Door Panel Rattle

[godlyone]

Took my car to the dealership to fix a door rattle, they took the door off, placed some "extra insulation" under there and of course everything is just worse now.

Had a few questions about the door panels since I'm going to fix it myself.

Saw a bunch of good guides: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ith-remote-fob

If the clips are broken (I suspect they are) are these easy to replace?

If I end up needing a new door panel, is it possible to swap the leather armrest and the colored side inlay from mine onto one I buy? Or is it all one piece?

Thanks

[Audibot]

The clips are easy to replace. You should be able to find them on ECS. I actual arm rest is usually easy to swap over. It's usually a few screws on the reverse side. The inlay, on the other hand, I'm not sure about.

[LYKUNO]

Check out this thread from Audi Enthusiast's website. Very good step-by-step photos and tips for getting into the doors. This was for a door lighting project he did, but you'll find it very helpful for your project.

[godlyone]

Thanks - awesome link but wondering if it would be possible to get a black door panel and then swap my (red) side inlay into it?

Thanks

[godlyone]

bump.....

[cspcrx]

I have a rattle or buzz in my drivers door. It is the under side of the arm rest portion. It is plastic under there and it occurs right where two parts come together. If I put pressure on it with my finger it stops. Not sure how to fix something like this. Any thoughts.

[ValidatedS4]

Rattle From Rear Passenger Door
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=794935

Check out this thread. I had to tighten the torx screws on my door.

Worse case is take the door apart and add insulation/replace clips and snug everything back up. I don’t think replacing an entire panel is necessary yet..


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[Audibot]

Go buy some dynamat or equivalent (I had raammat) or some closed cell foam to provide some additional insulating properties. May settle down the rattle by damping the vibrations.

[fmzip]

When you take the door panel off, you will see that the wires and held in by white plastic clips that snap into the door. They aren't very snug. Get some dynamat and tape it over these areas. Also the wiring is a bit loose, get some tywraps while you are at it to secure everything nice and sng

[godlyone]

Dealership ended up only making the rattle worse

Took off my door panel today and fixed the damn rattle myself!



Use the shimmy tool to take the insert off, under here you'll find 2 T20 Torx Screws



Take off the plast insert under the armrest, there will be 2 more T20 Torx Screws under here



Don't forget this last screw under here


Here is a nice pic showing all of the screw locations:







You can see the loose wire the stealership left for me



Dynamatted

Also replaced a couple of broken clips on the door panel

Rattle is 100% gone, road noise is decreased

[tsitalon1]

Where did you get the shimmy tool from?

[tsitalon1]

Nvr mind, found it:

http://a.co/9SfcZXj

[16s4vil]

This is great. Thanks alot for posting this, im having the same exact problem on my rear drivers side door. Took it to the dealer and like you, it got worse. Such bs and its anmoying af. Will be doing this Tomorow to all doors :)

[Rodizzle]

Where did you get the shimmy tool from?

I got my from harbor frights . 6.99


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[16s4vil]

What is hard to pry out the trim on the door?

[Silver Streakin]

What is hard to pry out the trim on the door?

Make sure you start on the outside of the trim. The side closer to the outside door handle, not the side closer to the inner door handle. The clips on the inside are like a hinge. If you start there, you’ll break them.

I just pulled the entire panel to replace a rear door lock actuator.

I followed this: