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10-15-2007,01:18 AM

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paraklasOEM///Member

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Door Speaker Rattle FIX with Pictures

I hate rattles. period. Today I spent the whole day fixing rattles. Did the real parcel shelf and passenger's side rattle.Here's the complete guide to remove the door card on a coupe and fix the rattling issue.

First you must disconnect the battery for 10 minutes before doing anything on the door card. There's an airbagbehind the card and you don't want it active while you mess there.

As the picture illustrates there are 5 Torx (T15) screws that need to be removed. 3 long screws are along thearmrest, 1 is behind the plastic airbag cover and another one inside the door handle. The white round circlesdemonstrate the position of plastic clips. When you pull the door out they come off and may break so havereplacements ready. 11 on each door. The yellow rectangles show metallic clips that are used to secure the door cardalong the top of the door.

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Closer at the armrest


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Needs a good respray but after the S/C install


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The airbag cover to pop in order to get to the torx screw:


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Screw revealed:


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Pop the cover inside the door handle with a thin flat screwdriver

Another Torx screw revealed


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Remove all screws and pull door card towards you, prying a bit along the edges to unclip it.

Disconnect the speaker wires (and the electric mirror ones if it's the driver's side)


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Disconnect door opening cable by prying it out from the point the red arrow shows.


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The door airbag:

Here's the door card. The rattle comes from around the speaker area. I removed the speaker, plastic ring andinsulation. I then glued EVERYTHING from the inside with black silicone, glued the plastic ring in place and also gluedthe speaker with silicone. I used silicone and not glue in case I needed to remove the speaker later. Then I applied apiece of cloth above the speaker which remained in place due to all the silicone around. I know it's a ghetto fix but itworks.


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Closer. Basically I filled all the space around the speaker area with rattle absorbing materials.


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The new clips I bought seem to be a new version since they have some kind of rubbery ring around them to makethem fit properly and not rattle..Left: Old, Right: New


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After you are done with the rattle fix, take the door card and put the door handle wire back in place, pop the doorcard back, paying attention to align the plastic pins to the holes on the metal part of the door. Use a screw driver topush them a bit if they don't line perfectly. They tend to break if bent.

Make sure the door lock pin is in place,

Push the door handle wire back in place,

Then start pushing the door card back in place. A good hit with your hand will snap the card back in place.


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After you make sure all the plastic clips are locked on the metal frame, start screwing back.


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Enjoy a rattle-less door card. Repeat on other side if needed.

10-24-2007, 07:59 PM #2

monmon_4Registered User Join Date: May 2007Location: Vancouver/ManhattanPosts: 374My Ride: 320iView My Garage

awesome diy, thanks man__________________

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10-26-2007, 05:51 PM #3

FlzRiderOEM ///Member Join Date: Jan 2004Location: Miami/Gainesville, FLPosts: 849My Ride: 2003 330ciView My Garage

thats some heavy duty rattle removing!__________________


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10-27-2007, 09:12 AM #4

bishop4142Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005Location: NJPosts: 39My Ride: M3View My Garage

I hope you also changed the inside door handle while you had it apart

10-29-2007, 05:02 AM #5

paraklasOEM ///Member

Join Date: Jan 2006Location: CyprusPosts: 4,362My Ride: ESS TS2 320ciView My Garage

^why? let me guess, does it tend to break at some point and bmw came with a new design not fromcheap ABS plastic?

03-04-2010, 09:39 PM #6

glee403Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009Location: New YorkPosts: 23My Ride: 2003 BMW 330ciView My Garage

hey, I've been meaning to fix the silly rattle for quite some time now but never got around to it.Can you tell me where you bought your clips from?Thanks

03-04-2010, 09:51 PM #7

kuksul08Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006Location: CaliforniaPosts: 2,010My Ride: M3View My Garage

Rattles are the most annoying thing ever...__________________

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