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remedies for vibrating glove box lids?



I love those rattles :)
But I have poly motor mounts front and rear and run 350/275 lb springs on 
the street, so I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. It really 
doesn't seem that bad to me, though (shrug)
	-Josiah


On Mon, 6 May 2002, Allyn wrote:

> dude, if your glove box rattles at idle, you need a new pass side motor mount
> another clue is if at 2-3k your rear view mirror vibrates so bad that the stuff you see gets blurred
> (rieger was doin this till i changed em (all), got rid of about 90% of my rattles)
> Al
> 
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
> 86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
> 87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch, driveshafts, wheels :)
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Jeff Toomasson 
>   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
>   Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:35 PM
>   Subject: remedies for vibrating glove box lids?
> 
> 
>   The motor vibration at idle wouldn't be so bad if the damn glovebox didn't chatter so badly...
> 
>   has anyone conjured up a method? Can the lock be "tuned" up? Black weather-stripping? Any ideas?
> 
>   TIA, JT
> 

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