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Post by flybobbie » Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:01 am

As of today my car totally silent...for now!
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Post by DinosaurEyes » Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:15 am

Love it! Thanks for the pics too!

For me the only rattles I have are from the passenger-side foldy-door-shelf, and sometimes the sun visors. Sounds like I'm lucky!

As for this one:
flybobbie wrote:Also make sure your seat is not touching the rear bulkhead.
I'm 6'5", easier said than done. :P

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Post by flybobbie » Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:50 am

I forgot I added some extra pads to the door flip down panels.

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Post by Deddi » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:47 pm

Flybobbie, what spray do you use for this? Cheers
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Post by flybobbie » Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:25 am

I just use some silicone bumper spray.

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Post by ihadablackdog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:21 pm

Do you have run-flats?

My car does, and when driving on a smooth piece of road it is silent, but as soon as there is any texture in the road surface, the rattles begin. Do non-rft's help?
2011 E89 sDrive20i

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Post by flybobbie » Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:52 pm

Still rattles around, but one new one, i fitted some extra speakers behind the seats, where the bass speakers would fit. I noticed a resonate buzz at certain sound frequencies. Thought something loose in speaker, turned out it was the iso fix fastening ring above vibrating.

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Post by Pbondar » Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:51 pm

I have a rattle from somewhere around the light switch which is profoundly irritating ...anyone had this/fixed it?

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Post by Smartbear » Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:41 pm

My pre lci e89 buzzed & rattled like an angry rattlesnake but my later car is virtually silent, I wonder if Bmw introduced “fixes” on the assembly line to counter these issues?
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Post by flybobbie » Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:06 pm

I have never ever noticed rattles in all the old bangers i have had in the past.
Buy a quality car, comes with quality noises.

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Post by maxman » Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:53 pm

Their seems to more plastic in the rear of the e89 than any other car I have seen. :cry: I am going to attack the rattles this week.

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Post by Busterboo » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:00 pm

Smartbear wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:41 pm My pre lci e89 buzzed & rattled like an angry rattlesnake but my later car is virtually silent, I wonder if Bmw introduced “fixes” on the assembly line to counter these issues?
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Post by ihadablackdog » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:00 pm

I get some irritating rattles intermittently when driving over certain road surfaces. Seems to come from behind the instrument cluster although I think it’s worth checking under the speaker grill on the dash. Sounds like a screw is slightly loose (that’s the car, not me!).

Then very occasionally there is the odd rattle from what appears to be behind the passenger seat, but there seems to be no pattern to when it happens.

Might be placebo effect, but I’m sure they got less noticeable after ditching the runflats.
2011 E89 sDrive20i

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