chakra71
04-27-2003, 07:53 AM
I was planning on going to the dragstrip the other night, so i stripped out some of the interior to remove some weight. I only removed the rear seats and the carpeting in the back... felt a nice improvement in driving, well worth it for racing. :) I never made it to the track tho, because it was raining like hell that day/night. When i went to put it all back together I decided to find the most annoying rattle since i had allready stripped it that far.
I removed the drivers side rear pannel which is pretty darn big. It runs from the door all the way to the hatch. not really hard to remove, but here's how I did it.
1) I had to remove the seats and carpeting in the back.
2) remove the speaker cover, speaker, the seatbelt assembly cover, and the small pannel in the middle of the hatch closing (it has a latch point in the middle of it, just unbolt and pull it up/out)
3) remove the 2 screws in the long side pannel at the back of the car, they are gold colored screws. remove the pop tabs at the base of the pannel, there are two of them, i believe. for ease of re-assmbly remove the driver's side seatbelt bolt at the bottom. remove the ruber grommet for the rear seat latch.
4) pull straight towards you, away from the wall, starting in the rear of the car. The thing is held with press fit connectors all over it, so be gentle and it will just come right off. Be careful at the driver's side door as the panel wraps all the way around the B pillar.
Once it's removed look at the seatbelt unit. It has a plastic piece behind it that seems to be the culprit for my most annoying rattle ever.
here's a pic:
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/seatbelt1.jpg
after:
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/seatbelt2.jpg
Just pull at one side of the plastic and it will come right out. It's not connected to anything and moved a whole bunch in my car, making this loud noise.
It took me about an hour to take it all apart the first time. and maybe another to put it back together, so set aside some decent time and go slow so you don't break anything... these plastic parts don't bend much before they break.
BONUS:
This is where rice belongs!
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/toolbox.jpg
I removed the drivers side rear pannel which is pretty darn big. It runs from the door all the way to the hatch. not really hard to remove, but here's how I did it.
1) I had to remove the seats and carpeting in the back.
2) remove the speaker cover, speaker, the seatbelt assembly cover, and the small pannel in the middle of the hatch closing (it has a latch point in the middle of it, just unbolt and pull it up/out)
3) remove the 2 screws in the long side pannel at the back of the car, they are gold colored screws. remove the pop tabs at the base of the pannel, there are two of them, i believe. for ease of re-assmbly remove the driver's side seatbelt bolt at the bottom. remove the ruber grommet for the rear seat latch.
4) pull straight towards you, away from the wall, starting in the rear of the car. The thing is held with press fit connectors all over it, so be gentle and it will just come right off. Be careful at the driver's side door as the panel wraps all the way around the B pillar.
Once it's removed look at the seatbelt unit. It has a plastic piece behind it that seems to be the culprit for my most annoying rattle ever.
here's a pic:
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/seatbelt1.jpg
after:
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/seatbelt2.jpg
Just pull at one side of the plastic and it will come right out. It's not connected to anything and moved a whole bunch in my car, making this loud noise.
It took me about an hour to take it all apart the first time. and maybe another to put it back together, so set aside some decent time and go slow so you don't break anything... these plastic parts don't bend much before they break.
BONUS:
This is where rice belongs!
http://www.boomspeed.com/chakra71/toolbox.jpg