · 02-27-2017, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Get a louder exhaust

This could work but the drone itself will introduce vibrations that will cause even more rattles.

...ask me how I know

1MOREMOD · 02-27-2017, 12:22 PM

Loud stereo?

Munichm3 · 03-01-2017, 10:52 PM

Knock on wood, no rattles at 69k

WingZeroX5 · 03-02-2017, 06:07 AM

Door rattles are fairly easy to fix. I bought a 50ft roll of sound insulation material, popped open the door trims, and padded everything. I would wrap all cables tightly and added more insulating material behind the trim.

No more rattles around the doors. I just discovered that one of the plastic seat rail covers came loose and was my source of ANNOYING plastic-on-metal noise.

Redd · 03-02-2017, 08:36 AM

My M3 rattles as badly as the Italian cars I've owned. Really disappointing. I've stripped pretty much the back half of the car and felt-taped the living hell out of everything. B-pillar rattles, parcel shelf creaks, gauge cluster creak, center tunnel creaks, etc. Only thing left is a buzz from iDrive knob. Really crap interior quality.

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drwankel Major 1038 Rep 1,045 Posts Drives: 2012 E92 M3 ZCP, 2021 M340i Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Bothell, WA iTrader: (0)	The worst one is seemingly from my center vents in the dash. They are more pronounced on a not totally smooth rode at ~60 mph. It doesnt happen all the time, but Ive noticed they will stop of I hold the drivers side vent air directory nub with my fingers. I should mention that one of the vents in the dash has been replaced before, center or passenger one, I forget which one, but that means that someone has been in there before and could have introduced the rattle) Both of my seatbelt mechanisms appear to be rattling as well. (the seatbeelt assembly itself, not the extender. Confirmed by by removing the extender panel, and then tapping on thee b pillar to repro the nois) Also have a passenger side door rattle as well. The rear of my car fortunately is dead quiet. My main goal here is to get these fixed without introducing new rattles.
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TWiTCHY Colonel 376 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	If you can determine the points of contact and can get access to them, place felt tape between them and it should be good to go. As far as getting someone to do it for you, I'd imagine any auto body repair shop could do it.
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WingZeroX5 Colonel 766 Rep 2,361 Posts Drives: F80 / F30 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (14)	Door rattles are fairly easy to fix. I bought a 50ft roll of sound insulation material, popped open the door trims, and padded everything. I would wrap all cables tightly and added more insulating material behind the trim. No more rattles around the doors. I just discovered that one of the plastic seat rail covers came loose and was my source of ANNOYING plastic-on-metal noise.
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Redd Brigadier General 3897 Rep 4,163 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW E92 M3 Dakar Edition Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Malaysia iTrader: (0)	My M3 rattles as badly as the Italian cars I've owned. Really disappointing. I've stripped pretty much the back half of the car and felt-taped the living hell out of everything. B-pillar rattles, parcel shelf creaks, gauge cluster creak, center tunnel creaks, etc. Only thing left is a buzz from iDrive knob. Really crap interior quality.
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