ok now, next issue on hand. the car was previously stripped for track use, so it is light as a feather. as a result, on the street, the interior of the cabin sounds like an earthquake..

i am struggling to adapt this track racing wonder to be compatible with the mean streets of sydney!

i have found out the sources of the rattles.

the doors
the back seats

ive spent all day searching on line for how to fill the door cavity with some sort of filling, it rattles and feels so hollow when i drive that it would be perfect on a track, but not the streets.

can i just buy big squares of foam from jaycar and try to pack it in, or do i need to buy these sound deadening strips that stick to the panel? the latter seems like much more effort...

OR can i but self expanding foam, and spray until theres nothing left in the can? experiences anyone?

for the seats in the back - i have examined and found that they look something like below:



hows that for a drawing! ok, imagine you're sitting in the front, and you turn to face the back seats.

in the middle seat, there is one bolt, shown as the 'o'

BUT

the bottom of the seats are held in place but a U shaped piece of metal, that simply sits into a hole on the body underneath - ie. it is not secured down, just sitting inside a cavity

so, when there are bumps, which in this case (due to the track suspension) = any surface of the road, the bottom of the seat lifts up, only a centimetre i guess, but enough to hear it bouncing around. the metal hooks scraping against the metal body were squeaking like crazy, so i wrapped it in duct tape to eliminate the sound, and allow only the slightest cushion to lessen the jumping.

but i need this fixed, its annoying to drive with. any ideas of how to bolt the back seats down? im not interested in removing them for the track, im not THAT obsessed with weight loss. ask my girlfriend, she'll tell you.

experienced car peeps, help meeeeeeeeeeee!