Well it started when i got my sub working good. My window pops and crackles when i go down a bumpy dirt road or hit a few bumps in a row, then when the bass hits when it is cold out it kinda sqeaks. Pretty sure i nuked the seal in my windshield...top part up near mirror. Know if i did or not? and if i did, what can i do?
what part of the window is that? and how much would this cost me to fix,it isn't leaking yet, just gets very annoying.
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i've never noticed this during the summer. now that the cold weather has come back, it cracks and pops all over again. Sounds like it is raining really hard. Is it the seal? I don't get moisture inside or frost.
I've noticed if I stand outside of the car with the sub on a decent level it makes that part of the seal whistle....
If it is, i would like some instruction on how to do this.
There isn't really a seal on your windshield. The plastic around it is just a trim for looks, usually held on by rubber butyl, and your glass is held on by a bead of urethane. If you have a break in that it will most likely leak water also but I couldn't see you ever busting a "hole" thru the urethane with a sub. They're hard enough to get out when you want them to come out.
-Seth
are you sure it is not the mirror rattling? My mirror was noisey as hell, I put some double sided tape in the gap around were the mirror mounts to the pedestal, problem solved.
well i know it isn't the mirror, that was my first thought. But i grabbed the mirror to stop it, and nothing happend....
I'm just not sure what is making the noise, being that it is whistling whenever the sub hits outside the car even.
I had to get my windshield resealed in the middle of winter. I'm about 90% sure it was from my sub. The windows would whistle when the bass hit while driving down the highway during cold weather.
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how did you go about doing this, or did you have someone do it. roughly how much did it cost btw.
i'm just sick of the noise....and i believe it is my sub doing it, because it moves a ton of air.
I still can't see how you could ever blow a hole thru urethane unless you sealed ALL the places that air could escape. Even then it would try to get out the doors and around the side windows. The only way I could see it happening is if there was already a hole.
But anyways the only real way to "reseal a windshield" would be to cut out the windshield, re-urethane, and put the windshield back in. If I remember correctly however, cavaliers and sunfires are encapsulated glass which means the trim would be ruined while taking out the windshield so you would need to buy a new windshield. So whatever the cost of that would be you'd have to check with someone in ur town. If they aren't encapsulated, i don't remember, then if the glass made it out alive it could be re-layed with just putting a new moulding on.
We reseal water leaks at work with PERMATEX® Flowable Silicone Windshield and Glass Sealer (81730) and just put the tip behind the moulding and go to town but idk if that'd really help u out.
-Seth
i understand what you mean. air escapes in many places, but i do have some winshield flex, small but still moves.
i have no idea what else could make the noise.
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how did you go about doing this, or did you have someone do it. roughly how much did it cost btw.
i'm just sick of the noise....and i believe it is my sub doing it, because it moves a ton of air.
It took me almost 6 months to figure out it was my window. It cost me about $300 if I remember correctly.
I'm also pretty damn sure it was from my sub. I never had a problem till I put my system in.
PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
